Charles was not too thrilled himself back in ‘53
So indeed!
I like how they’ve got mics on all the church leaders and the mic colours match the garments. And they have two microphones each - it’s not like a Production Assistant can run on and adjust one if it breaks or starts rubbing on clothing and making noises.
Oooh, I just noticed the Archbishop’s cue cards.
NGL, Wills in his garb of the Garter does look sharper than Chuck in the royal wrappings.
Low bar, I know…
All the Di-dolatrists, avert your eyes now.
LOL! Smapti, I like that rule. We could wind up with a farmer in charge - they know how to grab a greased hog.
Now comes the part that turns my stomach, watching them crown Camilla.
The cue cards are everywhere.
I saw that!
" And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, “O Lord, bless this Thy hand grenade that, with it, Thou mayest blow Thine enemies to tiny bits in Thy mercy.”"
This whole thing is completely bonkers but quite fascinating. God only knows what the rest of the world things of us. Eccentric doesn’t even begin to describe it.
I am enjoying the show.
And to think this is a stripped-down coronation. George IV’s featured a knight in full armor riding into the abbey on horseback, throwing his gauntlet at the king’s feet, and offering to fight anyone who disagreed with his right to be king.
If only they’d had TV cameras on hand for that spectacle.
Sadly, the members of the House of Lords were told to leave their robes and coronets at home, in this slim down version.
UK I believe are the last ones in Europe that go through this whole megillah. And yes, the magical mystical bits they pretend to take seriously do sound just utterly bonkers. But they are great for a laugh.
And they seem to have pinched Queen C’s hair with the crown, she had to reach up and adjust.
Per Wikipedia;
That makes three monarchs I’ve been subject to.
The most bizarre thing to me was to see that Penny Mordaunt heading the procession.
the problem with TV, (as opposed to, say, black and white movie cameras) is that it allows for realistic close-ups of people’s faces.
And none of the faces I’m seeing are happy.
Those of us who aren’t Christians who live in the US usually get that experience multiple times in our lives, often even before we’re fully adult. It’s a bit odd at times, but if you wish to live in a truly multicultural and multiple faith world you should be able to do such a thing without getting the vapors.
I believe the idea is to symbolize the man enters as a “pauper” and emerges as a king, or something along those lines. Or maybe puts off material things to have an encounter with the holy. I’m sure there’s a lot of symbolism in this entire event.
727 years old.
If they hadn’t had that stupid rule about the future king having to marry a virgin he could have married her in the first place and avoided a crapload of drama and personal misery for all involved. But let’s not go down that road.
We think you’re very British and if ya’ll hadn’t had an actual coronation with the costumes, pomp, and circumstance we would have been disappointed and asked “Where is Britain and what have you done with it?” We do honestly expect this sort of thing from you folks, that’s why you make substantial tourist dollars from visitors watching the blokes in funny hats stand at attention or march about at Buckingham Palace and The Tower. And, as far as “global events” go, it’s a relief to see something that isn’t about a disaster or people doing horrible things to each other.
Sure, there’s stuff to quibble about and some ugly history, but there’s nothing wrong with sitting back and enjoying the show in the very best Medieval cosplay anywhere in the world - bonus points for the Medieval stuff being, you know actually Medieval.
I think you’ll find that’s mediaeval.