I am indifferent to the Monarchy but AIBU to think it all feels very weird and drab?

[PipinwasAuntieMabelsdog]

Claire Balding's (love CB btw) is trying very hard to say how 'joyful' it feels and is a special day but it just doesn't seem like usual royal events to me. Just feels very flat. Maybe it's the greyish weather. AIBU?

I’m glad I watched it as it’s a piece of history. I’m not quite sure why people expect a jubilant celebration - the reason he has become King is because his mother has died so there must be a lot of sadness in the occasion. I thought the music during the service was wonderful and seeing the procession afterwards just reminded me of how well we do things here. Red arrows were spectacular as always. Long live The Royals!

Hmm. I disagree about the crowds. I've seen it busier during Winter Wonderland or when the Rolling Stones are playing. Or during protests. Certainly, there were far more people for the queen's funeral and jubilee.

They were still letting people join the procession route when I took the dog for a walk, not long before 9am, which really surprised me. I expected the streets to be packed already by that time.

St James and Green Park were busy but not Hyde Park. During the service, Hyde Park seemed to be full of people being routed through the park by the stewards. There were far less people actually watching the screens than making their way to the tube. A lot of the crowd seemed to be foreign tourists. They were far more excited than the Brits 😂

The road and tube closures, and the stewards directing everyone in the same direction were causing chaos but not the number of people IYSWIM. While we were talking to one of the stewards, only 1 person who asked for help was there for the coronation, the other 3 were locals trying to get home 😂

We went down to watch the flypast and had no trouble getting there as everyone seemed to be going the opposite way. Going home, we got diverted by road closures and it was tipping it down so we ended up going for lunch wine in Shepherd Market, just off Piccadilly. It was quieter than a normal Saturday, plenty of space in the pubs and restaurants.

It’s dull, weird, awkward and embarrassingly outdated - happy for others to enjoy it but it’s a bit cringe and desperate tbh.

and the sycophantic commentary on these occasions always winds me up

@MissDollyMix

Umm Boaty McBoatface… Brexit…

Well yes, along with 12 years of Tory government.

Maybe we should just remove democracy entirely and go with who you think is best?

CGI ? 😁

They all just seem so miserable themselves. It just makes you think “what’s the point?”

I took dd shopping during the coronation -shes an ardent republican - and I thought it was surprising how busy the shops were . Clearly a lot of people didn't even fancy watching it on TV

The Jubilee seemed to be more more of a big deal than the coronation has been.

Feel a bit sad for Charles tbh.

Now, now.....you wouldn't be above posting biased, slanted crap? Would you?!

Edinburgh Reporter stated 2,000 people watched the Coronation on the big screen. See the attached images.

The Edinburgh Reporter has more photos, BTW.

You must wish you could delete or edit your posts this morning! 🤣🤦‍♂️

Good morning to you as well ! On another thread I have corrected myself with a video of a much larger crowd in the interests of truth as I fact-checked the wonderful @Roussette .

In other news, re numbers, Republics twitter has put on 25k followers and garnered record donations. The debate has begun in earnest.

https://twitter.com/RepublicStaff

It certainly is a good morning me! 😉

Less talk and more listening first as ever.

Aaw, that's cute....a wee boost for The Republic on twitter! And absolutely nowhere near becoming one too. Not likely to happen in our time either. 🤷‍♂️

Be careful not to post biased, slanted photos of the Coronation Concert this afternoon(!)

Agree with this!

Might have livened things up at least 🤣
oh I forgot the police wear clearing and arresting everyone not holding a Union Jack so no chance a protester would get in.

Expensive and pointless farce

The glamour and constant of the Queen has gone, also the sweetness of the Queen Mum so isn't the same imo.

Definitely the oddest royal occasion I’ve watched. It didn’t feel like a momentous occasion at at all. It seemed so lacklustre.

I found it mind numbingly boring to be honest, but that could be due to the fact that we’ve had quite a few big royal events over the past few years and I’m just over it.

@PipinwasAuntieMabelsdog

OP, thankyou for this thread, it's a refreshing change from the sychophantic drivel on yesterday's threads, some previous posters have mentioned that the duchess of cornwall looked terrified, i thought she looked sheepish and guilty.
The Republican protesters were bundled away and silenced, so the aesthetic event could go ahead unhindered.
On a more positive note I have heard all the music from the service (BBC Radio 3) and it was superb, Parry's " I was Glad" is beautiful.

To be honest I just felt that for what was supposed to be a joyful occasion everyone looked incredibly miserable, it’s the 21st century not the 18 th century, even for a formal occasion smiles and looking happy would not have gone amiss 🤷‍♀️

I lean Republican and now have watched all the highlights. I found it moving, dignified and most definitely not dull.

"Outdated"??? Well it's been a tradition since 1066 so it will be a little bit dated!! If you don't get the poignancy or the sense of history, you have no soul!!

It wasn't meant to be a jolly - it was a serious religious occasion. What did you want - clowns?!!

Also on the balcony, times in the abbey and after the royal salute Charles looked v moved by it all.

I thought so too. I think he was pretty much consumed by the moment.

I loved it.

I think some would have only been happy to see Charles run down the central aisle, shouting 'yes , get in' High fiving the choir boys...it was a historic ceremony solemn and dignified.

The bits of the nonsense watched looked medieval. Mordant with a giant sword? What was that about? The Charlotte kid looking pale and peaky in a long white robe. The Blessed Katherine dressed as Britannia .....it was all very, very odd. He's rich enough to pay for this, and it's nothing short of disgusting that the tax payers footed the bill. The money could have been spent on the NHS. We have food banks and kids are going hungry!!This country is a fucking looney bin.