Coronation Watch-Along II

[Casuaala]

Carry on.

Thread one:

Here you go:

https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-news/sixth-century-augustine-gospels-be-used-king-charles-iiis-coronation

She's always gagging for something or another.

To think he'll be dancing knees ups mother brown in that outfit later and leading a conga...

I wonder if I'll see K and W go through this
Might even use the same red screens
I'll be very old , so I might not

Isn’t she? Fabulous outfit <shallow>

Definitely. Respect for Penny. Doing a grand job

This has had me howling 🤣🤣

The clergy all gathered round, comparing frocks with barely-disguised scorn and/or jealousy.

Perhaps they help keep the crown from falling over his nose?

It's probably more interesting to Louis, all the costumes, jewels etc. Rather than sat watching a jubilee concert of bands/singers he doesn't give two hoots about!

According to Twitter Penny had her dress commissioned with the ferns to reference the outfit worn by the last guy to do it. And she did press ups to prep for holding that sword.

Charlie looks as though he needs a nap.

Imagine watching this when it was the Queen, the telly was shit back then, it would've looked even more epic!

Posters on MN always seem amazed that children can behave well-it's not that unheard of surely? Particularly if you're a) used to going to church b) go to prep school where behavioural expectations are high

its the vacant tired look that people recognise as medication.

They are there. Someone playing a role on behalf of the Pope. First time since the Reformation…….

Yes and the crown and sticks are really heavy too . All a bit of a balancing act

Can the congregation who are sitting in the nave actually see any of what's going on? Whenever I see events at Westminster Abbey is looks as if the quire is blocking the view of those sitting in the nave, but not sure if that's actually what it's like or just how it looks on TV.

He's not a young man, with all those robes etc. both hands occupied and he can't look down ...it's a bit dangerous really. It would be awful if he had a fall

The man who predicted the exact date of the death of the Queen says Charles will die in 2026. Just saying.

I don't know about the screens but there was a programme on the other evening about the making of all the uniforms, absolutely fascinating, the rate that company worked for about 20 weeks! They also showed the making of the helmets and buttons for tunics, the commentator said his great grandfather had been a musician in a Guard's regiment and he was shown the cast for making that regiment's buttons which would have made his ancestor's buttons, he was almost in tears. Very worth watching.

Yea, Charles doesn't look quite so terrified.

My mother watched it in the cinema; aged 8, she’s very disappointed no cinemas are showing it this time round!

Is there an after party or do they all bugger off home?

Same here. My 2 sat through 3 Church weddings over the space of 10 months, when they were 3-5 years old. I know a few children who would not do that though. Not even at 6, 7, or 8 years old, or even older. Some children are just very badly behaved, and their parents don't give a shit. I know 2 occasions - a wedding and a Christening, that were ruined by naughty, disruptive children (aged 4 to 7 years old.) Their parents didn't give a shit.

I found this info online about Penny Mordaunt's dress:

She told POLITICO in an interview that she “felt it wasn’t right” to wear the customary black-and-gold court dress of the privy council sported by the Marquess of Salisbury when he did the job for Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, and wanted “to come up with something that is modern and will give a firm nod to the heritage” of the occasion.
Mordaunt has commissioned a dress stitched with the fern motif of the privy council which has been adapted and “feminized” by specialist atelier Hand and Lock, whose embroiderers have been working overtime changing all the cyphers on uniforms ahead of Saturday.