The Coronation of Charles 111

William did start his speech with - ‘your majesties’ .

I found this on another forum and found it interesting but sad, regarding the trombonist.

“My brother in law plays with The Prince of Wales’ Regimental Band… the marching has been practiced (“hammered”) for over a week, all with bands playing (almost continuously)…

After six hours a day playing/marching, they have had night rehearsals in London and then, on the day itself, had to be at barracks at 1:30am for a obligatory breakfast (nobody fainting through not eating) then chartered trains to Waterloo (if I remember that right).

They marched up from Waterloo into position, playing all the way. They then played/marched in the procession. And then (off camera!) they played/marched again back to Waterloo to catch their trains back to barracks! When playing, there was no break between marches - literally turn the card and off you go with the next.

The bass drummer for his band was signed off with exhaustion on Wednesday after rehearsing for over a week - it was his last engagement before retirement and he was absolutely gutted, but otherwise there was a real danger of him collapsing mid parade!

My BiL has blisters on his blisters, a split lip (he’s a cornet player) and is still aching from the marching. He drove home from barracks last night and by the time he came in at midnight yesterday he had done 24 hours straight. Needless to say, he had a lie in this morning and a long afternoon nap, too!

As he has said, he is immensely proud to have taken part in it all and says the planning and execution of the music for the occasion by the military bands was first class. At the end of the day, our military can absolutely out perform anyone when it comes to pageantry, but there is a human cost in sheer hard work and physical exhaustion to achieve it.

On an even more solemn note, watchers may have noticed the timpani and tuba players in the mounted band having problems with their horses during the parade; and there has been footage of one of the Life Guard’s horses being spooked and crashing into the barriers. What hasn’t been reported is the trombonist thrown from his mount after it was spooked and, as a result, having to have major facial surgery last night! My B-I-L knows him - he’d left the army but is in the reserves, and having previously played with the mounted band was helping them out due to personnel shortages. From the reports of his injuries, he’ll possibly never play his instrument again. Having said that, we all hope he makes a full recovery from his injuries.

My BiL is only thankful that - unless the King has an unexpected heart attack and drops dead sooner than expected - he won’t have to do the next one! In fact, he said that he would probably resign if they got notice of a second state funeral (and he thought that was hard work!)”

hello thought it odd no mention of queen camillahello

she was annointed and crowned wasn't that enough.

*don't know why italics ^ didn't work? hence the hellos

silly me gott it now I think

lemsip

hello thought it odd no mention of queen camillahello

she was annointed and crowned wasn't that enough.

Bit silly. You could say that about Charles too.

Do you think Prince William was trying to cancel Camilla?

I think maybe it indicated that in that moment, in fact in the whole Coronation, Prince William has been brought closer to his father than ever before. I don't think he was trying to leave Camilla out.

No, the concert was to celebrate the coronation of the King

The Coronation Concert was non specific surely? Since two people had been crowned, it was to celebrate the whole event?
I suggest that the country owes Camilla some gratitude for her support of a probably quite annoying 74 year old man. Not an easy task.

The word ‘coronation’ !

Well that is bizarre…. Should it have been called The concert of the Coronations? Just a bit easier to say ‘the coronation concert’.
Still think Camilla has her work cut out …. A bit of recognition wouldn’t go amiss.

Anniebach

No, the concert was to celebrate the coronation of the King

Yes.

Ashcombe What an interesting post. Would you mind if I copied it to send to a friend? Thanks in advance.

And following on from Ashcombe's post, think of the chaos and injuries/deaths if many of the horses had been spooked by the protesters. The police had to prevent that.... as someone said on the other thread, the police were damned if they did, and damned if they didn't.

It is an interesting post, thank you Ashcombe

It also illustrates the fact that, however well-trained the horses are, they are large animals and yes, could react to unexpected noises or events which could cause problems for riders and anyone else nearby.

I hope the trombonist is making a good recovery.

Sparklefizz

And following on from Ashcombe's post, think of the chaos and injuries/deaths if many of the horses had been spooked by the protesters. The police had to prevent that.... as someone said on the other thread, the police were damned if they did, and damned if they didn't.

My thoughts exactly.

So, next year or whenever, will it be the Investiture or the Investitures? PoW x 2.

Seems the republicans believe their right to free speech also believe the right to cause harm and distress to the public

Coronation.gov.uk refers to The Coronation of their majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla.

Therefore one joint coronation for two people so wrong to exclude Camilla from the concert.

You are most welcome to copy the post, Sparklefizz. I'm glad people have found it interesting.

ronib

Coronation.gov.uk refers to The Coronation of their majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla.

Therefore one joint coronation for two people so wrong to exclude Camilla from the concert.

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Ashcombe thank you for your illuminating post, highlighting the immense effort put into these ceremonies by our armed forces. I hope your BiL recovers his energy soon, and the injured man (which wasn’t reported, I wonder why not?) gets well soon and is able to play his instrument again.

He is very posh but he's a good egg (for a Tory).

Bizziebe

ronib
Coronation.gov.uk refers to The Coronation of their majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla.

Therefore one joint coronation for two people so wrong to exclude Camilla from the concert.
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And a missed chance to provide more fodder for the anti-Camilla group.
Do we know she felt excluded?