I’m in London, a few hundred yards from the Abbey in a school classroom, watching with a fair number of other ardent monarchists (which I most certainly am) on a fairly big screen.
It’s a day I’ve been looking forward to.
I’m DVRing it — not getting up so early Pacific Time. I have other plans on Saturday and don’t want to go through the day sleep deprived. But I will definitely watch it later. I watched the Queen’s funeral, too.
Nope.
It could be the last one.
I’m old enough to have seen Elizabeth II’s coronation (on a black & white TV with a round screen). If you’ve seen one, you’ve seen ‘em all.
If Charles and Diana were being crowned, yes, I would watch. But not Charles and horse face. Never. If William and Kate were being crowned, yes, I would watch.
I’ll watch at least part of it out of curiosity. I’m not a big fan of royalty and especially not of Charles.
There is but one King worthy of our time and attention, and his name is not Charles.
So the World’s richest welfare family is having a change of command ceremony. I find that giant image some prankster mowed into the lawn of that event much more interesting. And funny.
Gonna instead watch the paint drying on my new chicken coop.
This is my only chance to see that this one time.
Regards,
Couldn’t care less. I have zero interest, as we started to settle the issue in 1776. Besides, my TV isn’t even plugged in anymore. I stopped watching years ago.
Nope, call it all off.
I am sick to death of this effete vestige of antique tyranny. Chuckles and all of his inbred welfare family are revolting. I hope the meteor strikes.
I hope those who watch it has a good time.
I have the Beeb World Service youtube channel up on my bigscreen. 15 minutes to start of coverage.
Yes—as you say, it’s once in a lifetime. I’m not a fan of Charles, but it’s history being made.
turn to BBC News. just finished baroque choir performance - showing gathering and marching of assorted ceremonial troops - now msic from Coronation orchestra in Westminster Abbey. did my eyes deceive me - thought i saw Jean Francois Kerry sporting medals.
Whatever Americans may - with justification - think of the idea of monarchy, I ask them to consider that what we are about to witness is a Christian service of great antiquity where a man will dedicated himself to the service of God, and to the service of his country - indeed of many countries.
This type of thing is a rarity in the modern world.
The “Cornination” of King Charles
It’s like watching PBS with a British accent... the organ selection is gruesomely terrible.