Coronation Watch-Along III

[Casuaala]

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

Will we SEE the hunky equerry again?

Bloke in the kilt? Mm.

Has Penny Mordaunt taken her shoes off yet?

My DH said he didn't look right...

Did we get to see Seamus the ceremonial Irish wolfhound?

the horses made me nervous! Poor things looked a bit frightened.

Camilla looks like she’s trying not to laugh or look bored a lot of the time

Good display of pomp, even for a republican like me

PS - no Prince Harry?

We were waiting for the wolfhound to start howling. Well trained animal!

I swear poor Charles is getting paler as the day wears on. Someone get the man a protein bar and a coffee.

It’s the biggest day of his life and he’s 74. I’d be looking peaky even at 39 years younger.

My top moments:

1. Penny
2. Gospel choir
3. The hip hip hoorays in the garden

He didn't want to be a working royal anymore, didn't want his children having his upbringing so completely appropriate that they aren't there.

PS - no Prince Harry? Nope. Apparently he didn't make it.

Why would it be Andrew and not Ann? She's older.

I think he looked tired or nervous not sure which but his fingers looked swollen.
So maybe a combination of all 3, tired, nervous, illness.

He looks like a 74 year old who has probably been up since goodness know what time and just participated in the most important day of his life.

I remember seeing a bloke in a kilt walk down my road and I said 'Oooh I love a man in a kilt'. And he replied 'So do I'! We laughed.

I've been vaguely wondering if the swollen hands might mean heart or kidney issues.

Were the hoorays a new addition?

Loved all of it

Well done to everyone

Gospel choir were phenomenal. Managed the depth and range of the full sized choir behind them. Just amazing.

He was at the Abbey, same row as Beatrice & Eugenie

Harry was in the Abbey behind Princess Anne. He may have buggered off to LA again by now. The BBC managed not to show even a glimpse of Andrew after he arrived, and a good thing too.

A really nice touch that the forces had a chance to be acknowledged

Yes, they did, at the beginning of yhe Coronation, the main personalities on the four front sides of the Abbey.
And some Commonwealth and other territories representatives at the very exit of the Abbey.
I swear alliance to the country I live in and love. To the people of the country.
As he said himself, he is here to serve, not to be served.

I appreciate that. That's why I thought he needs a break. Just 10 minutes to inhale a Tesco meal deal.

Because she's a woman.

they changed the rules before George was born but it doesn't apply retrospectively.