# Coronation Watch-Along Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [May 6, 2023, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-watch-along-thread/983660 "2023-05-06T10:11:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2023, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-watch-along-thread/983660/81 "2023-05-06T11:58:26Z")
…and wipe-cut to the end credits. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/zXbwQHql3aQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Star Wars A New Hope Ending 1080p HD HD 720p getlinktube net") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXbwQHql3aQ) ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2023, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-watch-along-thread/983660/82 "2023-05-06T12:00:05Z")
What’s with the two little bobbles swinging around inside his crown? Is it supposed to be like that? Edit: There are four, I see now. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2023, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-watch-along-thread/983660/83 "2023-05-06T12:00:43Z")
Interesting choice of music here, Charles. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2023, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-watch-along-thread/983660/84 "2023-05-06T12:00:48Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Having a Hindu PM read a Bible passage - not so much. That response quite surprises me. What is so strange about reading a religious text, other than your own, in an official capacity? It would strike me as anything other than “doing your job” ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2023, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-watch-along-thread/983660/85 "2023-05-06T12:01:06Z")
I like Pomp & Circumstance 4 much better than 1 ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2023, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-watch-along-thread/983660/86 "2023-05-06T12:01:09Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > What’s with the two little bobbles swinging around inside his crown? > [@](#): > > Below the monde hang four pearls, three of which are often said to have belonged to Queen Elizabeth I, but this association is almost certainly erroneous ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2023, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-watch-along-thread/983660/87 "2023-05-06T12:01:36Z")
OK now with the purple and the ermine, C3 is looking better. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2023, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-watch-along-thread/983660/88 "2023-05-06T12:01:38Z")
Looks like pearls, adds a bit of interest. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2023, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-watch-along-thread/983660/89 "2023-05-06T12:02:12Z")
> [@its\_the\_daddy](#): > > The most bizarre thing to me was to see that Penny Mordaunt heading the procession. Not sure why that is the case but…I have to be honest, I just saw her now wielding a sword and…she looks fabulous. ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2023, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-watch-along-thread/983660/90 "2023-05-06T12:02:20Z")
Anyone else noticed the prominence of Penny Mordaunt as a representative of Parliament. Dane Penny, I bet in the next list. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2023, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-watch-along-thread/983660/91 "2023-05-06T12:02:40Z")
Princess Anne’s cape and hat combo is pretty awesome. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2023, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-watch-along-thread/983660/92 "2023-05-06T12:02:58Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Below the monde hang four pearls, three of which are often said to have belonged to Queen Elizabeth I, but this association is almost certainly erroneous The word in my head was “dingleberries.” ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2023, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-watch-along-thread/983660/93 "2023-05-06T12:04:52Z")
Pretty horsies are back. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2023, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-watch-along-thread/983660/94 "2023-05-06T12:05:00Z")
Right, now for the ridiculously massive procession. ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2023, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-watch-along-thread/983660/95 "2023-05-06T12:05:27Z")
That’s what the crowds came for ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2023, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-watch-along-thread/983660/96 "2023-05-06T12:07:09Z")
The orb is a symbol of authority being granted by Jesus Christ? That golden sphere? Nothing to do with a sun god? Oh, OK then. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2023, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-watch-along-thread/983660/97 "2023-05-06T12:09:23Z")
I’ve just realized, I didn’t see Andrew. Was he there? ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2023, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-watch-along-thread/983660/98 "2023-05-06T12:09:51Z")
Yes, wearing garter robes. ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2023, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-watch-along-thread/983660/99 "2023-05-06T12:09:56Z")
Yes, in the background ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2023, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-watch-along-thread/983660/100 "2023-05-06T12:11:59Z")
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