The world’s most useless unemployed person became the person with the world’s most useless job. I suppose from certain points of view it’s an improvement, but to me it’s a distinction without difference.
i like it. well done, canada.
American.
Wasn’t intending to watch the coronation. I customarily listen to the news while getting ready for work. When I turned on the TV on Sunday found that news had been pre-empted by the coronation. So… basically just left it on as background while eating breakfast, puttering around, and getting ready for work.
Was nice to see a historical event that did NOT involve disaster, blood, warfare, catastrophe, wildfire, earthquake, etc. but I sort of watched it accidentally, not with intention.
If I recall correctly, post-Kennedy, President Johnson was sworn in on an airplane. Really, it could be done anywhere.
But a lot of the public does like these pageants and displays.
The Windsors have had a number people live into their late 90’s an even the triple digits. Chuck’s dad lived to be 99, his mom to 96, and his maternal grandmother to 101. The current king stands a decent chance of another 20-30 years unless he has some health problem we’re unaware of, and even if he did, he has access to world class health care.
The BBC has the whole thing on YouTube if anyone is itching to watch it. Fast forward through any parts you find boring.
The music is quite good.
A lot of the props, though, were made and paid for centuries ago. It’s not like they had to shell out for all new stuff. So, other than security (which would be needed anyway) there’s no cost for most of it. Maybe a bit of re-lining on the crown. So why not use the Crown Jewels for a ceremony involving the literal crown(s)?
As for the rest of it - well, as an American I don’t have to pay for it. Whether or not it’s too much money is up to the British.
IMHO the various jewels should be returned to the places from whence they were taken (if provable and on a case by case basis) and likewise with all other relevant materiel. The various other stuff, such as carriages, robes, EAL estate sold and the money used for something truly useful and beneficial.
But that’s my take on it.
What do you do when it seems multiple nations all have equally valid claims on a royal jewel? If I recall the Koh-i-Noor is in exactly that situation.
The Coronation photos of King and Queen are published. Somehow the regal feeling escapes me. It looks like my neighbors dressed for a costume party.
I guess the perception will change as the years pass.
I honestly have no idea, however, that shouldn’t prevent the right thing from being done when possible.
Or a parlor by your dad.
And for another perspective, the Celtic fans attending a football game broke into a rousing rendition of:
You can stick your coronation up your arse.
Gotta love the Scots and their irreverence.
I recorded six hours of the BBC version, and watched it on and off all day Saturday. It was better than watching the Kentucky Derby preamble, and i enjoy tradition. Chuck was the 40th monarch to be crowned in the Abbey, so one every 25 years or so.
They put up privacy panels during the anoiting. Did that have a roof as well to prevent the overhead cameras from peering inside?
Was it my imagination, or was sawdust or sand covering the horse droppings from the outgoing procession so thst the returning procession wouldn’t have to watch their steps so much? Easier than shovelling or sweeping it up?
I’ve been thinking for a while that we should further Canadianize the Canadian monarchy. Long live the Maple Throne!
Though this new crown may mean that we have to change the crowns on all the road signs for the King’s Highways in Ontario…
It would have to be the Senate chamber. That’s where the Speech from the Throne is delivered, as the Senate is the only chamber that the monarch is allowed into. The monarch is not allowed into the Commons under any circumstances; and the Commons regularly ignores the monarch’s summons to the Senate for the Speech from the Throne.
In a way, anyway: for the Speech from the Throne, Black Rod summons the Commons to the Senate chamber by knocking on the door of the Commons. Which ignores the summons. Black Rod tries again. He is again ignored. Only on the third knock is he admitted to deliver his invitation. And the Commons thinks about whether it should respond. It always does, of course, but it is symbolically important–it indicates to the monarch that Canada’s government is in the hands of the Canadian people, and not the monarch.
Oh, and as to the OP’s question: I watched a replay. I was too busy handicapping the Kentucky Derby to watch it live.
More on the new Canadian crown, from the source:
He’s got a new Canadian flag too.
Speaking of flags, there was one in the background of Doug Ford’s tweet from Queen’s Park (the Ontario legislature, not the actual park) about the coronation. It was a white flag with Charles’ royal cipher (CRIII) in a circle of green triangles. Has anyone else seen this flag? What is it?
I found it!
To give the coach horses’ hooves greater grip on the road surface, especially where it slopes or curves, and it also makes the clean-up a bit easier.
I thought perhaps they were checking to see if his balls had dropped yet.
Yeah, the purple tunic looks like a cheap Halloween costume. He looks a lot better in a military uniform.
While flipping the TV stations on Saturday, the one thought that came to mind was the queen’s coronation. TV station signals have a maximum range of about 75 miles, so live coverage was not available in the USA in 1952. My mother, sister, grandmother and I boarded a trolley into Boston to the Exeter Street (movie) theater where we watched the queen’s coronation which had happened the previous day. Apparently the film had been developed on a transatlantic flight overnight. I explicitly remember my mother telling me that I would probably be able to watch the next coronation live.
Even if live TV had been possible, TVs were so expensive that we didn’t get a television in our house for another two years.
I know that’s for heraldry, but I would be cool if they made a real version of that as the Crown of Canada.
Question: Do the Commonwealth countries that recognize the UK monarch as head of state have separate crowns for them to (theoretically) wear?