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The royal family

should the coronation be abolished

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Flute56 · 11/05/2023 23:40

Britian is the only European country with a monarchy that still has a coronation. Other countries have either abandoned the coronation or have never had one.

Do you think Britain should abandon the coronation or keep it

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Novella4 · 12/05/2023 15:24

Yes thank you
You've phrased it better than I did

Flute56 · 13/05/2023 06:21

I watched a pre coronation interview with Princess Anne and to be honest she came across as boring. She may be known as the hardest working of all the Royals but she is boring and old fashioned. Despite that she has managed to bag two husbands

Princess Anne’s take on the monarchy under King Charles

In the lead-up to the coronation of King Charles, CBC chief correspondent Adrienne Arsenault has an intimate conversation with his sister, Princess Anne, abo...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgb3sxJoZhM

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Peppacorn · 13/05/2023 06:26

Yes I have to agree with pp, it came across tacky, vulgar and embarrassing. Something out of a Monty Python sketch. Even Charles seemed embarrassed! I think we'll all be doing them a favour tbh.

Novella4 · 13/05/2023 11:42

I just found out that the archbishop and his fellow clergy did not have suitable robes for the coronation .

They asked to borrow 10 matching robes from the Catholic Church

How strange . All this talk of tradition and ritual and religion - yet the archbishop was left to ask around for something suitable ?

Werent there some ancient robes carefully maintained - just as they maintain robes for the monarchs?

Fansandblankets · 17/05/2023 19:43

Keep it. I loved it.

tikkanaan · 17/05/2023 19:44

Novella4 · 13/05/2023 11:42

I just found out that the archbishop and his fellow clergy did not have suitable robes for the coronation .

They asked to borrow 10 matching robes from the Catholic Church

How strange . All this talk of tradition and ritual and religion - yet the archbishop was left to ask around for something suitable ?

Werent there some ancient robes carefully maintained - just as they maintain robes for the monarchs?

They were probably the wrong size

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