A Word on the Coronation

 

I have had some conversations with family and friends in Canada which ran like "it's all go over there then is it?" "is everyone excited?" "will you be watching?". 

Its all go and doubtless lots of people are excited in the capital perhaps. That's where the Coronation is happening and its about the only part of the country that's going to benefit financially from it. Accommodation for this weekend anywhere within a 50 mile radius of London was booked up months ago. 

Its reckoned that 40% of the U.K. population are in serious financial difficulties now thanks to the toxic combination of post-COVID, the war in the Ukraine and the ludicrous cost of living its helped to spawn. I suspect there aren't a lot of folks in that demographic who are excited about an overblown, eye-wateringly expensive circus for a medieval ceremony that the rest of what's left of European royalty, stopped doing a long time ago. 

Monarchy is historically interesting but just seems out of place in the 21st century, even if no one does the pomp and ceremony like the British. And boy do they. 

For me, the Crown died along with the late Queen and I think the new King would have been better served to have simply got on quietly with his role. Prince William did not have an investiture ceremony like his father did when he became Prince of Wales and I believe that was deliberate. I also believe that if the institution lasts that long, what happens tomorrow will be the last you will ever see. 

Perhaps for that reason alone, its worth watching.