Coronation thread

dont let the fact the country is falling apart get in the way of a good coronation
 
What's the point? He's already the King

Just give me my day off and get on with your job (aka watching TV)
 
That's the thing with an hereditary monarchy - one family holds all the power, and there's nothing that can be done about it.

Many people thought the late Queen did the job with great dedication, and I felt I could always say "I'm not a supporter of the monarchy, but the Queen's been a good figurehead". I'd never say that about Charles (and Camilla, good grief). It makes it easier to be a republican.

We're none of us perfect that's for sure, but some of the stuff that trickles out about the Royals is shocking. They have the best of everything and yet they still duck and dive, to greater or lesser extents.
 
Penna said:
That's the thing with an hereditary monarchy - one family holds all the power, and there's nothing that can be done about it.

Many people thought the late Queen did the job with great dedication, and I felt I could always say "I'm not a supporter of the monarchy, but the Queen's been a good figurehead". I'd never say that about Charles (and Camilla, good grief). It makes it easier to be a republican.

We're none of us perfect that's for sure, but some of the stuff that trickles out about the Royals is shocking. They have the best of everything and yet they still duck and dive, to greater or lesser extents.
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I'm probably of this opinion as well.
 
McGrathsipan said:
dont let the fact the country is falling apart get in the way of a good coronation
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They've probably thought of the old 'it will bring the country together' like everyone watching someone travelling in a gold coach and having an expensive crown on his head is going to pay people's food and energy bills. Never has the saying 'Read the fecking room' been more apt.
 
TheGame said:
They've probably thought of the old 'it will bring the country together' like everyone watching someone travelling in a gold coach and having an expensive crown on his head is going to pay people's food and energy bills. Never has the saying 'Read the fecking room' been more apt.
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the world has moved on ffs.

Its bad enough watching corrupt politicians ride roughshod over people that are literally starving and homeless, but feck you all anyway. Swear loyalty
 
Jippy said:
The right wing press are in full-on pro-monarchy anti-Labour overload and unreadable at the moment.

AMAN BHOGAL
I’ll drape myself in Union Jack and swear allegiance to the King – let’s not let woke lefties spoil the Coronation party

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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/22218579/drape-myself-union-jack-king-coronation-woke-lefties/
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Anyone told him that's not the union jack?
 
Jippy said:
The right wing press are in full-on pro-monarchy anti-Labour overload and unreadable at the moment.

AMAN BHOGAL
I’ll drape myself in Union Jack and swear allegiance to the King – let’s not let woke lefties spoil the Coronation party

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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/22218579/drape-myself-union-jack-king-coronation-woke-lefties/
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St George is the patron saint of Genoa, and the cross of St George was a Genoese flag English sailors paid to sail under in order to have the protection of the Genoese fleet.
 
Official warning letters have been sent to anti-monarchists planning peaceful protests at King Charles III’s coronation saying that new criminal offences to prevent disruption have been rushed into law.

Using tactics described by lawyers as “intimidatory”, the Home Office’s Police Powers Unit wrote to the campaign group Republic saying new powers had been brought forward to prevent “disruption at major sporting and cultural events”.


The new law, given royal assent by Charles on Tuesday, means that from Wednesday:

  • Protesters who block roads, airports and railways could face 12 months behind bars.
  • Anyone locking on to others, objects or buildings could go to prison for six months and face an unlimited fine.
  • Police will be able to head off disruption by stopping and searching protesters if they suspect they are setting out to cause chaos.
https://www.theguardian.com/politic...-office-letter-on-new-protest-laws-coronation
 
Mr Pigeon said:
It's alright in a sandwich but the real magic happens when you bung it into a baked potato. Absolutely unreal. Doesn't even have to be chicken, you can try lots of different meats.
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How many different meats have you tried?
 
Frosty said:
Official warning letters have been sent to anti-monarchists planning peaceful protests at King Charles III’s coronation saying that new criminal offences to prevent disruption have been rushed into law.

Using tactics described by lawyers as “intimidatory”, the Home Office’s Police Powers Unit wrote to the campaign group Republic saying new powers had been brought forward to prevent “disruption at major sporting and cultural events”.


The new law, given royal assent by Charles on Tuesday, means that from Wednesday:

  • Protesters who block roads, airports and railways could face 12 months behind bars.
  • Anyone locking on to others, objects or buildings could go to prison for six months and face an unlimited fine.
  • Police will be able to head off disruption by stopping and searching protesters if they suspect they are setting out to cause chaos.
https://www.theguardian.com/politic...-office-letter-on-new-protest-laws-coronation
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This country really needs a good prolonged riot.
 
That was brought in to stop Extinction Rebellion glueing themselves to the M25.

It's got nothing, directly, to do with the Coronation.

And giving Royal Assent is an obligation on the Monarch, he has to sign whatever's put in front of him.
 
Frosty said:
St George is the patron saint of Genoa, and the cross of St George was a Genoese flag English sailors paid to sail under in order to have the protection of the Genoese fleet.
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I was at the Barca-Atletico match last week and the Barca ultras had a load of massive St George’s flags. Then I realised that the Barca club crest has the St George cross on it. He must have got around!
 
Will the coronation bring the nutters out? Some guy was arrested for throwing shotgun shells at the palace…

 
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Can't believe I was today years old when I heard about Tampongate.

Considering reading the transcript out rather than the pledge of allegiance on Saturday.

“Mmm. You're awfully good at feeling your way along,” Camilla tells Charles.

“Oh stop! I want to feel my way along you, all over you and up and down you and in and out . . . particularly in and out,” he replies.

“Oh, that's just what I need at the moment,” Camilla says. “I know it would revive me. I can't bear a Sunday night without you.”

Charles goes on to add that he “fills up [Camilla’s] tank”, stating that he “needs [her] several times a week”.

He says: “Oh, God. I'll just live inside your trousers or something. It would be much easier!”

Camilla laughs: “What are you going to turn into, a pair of knickers? Oh, you're going to come back as a pair of knickers.”

Charles replies: “Or, God forbid, a Tampax. Just my luck! My luck to be chucked down a lavatory and go on and on forever swirling round on the top, never going down.”

The pair sign off the call by affirming their love for each other, with Charles telling Camilla: “Your greatest achievement is to love me.”

She replies: “I’d suffer anything for you. That’s love. It’s the strength of love.”
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I guess everyone loves a bit of star spotting and a freebie.

Nick Cave reveals ‘inexplicable attachment’ to British royals ahead of attending king’s coronation
“I guess what I am trying to say is that, beyond the interminable but necessary debates about the abolition of the monarchy, I hold an inexplicable emotional attachment to the Royals – the strangeness of them, the deeply eccentric nature of the whole affair that so perfectly reflects the unique weirdness of Britain itself. I’m just drawn to that kind of thing – the bizarre, the uncanny, the stupefyingly spectacular, the awe-inspiring.”
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https://www.theguardian.com/music/2...sh-royals-ahead-of-attending-kings-coronation
 
Don't know what all the fuss is about, I'm buzzing to watch an old man have an expensive hat put on his head by a man whose religious establishment protects child sex offenders
 
I have a 30 year old colleague at work that is English and is taking a holiday overseas this week. I overhead genuine despair in her voice talking to another colleague that shes struggling to plan how she can fit the Coronation TV coverage into her holiday.

You lot are still weird even when you come over here as young kids and basically are Australian. I thought it was the boomers that clung on to this so zealously.
 
You lot are amateurs. In Nigeria, we have over a hundred kings.
 
I’m sure we can trust the institutionally racist Met not to do anything questionable.
 
it’s getting closer. starting to feel like one of those big european nights at old trafford.
 
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