Anyone Volunteering for the 3 day Royal Coronation Event

I’m sorry I’m a bit late to this discussion but am flabbergasted by Grandyma’s comments about living in a Republic. I live in, and am a citizen of the Republic of Ireland and I assure you, we’re doing great! While I love looking at the pagentry of your Royal family, the amount being spent as your NHS etc is being run into the ground would stick in my craw. To be honest, I’m not really sure what the actual day to day differences between most modern Republics and Monarchies are! I mean, you’re hardly all being ruled by royal decrees are you? Isn’t it more ceremonial? Certainly don’t mean to offend anyone, live and let live, and all that 😁

It is personal choice, to help in local events - it is not to fulfil previously paid roles in London on the day...so no, not offended, hurt, disappointed etc. Many volunteer at street parties anyway so no different to any other important Royal events where people choose to help. They seem unable to do anything right for some, but many still like the family and the fact that they are born to serve - and choose to do so.

FannyCornforth

I’m not happy about it either Bea
I think that it will go down like a lead balloon.
Lord knows what state the country will be in come May.
It could easily backfire and be another nail in the coffin of the monarchy

By May, we will have had the 'you can only vote if you have a passport, driving licence or elderly person's bus pass' local elections, so I for one, will not be in the mood for cheering and helping out. Shall probably try to book a holiday out of the country, not into flag waving

Quite agreed with you Riverwalk I fail to see as adultery was committed how any of it is allowed.

I like volunteering and I do so for the National Trust once a week. I've done other types of volunteering . I've been retired 12 years and it's a good way of meeting people..It's a personal choice, I don't resent not being paid , as I don't need the money , (having simple tastes) . I'm not wealthy but I live comfortably, I grow my own veg , make my own bread etc . I feel as if I'm still useful doing my little tour guide bit and I get to meet people from all over the world , and hopefully make their holiday more special . It's fun, volunteering and you can always pack it in if you don't like it. I like the look of the programme for the Coronation weekend. We need celebrations right now.

YAMMY, Kate could wait at tables.

What VOLVER said, or didn't!

Callistemon21

^Is it some kind of mandatory volunteering that we all have to sign up for?^

Yes, SueDonim, it's like jury service, you have to have an excellent excuse to get out of it.
😂😂😂

I’ve looked at my calendar - I’m due to have a migraine that day.

I pay my cleaner £15 an hour which is the going rate in this mainly rural area of Wiltshire, England.
Why are trained ambulance staff expected to work for less?

Over the years I've done alot of volunteering which I really enjoyed but dont feel I want to any more. I'm not interested in the Royals since our Queen died. The awful things that have happened in this family, past and present, have put me off. I wonder how many people of working age and school children
will just see the coronation as being good re an extra day off .

Why are there so many nasty comments on here? No one is being forced to do anything. Just do your own thing and be happy.

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I live in a village and a year ago we set up a Friendship Group. 3 people came to the first meeting which was held in the pub. The landlady supplied tea coffee sandwiches and cakes and we got a grant from the County Council to support people who had become isolated and lonely due to the covid lock-down, A year later we have 40 people . We have all made new friends. We had a lovely party for the Queen's Jubilee. We meet every week and it has been wonderful to see people losing their sense of shyness and getting to know each other. We have had such generosity from the rest of the village and now it feels as if we are part of a large extended family. When you volunteer you will almost always get far more back than you actually put in. I feel sure we will have an extra special celebration for the Coronation and I am looking forward to the whole weekend where generations will mix and have a really good few days together.

So much negativity on here…. And the OP doesn’t seem to ‘get it’ that volunteers are being encouraged to ‘volunteer’ in THEIR area…..!!!

Suppose I'll drag myself to whatever the local community decide to do but shan't be volunteering to organise anything.

No, definitely not! I tried to organise a street party for the Jubilee on our cul de sac..........it was like pulling teeth!
In the end just three households got together and had a fabulous time, we all mucked in with food and drink and then shared the clearing up.
Someone did ask us the following day where the music, merriment and laughter was coming from the previous afternoon/evening...........we took great delight in saying we were celebrating the Jubilee in ****'s conservatory.
Chances are we will be doing the same for the Coronation.

I'm not offended but I won't be volunteering. I expect there may be another street party as there was for the Jubilee, which we couldn't attend as we were at my DGD's birthday party.

I won't even be watching any of it, let alone anything else. I never watch their weddings, funerals, jubilees etc anyway. We are just not interested. If they are that interested in homelessness etc., perhaps they could house a few?

Thank God for Netflix and Sky - I can avoid most of the faff.

He became King the moment his mother died, so I'm not sure why we need to spend millions, that could be better spent, confirming it lol 🤔

Our local area never does anything like street parties etc., so it'll pass us by, other than the usual media drooling and saturation of it.🙄

“Democracy is the worst form of government except for all others that have been tried.” So said Winston Churchill.

M0nica

Just consider, if we were a republic now, Boris Johnson would win any Presidential election with a huge majority, so in the past would Tony Blair.

Be careful what you wish for.

Aaarrrggghhh!!!

Grandyma

^volver

Living in a republic doesn't remove your free will. You can still have opinions.^
Of course but our constitution makes me feel protected against a dictatorship .

What Constitution?????

We have at present an unelected Head of State, an unelected Prime Minister, and unelected Higher House.

Third Pm in a row who have been guilty of breaking yhe law, whilst in office.

Just consider, if we were a republic now, Boris Johnson would win any Presidential election with a huge majority, so in the past would Tony Blair.

Be careful what you wish for.

It was 400 years ago and the man who took power won it by force and tried to set up his own dynasty.

I'm not sure that's a valid reason in the 21st century for sticking with Kings and Queens in gold coaches.

We tried republicanism in the past. Didn't work. Restored the monarchy. What's that about failing to learn from history?....

"I don't want democracy because the people are so nasty." 😫