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The coronation of King Charles III was something Jacky and I needed to be a part of, so we stayed up well past our usual bedtime and watched history being made.
Some random thoughts as I watched:
- Poor Charles - he looked like a man who has been waiting an eternity for the moment to be crowned King, and when the moment finally arrives he realizes that it's not all that it's cracked up to be.
- William and Kate's family looks perfect. Is it a case of too good to be true? I bet they have some barneys like everyone else.
- Poor Harry - I bet he thought he'd escaped but no. As George Costanza would say - just when you think you're out, they pull you back in (or the Eagles - you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave)
- I missed Queen Elizabeth's coronation by 4 years but watching film of it - at a very young age she looks way more comfortable, controlled and in command than Charles.
- All the costume puffery of Lord Mayor this and Lord Mayor that looks absolutely ridiculous in 2023
- The attempted modernisation of the coronation fell flat for me - it's an ancient, arcane, convoluted, complicated, antiquated, mysterious, enigmatic event - that's the point!!
- Welsh males can sing like no one else on Earth.
- We're still not Camilla fans. Just felt wrong.
- Echoes of the opening scenes of The Godfather played in my head as liege men paid tribute (William as Michael, Charles as Don Corleone).
- I remain a royalist, despite it all.
Love and peace - Wozza
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