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King Charles III and Queen Camilla are crowned in elaborate ceremony
NPR ^ | 6 May 2023 | Willem Marx

Posted on 05/06/2023 10:56:16 AM PDT by Rummyfan

King Charles III and Camilla, the queen consort, were officially crowned king and queen during a coronation ceremony Saturday at Westminster Abbey, the first coronation there since that of Charles' mother, Queen Elizabeth II, back in 1953.

Massive crowds lined the royals' route to and from the ceremony over the course of several hours.

Charles and Camilla began their procession toward the coronation from Buckingham Palace through Central London in a golden carriage led by eight horses.

About 200 members of the British military were mounted on horses as part of the procession, largely drawn from what's known as the Household Cavalry Regiment. On either side of the route to Westminster Abbey were around 1,000 other soldiers, sailors and Royal Air Force personnel.

They disembarked from their three-ton carriage at the Great West Door of Westminster Abbey, flanked by church officials and followed by a retinue of support staff dressed in red uniforms.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: charlesiii; coronation; houseofwindsor; kingcharles; unitedkingdom
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To: caww

Princess Diana is all I could think about when Camilla was crowned Queen. #Coronation pic.twitter.com/HVyLXkUKEgβ€” β™° (@outtaminds) May 6, 2023


41 posted on 05/06/2023 11:33:45 AM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a conspiracy theory in β€˜20 is now fact. Land of the sheep, home of the knaves)
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To: Rummyfan

I saw the picture and had an immediate urge to play a game of chess...


42 posted on 05/06/2023 11:35:08 AM PDT by politicket
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To: caww
I think Charlotte looks like her great grandmother....


43 posted on 05/06/2023 11:36:26 AM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a conspiracy theory in β€˜20 is now fact. Land of the sheep, home of the knaves)
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To: nwrep
He is as ugly as ever. She is not bad looking for her age.

I think you got them backwards.

44 posted on 05/06/2023 11:36:42 AM PDT by George J. Jetso
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To: BenLurkin

LOL!


45 posted on 05/06/2023 11:40:28 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (We didn't have all this violence when we had God in our schools and AMERICA WAS GREAT!)
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To: Rummyfan

I’ve been surprised by the empathy and respect I afford Charles and Camilla, the Royals and the Monarchy. They mirror the dysfunction in my own family and the foolish or noble struggles in my own personal life. In projecting onto them, I cut them a little slack, I guess, and me, too, while I’m at it.


46 posted on 05/06/2023 11:41:13 AM PDT by Quentin Quarantino
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To: Rummyfan

I cannot help but think of how hosed-up the first two Kings Charles were.


47 posted on 05/06/2023 11:41:56 AM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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To: Rummyfan

I don’t accept the concept of monarchy, so I’m not impressed.


48 posted on 05/06/2023 11:42:13 AM PDT by I want the USA back (No one is assigned sex at birth. One's sex is noted and recorded. My pronouns Haha, hehe, hoho, hoo )
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To: Rummyfan

For clarification, is it Queen Consort or Queen Camilla?


49 posted on 05/06/2023 11:42:24 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Rummyfan

That picture reminds me of an old joke about two Brits unable to find a rental car in Turkey, rented a camel and rode in into town. After dinner, they went out to get on the camel and found two camels tied to the rail. One of the Brits asked, “How will we know which one is ours?” The other picked up one of the camel’s tails and announced, “The other one is ours.” The first Brit asked how he was able to know which camel was theirs. The other Brit said, “When we rode up, I heard someone say, ‘Look at the camel with the two assholes.’ The other camel only had one.”


50 posted on 05/06/2023 11:43:51 AM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel ( )
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To: Rummyfan

That picture reminds me of an old joke about two Brits unable to find a rental car in Turkey, rented a camel and rode in into town. After dinner, they went out to get on the camel and found two camels tied to the rail. One of the Brits asked, “How will we know which one is ours?” The other picked up one of the camel’s tails and announced, “The other one is ours.” The first Brit asked how he was able to know which camel was theirs. The other Brit said, “When we rode up, I heard someone say, ‘Look at the camel with the two assholes.’ The other camel only had one.”


51 posted on 05/06/2023 11:43:51 AM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel ( )
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To: Rummyfan

That picture reminds me of an old joke about two Brits unable to find a rental car in Turkey, rented a camel and rode in into town. After dinner, they went out to get on the camel and found two camels tied to the rail. One of the Brits asked, “How will we know which one is ours?” The other picked up one of the camel’s tails and announced, “The other one is ours.” The first Brit asked how he was able to know which camel was theirs. The other Brit said, “When we rode up, I heard someone say, ‘Look at the camel with the two assholes.’ The other camel only had one.”


52 posted on 05/06/2023 11:43:51 AM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel ( )
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To: Rummyfan

Why does that picture make me think of an Imperial margarine commercial? πŸ˜†


53 posted on 05/06/2023 11:44:05 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: virgil
I don’t know about Camilla. She looked pretty old to me and seemed to have trouble getting around.

And that's exactly the kind of wife Charles always wanted. Diana upstaged him, and he couldn't stand it. I lived in Australia for 30 years, and was there when they came out for a visit. They were in an open car, and everyone who was on Diana's side of the road was cheering, and all you could hear from Charles' side was "Oh, damn! She's on the other side!" He had to smile and wave and pretend like he didn't hear it, but it was repeated again and again from everyone on his side of the road.

I couldn't help but think of Diana today. If Charles and Diana had never split and she was still alive, she would have stolen the show with her beauty and elegance.

54 posted on 05/06/2023 11:46:19 AM PDT by HandBasketHell
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To: Rummyfan

good for them both


55 posted on 05/06/2023 11:47:21 AM PDT by ronniesgal (friends don't let friends be Kardashians)
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To: caww

Both Randy Andy and Spare Harry were excluded from the balcony.


56 posted on 05/06/2023 11:47:54 AM PDT by HandBasketHell
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To: V_TWIN

I was dating my wife when Charles was screwing around on Diana. My wife, who rarely said a bad word about anyone kept saying about Camilla she looks like an ugly “bag of bones”


57 posted on 05/06/2023 11:48:55 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: Jane Long

nope, Camilla’s his one true love.


58 posted on 05/06/2023 11:50:01 AM PDT by ronniesgal (friends don't let friends be Kardashians)
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To: ronniesgal

Barf.

Diana was his most likely murdered wife.


59 posted on 05/06/2023 11:50:52 AM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a conspiracy theory in β€˜20 is now fact. Land of the sheep, home of the knaves)
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To: Rummyfan

This part of the deep state lives on.


60 posted on 05/06/2023 11:54:00 AM PDT by Revel
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