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Is there anyone in the UK remotely excited about the coronation?

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LabradorsByTheSea · 21/04/2023 14:29

It was vaguely on my radar as DF is taking DS to watch a football match on the extra bank holiday. But I’ve just realised it’s only a couple of weeks away and I’ve not had a single ‘doing anything special?’ conversation. There are a few token flags about, but no real sense of impending excitement that something special is happening.

We aren’t big royalists but live in an area of the country that probably has more royal family fans than most. It wouldn’t normally be an event we would get excited about but previously, local town and villages have had lots of events to mark jubilees, royal weddings etc.

Anyone else noticed how low key the coronation seems to be? Has the shine worn off the royal family with the demise of the Queen? Has the cost of living situation taken the joy out of folk? Or maybe I just don’t go to the right places to share in the royalist excitement?

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Allthegoodnamesarechosen · 21/04/2023 14:58

We are excited, just not in a good way. We are in the age and social class that are predictably monarchist. Not for this ‘King’ and his self indulgent , self centred, petty minded , vindictive person,,though.

Too corrupt, too elitist ,,too mediocre for this household to be enthusiasts.

neilyoungismyhero · 21/04/2023 14:59

LabradorsByTheSea · 21/04/2023 14:38

What’s contributing to the overall feeling of ‘meh’? Cost of living? Charles being a bit of a dud? People too busy? Post-covid ennui?

I'm an older person and have always had mixed feelings about the RF - thought they were the better option and on the whole still do but have become very jaded with all the H and M rubbish..also think the Queen was a bit past her sell by date despite the nation's love for her. I think Charles is a genuine person but is let down by his upbringing, he's a bit moody from what I've seen. I think William and Kate will be what's needed going forward.
I'll probably watch the start of the Coronation to see what they're all wearing but that's it.

peachescariad · 21/04/2023 14:59

Yes! because my son is in the parade 😄

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LadyGardenersQuestionTime · 21/04/2023 15:00

DH is going to be somewhere lining the route or in a parade or something, so I'll have to watch it all as he's not allowed his phone to tell me where he is. Moderately interested, will probably dip in and out.

Cost of NHS: £160 billion. Cost of coronation £100 million I believe, so £0.1 billion. So sadly wouldn't make a lot of difference.

MrsSchrute · 21/04/2023 15:02

JamSandle · 21/04/2023 14:43

I am!

Me too!!! 👑

AccidentallyFabulous · 21/04/2023 15:02

It will be nice when it comes to it to not go to work, but I work part time with a long day on a Monday so overall, having the bank holiday means I get less leave. So not that impressed.

Where I live, the council said that people could apply for road closures for free to hold street parties (an event I used to work for paid about £850 for a one day road closure). Headline in the local paper recently that there has not been a single application. (Council covers a very large area).

So I think it's fair to say that people round here aren't that bothered. Mind you, I'm in Wales and people are still very cross about renaming the Severn Bridge the 'Prince of Wales Bridge'.

diflasu · 21/04/2023 15:03

I like a bit of pageantry and can't get excited about a spinach and broad bean quiche.

I am disappointed with the quiche suggestion - I did the trifle as a thing to do with DD2 and we enjoyed it though it was a faff.

We went to a huge out of town supermarket and they had a coronation isle - but there wasn't really anything that exciting - snack food but only a few with coronation "fun" names.

I was think we'd watch it on TV - eat some food be together for historical event and do something else rest of the day. I'm not a huge royalist fan but it's happening so might as well enjoy the pomp and pageantry but talking to people we see to be only ones admitting we'll watch it at all.

MrsBigTed · 21/04/2023 15:04

I agree with @maxelly. I'm low-key looking forward to a nice day. We'll have a bit of bunting, a nice tea and watch a bit on TV with the kids.

AuxArmesCitoyens · 21/04/2023 15:05

@LabradorsByTheSea Norwich was indeed a hotbed of political radicalism in the late 18th and early 19th c - you can tell your dad it was known as the Athens of the North as it was such a seat of radical political thought.

AuxArmesCitoyens · 21/04/2023 15:06

If you do enjoy it this time, you'll be doubly pleased when we get to do it all again in 5 years for William...

Reallyareyousure · 21/04/2023 15:06

I think it's utterly disgraceful it's going ahead as a huge event when people are genuinely concerned about being able to afford to live. It's bloody disgusting.

AuntieStella · 21/04/2023 15:06

Yes, lots

If you aren't encountering them, it's because of the general phenomenon of you social group being endogamous (people naturally gravitate towards people like themselves, and it's one of the great strengths, I think, of MN that you encounter views from anyone, not just your own circle)

Talk of a last-minute street party here, plus lots of ads for themed events in the area.

This will be the 5th monarch in my DMum's lifetime, but only the third coronation

  • George V already on the throne,
  • Edward VIII not crowned,
  • George VI (not broadcast, though he gave a coronation speech on the radio, which she doesn't really remember),
  • Elizabeth II (televised)
  • and now Charles III
RampantIvy · 21/04/2023 15:06

I am helping our at a tea party for people with dementia.

EdithWeston · 21/04/2023 15:08

AuxArmesCitoyens · 21/04/2023 15:06

If you do enjoy it this time, you'll be doubly pleased when we get to do it all again in 5 years for William...

Really? Charles father lived to be 99, and his mother 96, so longevity on both sides of the family.

I'd have thought he would have a good 20+ years left in him.

Or are you planning something? Grin

Fighterofthenightman1 · 21/04/2023 15:09

I couldn't give less fucks 😄

Aposterhasnoname · 21/04/2023 15:09

Me, can’t wait. I’m on holiday though so gutted I won’t be going to the street party. I’m hoping it’ll be televised in the resort somewhere but if not I have my iPad and I’ll watch it from my sunbed.

diflasu · 21/04/2023 15:10

So I think it's fair to say that people round here aren't that bothered. Mind you, I'm in Wales and people are still very cross about renaming the Severn Bridge the 'Prince of Wales Bridge'.

Our family tend towards no interest why do we still have them and we're in Wales - though many roads here were closed off for Jubilee street parties.

I suspect most people will in end see some of it even if it's just catch up later but that's not the same as being excited I suppose.

katmarie · 21/04/2023 15:10

I'm not excited about it. I think it's an obscene waste of money which could be put to better use, and I doubt Charles being king will have any substantial positive impact on my life or the life of my children. I struggle to see the benefit to the country as a whole to be honest. That sounds very negative I suppose, but there we are.

Snailsaresweet · 21/04/2023 15:13

Booked a holiday which means I'll be out of the UK then. I don't think I'm alone in doing that!

viques · 21/04/2023 15:14

I sort of am as I like a bit of history on view, so will watch it, and am looking forward to notching up my third monarch, but am really just very pleased that I got a good seat at a NT matinee on the 6th May. Now all I have to do is push my way through the throngs of red white and blue clothed people who will be clogging up the tube……….mind your backs please, I have a theatre to get to.

JennyTheDonkey · 21/04/2023 15:20

Maybe a small pocket of folk around the Govan area of Glasgow

blackpearwhitelilies · 21/04/2023 15:29

I live in a Devon village where I'd quite expect people to get quite into it, but nobody mentions it. It's still all weather and potholes and NHS waiting times that dominate conversation. No street party or anything.

blackpearwhitelilies · 21/04/2023 15:29

I am pleased to have the day off and plan to paint the bathroom.

Sudeko · 21/04/2023 15:30

I'm saving my enthusiasm for the following one.

Sausagerolex · 21/04/2023 15:31

No interest at all. Will not be buying any of the tat that seems to be filling the shops (yes M&S I’m looking at you)

not attending any events