Chucks new hat..

[Lugs]

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Well, we didn't watch it live, but had to endure some of it on the news tonight. We couldn't help but comment on the coach... "donate it to the French"

[birlinn]

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[TomF]

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If it was up to me, I'd establish a convention here that our parliament would appoint an Aboriginal elder elected by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander reps.

Valid, for sure.

[MushCreek]

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Well, it was somewhat interesting, from an historic point of view. Couple of questions-

What is the Royal Orb?

It looked like a lot of names and initials were carved in the old chair. I swear I saw 'Bobby' carved in there. WTF?

Who paid for all of this?

[Peerie Maa]

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Well, it was somewhat interesting, from an historic point of view. Couple of questions-

What is the Royal Orb?

It looked like a lot of names and initials were carved in the old chair. I swear I saw 'Bobby' carved in there. WTF?

Who paid for all of this?

The Orb is a representation of the sovereign's power. It symbolises the Christian world with its cross mounted on a globe, and the bands of jewels dividing it up into three sections represent the three continents known in medieval times.

Mounted with clusters of emeralds, rubies and sapphires surrounded by rose-cut diamonds, and single rows of pearls. A cross on the top is set with with rose-cut diamonds, with a sapphire in the centre on one side and an emerald on the other, and with pearls at the angles and at the end of each arm.
During the coronation service, the Orb is placed in the right hand of the monarch as they are invested with the symbols of sovereignty. It is then placed on the altar before the moment of crowning.

https://www.rct.uk/collection/themes...sovereigns-orb
Cromwell had all of the originals melted down, so the regalia will all date from the coronation of Charles II

as some 7,000 ceremonial troops line the Mall, 60 aircraft take part in a flyover, and security is provided that is suitable for the entire royal family and 100 other heads of state to be in one place, you might find yourself wondering: Who is paying for all of this? The answer (as is not always the case when it comes to the royals and funding) is actually very simple: The British public. As a state occasion, King Charles's coronation is paid for with public funds. This is different to a royal wedding, which is a personal family moment with some public elements to it, so the cost is split between private funds and public money.




“It has always been the case that the Government have paid or coronations,” British politician Oliver Dowden told a parliamentary committee earlier this year. “The reason for doing so is that the sovereign is our Head of State and it’s important that we mark that properly.”

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/so...ronation-cost/

[Lugs]

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The three continents? So God was still learning then?

[skuthorp]

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Well, we didn't watch it live, but had to endure some of it on the news tonight. We couldn't help but comment on the coach... "donate it to the French"

The coach used to take Charlie to the abbey was built in Australia, and the bloke is building another now. But he is quite ill I hear. The gold plated one is so unstable it is reported to make some passengers seasick.

As for cost, I reckon it'll be an investment in the tourist trade.

[Lugs]

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The coach used to take Charlie to the abbey was built in Australia, and the bloke is building another now. But he is quite ill I hear. The gold plated one is so unstable it is reported to make some passengers seasick.

As for cost, I reckon it'll be an investment in the tourist trade.

Yes, the Aussie one has suspension and even aircon. The gold one is just ugh

[Peerie Maa]

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The coach used to take Charlie to the abbey was built in Australia, and the bloke is building another now. But he is quite ill I hear. The gold plated one is so unstable it is reported to make some passengers seasick.

As for cost, I reckon it'll be an investment in the tourist trade.

It is not unstable, it always returns to upright when the rocking/swinging dies down.

[Andrew Craig-Bennett]

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Cromwell didn’t melt down the golden spoon used for the Anointing; he sold that and Charles II bought it back, so it is thought to date from 1217.

The Crown of St Edward was made extra big because Chuck the Second wanted to show off to Louis the Fourteenth; it is sold gold and weighs two kilos. That’s why the King or Queen changes it for the lighter Imperial State Crown, at one kilo.





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[Breakaway]

Riffed on in cin-eh-mah.



Kevin


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[Ted Hoppe]

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Peaceful protestors were picked up and put in paddywagons for chanting; Not my King. A reminder the British are subjects not citizens.

[Sandlapper]

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I was on Bahama when she visited her islands in 1954. The only thing that qualified as a "town" was the run down version of Pine Ridge. The buildings fronting the street were gussied up and painted for her like a movie lot. Can't see how she learned much about how her subjects lived from that fake view of them.

Brits lived on the larder from their far flung "empire" and she benefited from that and appeared to be harsh to many of them. In my opinion, Brits were among the worse of the colonizers for exploiting their royal second class subjects but not nearly as bad as the Belgians or even the USA in the Philippines.

[bob winter]

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I am told that Trudeau has decided that the new Canadian $20 bill and all coins will now have Charles III on them. It also appears that Trudeau has no desire to get involved in the messy constitutional work that would be involved in moving Canada away from being a monarchy to whatever.

[johnw]

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It is refreshing to have someone who can rise above the grubby parliamentarianism or republicanism, though for myself in Canada it's hard to think of him as a real king. More like a historical re-enactment of a king, like someone dressing up as the town cryer for festive occasions.

Monarchist reenactors, that's perfect!