My impressions being there are probably no different from those who saw it on television: particularly the full glory of the English musical tradition, beginning with John Eliot Gardiner conducting the Monteverdi Choir, and including a great number of pieces composed for the occasion. Purcell, of course, and Handel; Vaughan Williams; ending, slightly oddly, with a fanfare by Richard Strauss. I thought Rishi Sunak read particularly well. It was a mixture of ecumenism and the Anglican post-Reformation tradition at full throttle. A pretty impressive piece of organisation by, I presume, a mixture of the Lord Chamberlain and DCMS. Faultless, apart from the cold.
For me, the only real musical flaw was that bit of banal drivel from Lloyd Webber. Other than that, I found myself surprisingly moved at many moments.
Having just watched the excerpts later and regarding your comments on music – I did not see the lady in yellow singing during the TV live broadcast, nor the harpist. So I could not understand all the wonderful comments regarding the music – now it makes more sense