# 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:** 16\ **Page:** 8
**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, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-watch-along-thread/983660/141 "2023-05-06T14:05:24Z")
I suppose meaning not w/o such structural alterations as to render it no longer “original” - plus then you’d have to justify the added budget to diminish an heirloom’s value. (And hey, do we expect the Windsors to build themselves a fancy coach out of their own deeply plush pockets…) ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-watch-along-thread/983660/142 "2023-05-06T14:08:59Z")
The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch makes an appearance: …[King Charles III is issued the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwc0EwbU7g0&ab_channel=Cedric%26AdaGearandOutdoors) ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-watch-along-thread/983660/143 "2023-05-06T15:14:29Z")
> [@PatrickLondon](#): > > Aka “unscrewing a lightbulb” How many royals does it take to change a lightbulb? Just one…. …plus a [camarilla](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camarilla) of courtiers ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-watch-along-thread/983660/144 "2023-05-06T15:45:07Z")
> [@Crane](#): > > The gold carriage looks unstable. It josltles around more than the others. Is there a video somewhere about how it is stored and maintained? Finest technology of 1760. That used to be state of the art. Thank Og we’ve made some progress over the last couple centuries. > [@K364](#): > > Apparently there is no suspension whatsoever in it. It’s a very rough ride. Those ginormous leather straps are the “suspension” system, things like hydraulic shock absorbers not having been invented yet. > [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Dang it, I forgot to set my recorder. > > Is there any replay of the whole thing anywhere? If not at the moment I expect there will be at some point. Heck, I watched the funeral of Richard III on YouTube a couple months back, can’t imagine they won’t have the coronation available at some point. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-watch-along-thread/983660/145 "2023-05-06T15:54:18Z")
BBC Youtube channel > **[Watch the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla – BBC News](https://www.youtube.com/live/nWmPw8dok3Q)** > > Join the BBC for the Coronation of HM King Charles III and HM Queen Camilla. Watch live to witness every moment of the historic day – from the procession, to... ---
**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, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-watch-along-thread/983660/146 "2023-05-06T16:28:07Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > Can’t modern engineers design a “suspension” system of springs or something, It occurs to me that this may be the origin of that word. It never quite made sense to me given how modern ones work. But this carriage is literally suspended from leather straps. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-watch-along-thread/983660/147 "2023-05-06T16:31:35Z")
For all that the ride might terrible I think the “suspension” on that carriage is likely an improvement over its precedents. If I recall, it used to be the norm for carriages and wagons to have no sort of spring/suspension/shock absorber at all. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2023, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-watch-along-thread/983660/148 "2023-05-06T16:51:51Z")
One small titbit from the commentary - apparently this coach wasn’t ready in time for George III’s coronation, so he and his Queen were carried in sedan chairs. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-watch-along-thread/983660/149 "2023-05-06T17:31:49Z")
My sister is watching it now, and I just walked by and saw the coach. Too bad it’s a rainy day. The gold would really be spectacular in the sun. When I saw it from a mid distance camera, it just looked liked it was painted yellow. Like a blingy taxi cab. ---
**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, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-watch-along-thread/983660/150 "2023-05-06T19:39:53Z")
> [@APB](#): > > Having the Prime Minister doing anything at all during the service is an innovation. If he didn’t want to do it, he could have declined and no one would known that the idea had even been considered. Seemed to me that the classy thing to do would have been to invite him to read a passage from a Hindu scripture, since they were at least trying to pay lip service to the notion that the King represents and defends his subjects of all faiths and not just Christianity. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2023, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-watch-along-thread/983660/151 "2023-05-06T19:58:20Z")
I really hope Charles will clean out that nest of vipers at Buckingham. They’re the main reason for the rifts in the family. I’d fire every one of them. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2023, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-watch-along-thread/983660/152 "2023-05-06T21:57:16Z")
Prince George is sure getting big. It must be a very sureal experience for him seeing that he’s now old enough to understand what’s (hopefully) in store for him. > [@JRDelirious](#): > > All the Di-dolatrists, avert your eyes now. They must’ve been be ever so disappointed when neither the King or Queen burst into flames . ---
**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 7, 2023, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-watch-along-thread/983660/153 "2023-05-07T00:00:45Z")
C-span has it on and cnn is rerunning it at 8pm unless they decided to stay on the mass shooting in Texas. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-watch-along-thread/983660/154 "2023-05-07T00:32:21Z")
great, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-watch-along-thread/983660/155 "2023-05-07T00:51:56Z")
As befits my sometimes bizarre hours, I watched the first hour and a half of it live, just past the point of the actual coronation. I’m all for tradition, within limits, but I honestly found it hard to imagine how Chuck could keep a straight face while holding on to a couple of fishing spears or whatever those thing were and being presented with spurs, bracelets, rings, scepters, rods, a magic sword, and a “robe royale”. I must say that the robe royale looked a bit warm to me. I’d be happier with the gold dressing gown they gave him after the anointment (after being doused with oil behind a screen). Nice dressing gowns are hard to find. The gold one may be a bit ostentatious but it seems to provide a bit more cover than the one I currently have, which flaps around in the breeze when I wheel out the garbage bin in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-watch-along-thread/983660/156 "2023-05-07T00:52:44Z")
Thanks for this as well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-watch-along-thread/983660.md?page=7)