Not My King

I will be on holiday in Madagascar when he is crowned but if I was here I would watch it. Nobody does pomp and ceremony like the United Kingdom. I find it moving and I would rather have Charles as a figurehead instead of some awful President like Trump! I actually have a friend who is coming over from America to see it specially!

Double aaaaagggggghhhhh!

Never a Robinson, or a Merkel, or a Finnbogadóttir.

Perhaps we need another referendum?!!!!!!! 😂
On William and Kate’s wedding day, we climbed Helm Crag in the Lakes. Fantastic. Miles away from the nearest TV…

Not that Merkel was a head of state, but then neither were at least half the people mentioned in this thread.

Siope

Not that Merkel was a head of state, but then neither were at least half the people mentioned in this thread.

I do think that the reason Trump, Johnson and so on keep getting trotted out is that many people have no idea what an elected HoS would do, or what the difference is between the roles of Trump and Robinson.

Can’t seem to summon up much enthusiasm for it tbh. All this will H&M attend or not doesn’t help! Will raise a glass to them tho - they will need all the luck in the world

Happy to admit I have a dull humdrum life, like most people. And I suspect the curmudgeons on here have similarly dull lives but have to make themselves feel better by making unpleasant remarks like calling the king 'Charles the Turd'. How rude and unnecessary. I am quite happy with my dreary existence and welcome the bit of cheer that the coronation will bring.

I don't think we should be concentrating on whether Charles is a good guy or not, or whether his wife is "Queenly" enough, or how much money he has.

The problem with a monarch as HoS is that he could be Jack the Ripper for all we know and there is nothing we can do about it. We can never oust him from his position and we know who's coming next after him. And who's coming next after that. We don't get to have any say in who is the face of our country, only the Royalists do. And they seem happy to trade in accountability for a nice parade.

Having a hereditary HoS is untenable in a democratic society, whether he is rich as Croesus or doesn't have 2 pennies to rub together.

I will be celebrating with friends and watching it all, enjoying our fantastic history being made 👑.

I will never recognise him as my king and will be avoiding the whole thing. There are plenty of things that need my attention around the home. Looks like I will be busy

Of course, it's only accident of birth that we now have King Charles. If Prince Andrew had been the first-born he would now be King. Happy with that?

My husband will be at work on the Saturday and as I would rather watch paint dry I will be decorating the utility room whilst listening to an audiobook.
We will see it in the news I expect.

Weather permitting I will sit in the garden with a glass of wine with family and neighbours. I will watch it on the news - don't expect I can avoid it.

I'll be at work then will see what Netflix has to offer in the evening

We teach a regular karate session on Saturday mornings from 9.30am till 12.30pm so I'm out until at least 1.30pm. We have no idea how many students will attend on Coronation Day. If enough students are keen to attend and their training fees will cover our costs, the classes will go ahead as normal and we won't worry ourselves about missing the coverage of the event. We're planning to hand out a yes/no slip a couple of Saturdays before so we will be able to make a decision. We have to pay for the venue unless we cancel in good time and we have travelling costs. It's a 50 mile round trip for me and I'll be cross if I turn up and no one else does!

Our parish council are funding mugs for all the children in the village and got an artist to do a drawing of the locality for it. It is simply awful and looks as though a child did it. Bit of a joke really. I suspect the royalists will be horrified, which wickedly makes me chuckle.

We will watch highlights and intermittently during the day, which, being a bank holiday, we’ll enjoy immensely.

We won't be watching any of it. We will either go out for the day or go for a short break.

I will watch it for the historical value, that and morbid curiosity

The crowning bit is on the Saturday!

The Coronation will be a hugely historic event of national and international interest, an event that may not happen again in my lifetime. I truly don’t understand anyone not wanting to watch this for its educational value alone.
You don’t have to be a royalist to watch it you know and maybe you’ll learn something!

I was hoping we’d have a street party but was afraid to suggest it in case I had to organise it! I still find it difficult to call Charlie-Boy king!

vickymeldrew

The Coronation will be a hugely historic event of national and international interest, an event that may not happen again in my lifetime. I truly don’t understand anyone not wanting to watch this for its educational value alone.
You don’t have to be a royalist to watch it you know and maybe you’ll learn something!

What could we possibly learn that is of educational value?

I think the continuation of the monarchy suggests our acceptance of unearned privilege and increasing inequality, as does the unelected House of Lords.
It's had its day and it represents things ( including our colonial atrocities) I'm not inclined to celebrate. It's not so much about the individuals themselves. I'll therefore not be watching the event, but gardening or having family over
I know others have different views and will want to watch the coronation for a variety of reasons.

Oh volver3, I love your sense of humour - my five year old came back from her first day at school and declared she didn’t need to go again ‘cos she knew everything !