Coronation of King Charles III

[vandermolen]

Well, I'm sure that you are all looking forward to this (     ). I have just decorated the front of the house with Coronation flags etc. Any views on this momentous event?

[ChamberNut]

I thought it already happened weeks ago?  Must have just been all the hype.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Well, I'm sure that you are all looking forward to this (     ). I have just decorated the front of the house with Coronation flags etc. Any views on this momentous event?

I will hopefully be able to watch it (or at least catch some of it and/or highlights).  What *time do the festivities/processions begin?

*though I suspect that it will still be pitch black here and I'll be in need of a very early round of morning (nighttime?) coffee!

PD

[Lisztianwagner]

My mother is looking forward to watching it on TV, and I admit I'm rather curious too, as a matter of fact, how often can you see a royal Coronation? 

[BWV 1080]

Once you get an individual on the throne that lacks the skill of EII, hopefully people will start to realize the foolishness of a state-maintained aristocracy whose only contribution to society is to generate tabloid clickbait

[vandermolen]

My mother is looking forward to watching it on TV, and I admit I'm rather curious too, as a matter of fact, how often can you see a royal Coronation? 

I agree! I've never seen one before.

[Irons]

Once you get an individual on the throne that lacks the skill of EII, hopefully people will start to realize the foolishness of a state-maintained aristocracy whose only contribution to society is to generate tabloid clickbait

Can't argue with that. After the passing of his mother Charles promised a low-key (cost) coronation. Does not seem to be working out that way.

[vandermolen]

Once you get an individual on the throne that lacks the skill of EII, hopefully people will start to realize the foolishness of a state-maintained aristocracy whose only contribution to society is to generate tabloid clickbait

A fair point although I would much rather have a non-political Head of State.

[vandermolen]

I will hopefully be able to watch it (or at least catch some of it and/or highlights).  What *time do the festivities/processions begin?

*though I suspect that it will still be pitch black here and I'll be in need of a very early round of morning (nighttime?) coffee!

PD

Don't know if you can access this PD. Obviously you'll need to make adjustments for US time.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65342840

[BWV 1080]

Hill is a Christian, historian, pacifist, teacher, writer, activist and republican. At the start of the ceremony, which focused on the queen's death, he was silent: "I wouldn't interrupt somebody's grief." But when "they declared Charles rightful liege lord, and acknowledged our obedience to him as our only king", Hill had heard enough. "I find this language very demeaning, and I called out 'Who elected him?'" To his astonishment, he found himself surrounded by security, arrested and eventually charged under the Public Order Act 1986.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/apr/29/the-crowd-were-saying-kill-him-kick-him-to-death-what-happened-to-the-people-who-protested-against-king-charles

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

My relative attended the coronation of Queen Elizabeth. Sadly not this coronation.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Don't know if you can access this PD. Obviously you'll need to make adjustments for US time.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65342840

Ooh!  Procession starting at 6 a.m. your time?!  With the time difference, that would mean that I would need to start watching at 1 a.m. here.    Ouch!

PD

[Pohjolas Daughter]

My relative attended the coronation of Queen Elizabeth. Sadly not this coronation.

That's cool that they were able to attend her coronation.

PD

[Pohjolas Daughter]

It looks like the major news networks (here in the US) will be showing live coverage starting at 5 a.m. EST.  I googled around thinking (hoping?) that they would be showing live coverage of it online (like on BBC.com's website), but doesn't look like it.  I might try temporarily upping my subscription for my cable provider so that I can get BBC America and or World News again.  I suspect that BBC A would be showing it from the get-go, but don't know.

Or, then again, I could just sleep in and start watching it at 5 a.m. my time! 

PD

[Mandryka]

Easy Coronation Chicken

6 tbsp Hellmann's Real Mayonnaise
2-3 tsp mild curry powder, to taste
½ tsp ground cinnamon
2 tbsp mango chutney
1-3 tbsp sultanas, or to taste
500g shredded cooked chicken


STEP 1
Mix the Hellmann's Real Mayonnaise, curry powder, cinnamon, chutney and sultanas together and season with black pepper.

STEP 2
Add the shredded chicken and stir to coat in the sauce. Stir in 2 tbsp water to loosen if needed, then season and serve as desired.

Serve with a big coronation mug of Rosy Lea

[Spotted Horses]

A fair point although I would much rather have a non-political Head of State.

I fail to see what advantage is conferred by having a "non-political" head of state who has no power and experts no influence on the actions of the government, and who's primary function is to provide embarrassing fodder for tabloid newspapers.

[vandermolen]

I fail to see what advantage is conferred by having a "non-political" head of state who has no power and experts no influence on the actions of the government, and who's primary function is to provide embarrassing fodder for tabloid newspapers.

Yes, but who would want the likes of Boris Johnson as Head of State? Also, the late Queen herself did not, I would suggest, 'provide embarrassing fodder for tabloid newspapers' in her 70 years on the throne.

[Spotted Horses]

Yes, but who would want the likes of Boris Johnson as Head of State? Also, the late Queen herself did not, I would suggest, 'provide embarrassing fodder for tabloid newspapers' in her 70 years on the throne.

Queen Elizabeth II nevertheless presided over Boris Johnson's appointment as prime minister, the de facto head of state. But, then there is Edward VIII, and will the new King have to divest of his biscuit empire? A disgraced "political" head of state can, at least, be kicked out by the public.

[BWV 1080]

Queen Elizabeth II nevertheless presided over Boris Johnson's appointment as prime minister, the de facto head of state. But, then there is Edward VIII, and will the new King have to divest of his biscuit empire? A disgraced "political" head of state can, at least, be kicked out by the public.

However there is precedent - Charles immediate namesake did get removed as head of state, through a process that left him both stateless and headless

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

The Head of State - Chief Executive division of labor gives more time to the latter for govtl administration. Where a chief executive is also the head of state, s/he must spend time for ceremonial obligations as well as policy making/administration.