Trafalgar Square was today awash with Harry Potter fans who have been camping out in London to secure a prime spot at tomorrow's world premiere of the final film in the epic series.
The hardcore fans were protecting their movie character costumes under tents, umbrellas and ponchos ahead of the red carpet event for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2.
Many of the campers are teenagers who have grown up with the books by J. K. Rowling and the films, chronicling the adventures of boy wizard Potter and his friends through their years at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Some of the fans were dressed in sorcerer's capes, while others waved magic wands or improvised placards.
The film will be screened at three cinemas in nearby Leicester Square, the home of British movie premieres, but this time all the stops are being pulled out, with the red carpet extending down to Trafalgar Square.
Guests will be transported between the squares through a mock-up of the magical Diagon Alley, a fictional London street in the films.
"Until the very end", one fan had scrawled across a picture from the film.
The fans will have to get used to the rain, with weather forecasters predicting thunderstorms and downpours when Daniel Radcliffe (Potter), Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) and Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) hit the red carpet on Thursday evening.
The movie is the eighth based on the seven books. The final novel has been split into two films, with "Part 2" focusing on the epic final showdown between Potter and his enemy Lord Voldemort.
The film goes on general release in Britain and the United States on July 15.
The hardcore fans were protecting their movie character costumes under tents, umbrellas and ponchos ahead of the red carpet event for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2.
Many of the campers are teenagers who have grown up with the books by J. K. Rowling and the films, chronicling the adventures of boy wizard Potter and his friends through their years at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Some of the fans were dressed in sorcerer's capes, while others waved magic wands or improvised placards.
The film will be screened at three cinemas in nearby Leicester Square, the home of British movie premieres, but this time all the stops are being pulled out, with the red carpet extending down to Trafalgar Square.
Guests will be transported between the squares through a mock-up of the magical Diagon Alley, a fictional London street in the films.
"Until the very end", one fan had scrawled across a picture from the film.
The fans will have to get used to the rain, with weather forecasters predicting thunderstorms and downpours when Daniel Radcliffe (Potter), Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) and Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) hit the red carpet on Thursday evening.
The movie is the eighth based on the seven books. The final novel has been split into two films, with "Part 2" focusing on the epic final showdown between Potter and his enemy Lord Voldemort.
The film goes on general release in Britain and the United States on July 15.