Not My King

I might watch it for an hour or so.

Funny how non of us can keep our Will secret - but the royal family can. Heaven forbid we taxpayers who fund them find out their huge wealth and just how much they pass onto their family in secret. Utterly ridiculous.

Definitely not a royalist but I'll be watching on the TV - it's an historic event and I won't be around for another one. Difficult to believe Camilla will be the queen considering the vitriol directed at her in the past.

My DH's nephew is being married the same day so we won't be watching. Although tbh I wouldn't be anyway as we gave up on TV many years ago.

Because I don't want to risk tangling with evil stuff, I'll be sorting through things brought in a hurry from my old home to decide what to throw away, donate or sell. Otherwise, I'd be sitting with a voodoo doll each for Charles the Turd and his repulsive wife, and enjoying sticking pins in them.

Some of these ‘anti’ contributors maybe think what it would be like without the monarchy. We’d have been led with King equivalent- Tony Blair and even Boris

Maybe look at the Republic of Ireland model or develop our own. We can have a Head of State that does not require us to keep their brothers, sisters, children, aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents etc etc in luxury for all of their lives - even when they are a rank embarrassment to our country! Preferably with one home while they are in office and not passed onto their children.
Worth looking at the real money royals make from the taxpayers - and no, monarchy doesn't cost us pennies, nor do we get more in return than they give! As for being a 'model family', what a joke.

Wonder if the wives of the men she had affairs with will remember her too .

I shall spend the day remembering Princess Diana.

Never watched a royal event in my life - take advantage of empty shops if it's raining or the empty roads to a garden if it's not.
We regularly share food/drink in our own and our neighbours gardens so don't need to have a royal event to encourage us.

Interesting articles in The Guardian last week on the cost of keeping and the breathtaking wealth of the royals.

Dee1012, sounds like a good plan , may do the same or take my book and choc into the garden.

I have a course that day - so there's a good 20-odd other people who won't be watching

Yes it’s just an excuse to get trollies and start drinking at 11 am for many.

Although I did like the Queen I have no respect for the rest of our Royal family. Can someone tell me why we should bow and curtsey to these ordinary people? It belongs in the middle ages and has no place in 2023.
Charles and Camilla are disgusting people who used Diana for breeding an heir.
I will probably glance at the TV to see the parades. We could still keep parades without the RF though.
I am in favour of a Republic with an elected president and would vote for that if we're ever given the chance. But that's unlikely

We're getting together with our very local WhatsApp group, a couple of dozen people. One day we'll eat bacon sandwiches apparently and another day we'll sit in the sun with snacks and booze. Lots and lots of booze.
I doubt that we'll do much Coronation watching as few of us are dedicated monarchists, it's just a pretty good excuse for a bit of a party.

Some people will just get on with their days as normal, some will enjoy and take part in the festivities, some will completely ignore, some will take advantage of the extra bank holidays, some will use the opportunity to gather with family and or friends. I for one will spend time with friends and family and dip in and out of the reporting perhaps on catch up after all it is a historical moment in our lives, I wasn’t here for the last coronation and may not be here for the next. Either way I will enjoy my day. I really don’t understand those who spend so much energy winging and whining about something they have no interest in and intend to ignore - just ignore it and get on with your day.

How sad, this sounds like a form of inverted snobbery.
I was at an event recently with mostly older people and the youngest one there made some really inappropriate remarks without having the good sense to 'read the room'. The looks of disappointment and the atmosphere in the room which suddenly became joyless stayed with me. No one thought the younger person was witty or clever. Many people are looking forward to history being made and they want to enjoy the day without being cast as 'less than'.

I'm no Royalist but any excuse for a party, I'm running a tea on the Friday for 70 or so older people (actually some of them will be younger than me!) with the help of my WI and local Uke group who are providing live music, more celebrations in the Town with a street party and entertainment on the Sunday organised by others on our town events committee. We did a similar tea for the jubilee and it was very well received so hopefully this one will go as well

Dad had bought a tv in the 50s and invited in a large number of his ancient aunts..... My mother laid on a lunch. This was probably to demonstrate to them that my father was not on his uppers as several of his relatives had suggested might be his end
My brother and I endured the hairy kisses from the great aunts. He then disappeared into the grey drizzle saying he was going to find a 'good merp-hole' ( for playing marbles) in the nearby school yard as on normal school days these were reserved very early in the morning
I do not know what my brother intends so many years later. If , however. anyone wants to escape by playing marbles, here in Hampshire I have a large box of the things.... neighbours will possibly escape to a street party and the whole road shows an excellent selection of '. merp-holes' which will possibly be free from traffic

In the 50s it was my job to help my mother serve the bearded aunts. This time I shall cook for myself and husband and keep the tv on, just in case we get some real majestic choral coronation music..... Zadok the Priest..... I was glad etc etc

Not interested in Royalty,. Coronation total use of public funds.
They are a wealthy, entitled, privileged lot, use their own money for the pantomime.

Coco51 a recent poll showed that 50%-ish of the population aren't interested at all in the coronation.

So having a discussion about what people are going to do on the day is a perfectly valid thing to do. If people don't like it, don't read it.

Why bring it up at all if you don’t want to cause controversy?

What will I do on the day? Probably a good walk if the weather is nice. I certainly shan't be celebrating the Coronation. Such hypocrisy for Charles to say he wants "a scaled down" monarchy. I think the UK is the only European monarchy to make such a huge thing of a coronation. Bread and circuses yet again.

I’m not a massive Royalist, but I’ll watch it on tv for “historical value” as someone put it. It is going to be a slimmed down version compared to Queen Elizabeth’s coronation, I believe, but still a huge expense of course.

Don't know what has given you this idea that it's on Monday..
This from the Royal website
The Coronation of His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Queen Consort will take place at Westminster Abbey on Saturday 6thMay, 2023. The Service will be conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury. As previously announced, the Service will reflect the Monarch’s role today and look towards the future, while being rooted in longstanding traditions and pageantry

There's a detailed programme for the whole weekend if you Google it.

Riverwalk

For those who are monarchists and practising Christians do you have any conflicting emotions on the coronation ceremony itself?

Two adulterers are being 'anointed in holy oil' specially brought from Jerusalem, crowned in a solemn ceremony in the highest church in the land by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

I am a practising Christian and find the whole adultery thing very sad. However, Christianity is about forgiveness. Let’s not forget that. ‘Let he/she who is without sin, cast the first stone.’