Did you watch the coronation? Did you wonder where Harry vanished to, as he wasn’t on balcony of Buckingham Palace, but was at service?
Maybe you simply didn’t care, but a LOT of people did.
The met police didn’t really want any protests though and have since apologised for their behaviour.
Femi tweeted: ‘Dear @metpoliceuk From the bottom of my heart… Get f****d! The Met Police EXPLICITLY threatened the country before the Coronation that their “tolerance will be low” when it comes to protests. Saying they regret it now means NOTHING!”
Also maybe watch this: “The Royal Family is not a source of inspiration or aspiration. Slimming down working royals is not a ‘sign of modernity’ – it’s an insult to our intelligence.”
Cost
Some predictions suggest Operation Golden Orb – the crowning of Charles III and the Queen Consort – could cost the nation between £50-100m, reports The Evening Standard.
The late Elizabeth II’s coronation cost £912,000 in 1953 – £20.5m in today’s money – while Charles’s grandfather George VI was crowned at a cost of £454,000 in 1937 – worth £24.8m in 2023 and the most expensive coronation of the last 300 years.
Red Arrows
During the celebrations the Red Arrows did a fly past, which I was sort of expecting…
Anyway, one guy Ameer Kotecha ‘a British diplomat @FCDOGovUK‘ says his Twitter bio.
He tweeted: “No other country can do this.”
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Related: Corbyn’s message on coronation going viral
