After two days of nationwide anticipation and two days of global fervor.
With the heat of the nationwide celebration reaching its peak, London officials finally announced that the World Cup champions' citywide parade was officially underway.
That morning, before dawn had fully broken, all of London had already cast off its slumber.
Hundreds of thousands of people had gathered on the streets hours in advance, claiming the best spots along the parade route.
Starting from Buckingham Palace, it ran down The Mall through the city center and all the way to Trafalgar Square.
The entire parade route, stretching dozens of kilometers, had long been completely covered by a sea of white.
St George's Cross flags billowed layer upon layer in the wind, covering the buildings, railings, and overpasses lining both sides of the streets.
As far as the eye could see, all of London had become a vast white ocean, the spectacle breathtaking beyond measure.
According to real-time statistics from London City Hall, more than two million people had spontaneously taken to the streets to join the celebration that day.
This was the largest, most heavily attended, and most fervent sports championship parade in the United Kingdom in nearly a century.
No commercial event or public celebration could compare to the nationwide enthusiasm of this day.
At exactly ten in the morning, traffic across the city was placed under full temporary control.
All major roads were closed, solely to clear the way for the champions' parade buses.
Royal mounted police rode in formation at the front, upright and imposing, while the top-tier security detail heightened the sense of ceremony to the fullest.
Two custom-built white open-top double-decker buses slowly emerged from Buckingham Palace's private exit.
The gilded championship slogans on their sides gleamed beneath the sunlight, sacred and grand.
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