Coronation Watch-Along III

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We're here, we're live and we're Unofficial!

I must look out for the Patrick Grant programme about Coronation tailoring mentioned a few times this morning. In the mean time, you reminded me of this cartoon which I saw years ago and have just found again thanks to the wonder of Google.

To be fair, my DD is 16 and the most she knows about Camilla is watching The Windsors.

Sir Trevor Mcdonald looking and sounding great at the grand age of 83!

Yes she’s lovely. Would be a great replacement for Naga Munchetty who is a right misery guts.

Nope

Agreed. Like a tattle tale head girl type.

I quite like Naga because she's a right misery guts.

Fair enough, the drama around her is quite entertaining 😂

Obscure campanology fact: there were eight bells rung at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, today there were ten. The extra two were restored In the 1970s.

What name do you use for the Eiffel Tower, France,Spain etc?

If I was an organisation funded by the people of Spain and they decided they wanted Spain to be known as Espana, I would call it Espana, especially if there were political and cultural sensitivities about the historical relationship and balance of power.

Off for some party food and a Tampon Hunt in the palace gardens, I expect!

Thank you everyone!

I cracked open the 🍾- well any excuse. Scrambled eggs and smoked salmon for me & dh. Well I had the 🍾 as I reminded himself he’s on antibiotics. Think I’ll sleep for rest of the day!

Another possibility is that the notes to accompany the procession etc were in preparation a while ago, before the name change, and with everything else going on, no-one thought to go back to page 265 of the notes to update them.

Thanks for thread OP!👑♥️

Yes definitely!

DH asked if he was ill when he saw it fleetingly on the tv. DH has little interest in the RF and barely recognised him even though a great big crown was being plonked on his head!

Agree. I think it is correct that it's official name has been changed to reflect the country it is in, however it does not mean those that do not speak the language are compelled to use it much like we don't expect the French to refer to us as England.

Another possibility is that the notes to accompany the procession etc were in preparation a while ago, before the name change, and with everything else going on, no-one thought to go back to page 265 of the notes to update them.

Yes I'm sure this is what happened (no one at the BBC would deliberately get something like that wrong). My previous post was in response to a PP's idea that it's fine for English speakers to use the English name. Of course that's fine, but in BBC terms it was a mistake.

She looks like she hasn't a lick of makeup on either, so the hair colour makes her look really washed out...

Why not just call it espana now given that’s how the Spanish pronounce it?

@SoupDragon

Hoping you call Hungary Magyarország then? I thought not. And how are you saying Budapest? (Clue - it’s not Bewdapest).

Why not just call it espana now given that’s how the Spanish pronounce it?

Hopefully you can see the difference between whether I call Spain Espana when the Spanish have not expressed such a preference, and the BBC broadcasting the English version of a name that has been officially changed to Welsh. (Given that the political sensitivities of the relationship between England and Wales are a bit different to the relationship between me and Spain.)

That was aimed at spottybug btw!

Thanks for the lovely thread and your company this morning everyone.
Shame there are always a few who can't 'read the room' and try to derail lovely threads rather than going off and starting their own, but lovely (3) thread(s) on the whole. Cheers

And Greta Thunberg isn't pronounced 'Gretta Tun-berg'.

And that's her actual name going down the pronunciation plughole of doom.