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2022-12-23 Britain
King Charles Favours Elaborate Rather Than Cut-Price Coronation
[PUBLISH.TWITTER] What the hell? Why not? How often do you get crowned King of England?
If the country put aside just a few pennies every year he was crown prince, they’ll have a tidy sum saved up for the thing — he was, after all, the longest serving crown prince in English history. And as he’s already 74, he isn’t likely to need more than just silver jubilee celebration at the 25-year mark, unlike his mother — who made it up to Platinum. On the other hand, we know nobody bothered to set aside those pennies, so they’re probably going to have to cut NHS services again to afford it... or what’s left of the armed forces.
Posted by Fred 2022-12-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ]  Top

#1 I think the Tomb ceremonies are indicative that solemnity and purpose are more important than ostentatiousness. In Charles’s case, I think a solemn and purposeful Royal Swirly would fit the bill at an appropriate cost.
Posted by Super Hose 2022-12-23 09:42||   2022-12-23 09:42|| Front Page Top

#2 If I was about to be coronated, I'd get stupidly drunk at a cheap pub and have a bar girl put my crown on me while I puked.

What else is the point of being King?
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-12-23 09:48||   2022-12-23 09:48|| Front Page Top

#3 'King Chuck'
Posted by Mullah Richard 2022-12-23 10:18||   2022-12-23 10:18|| Front Page Top

#4 Actually I'm with Charles on this one. In a world that is so dumbed-down and coarsened, it would be nice to see the full pomp-and-circumstance panoply.
Posted by Tom 2022-12-23 10:27||   2022-12-23 10:27|| Front Page Top

#5 Will he ride in on Camilla?
Posted by Frank G 2022-12-23 10:42||   2022-12-23 10:42|| Front Page Top

#6 Neigh.
Posted by Whusoger Shavish7113 2022-12-23 10:49|| Camilla  2022-12-23 10:49|| Front Page Top

#7 Wilbuuuur!
Posted by M. Murcek  2022-12-23 11:03||   2022-12-23 11:03|| Front Page Top

#8 Damn, Frank, that wasn't nice at all. Snigger.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2022-12-23 11:52||   2022-12-23 11:52|| Front Page Top

#9 That will go over nicely with the populace being screwed royally by inflation.
Posted by Whanter Clese9689 2022-12-23 12:08||   2022-12-23 12:08|| Front Page Top

#10 I thought she rode in on him.
Posted by AlanC 2022-12-23 12:08||   2022-12-23 12:08|| Front Page Top

#11 "I now dub thee King Chuckles and Cammie the Consort."
Posted by ed in texas 2022-12-23 13:23||   2022-12-23 13:23|| Front Page Top

#12 Sir Loin of Beef...
Posted by M. Murcek  2022-12-23 13:25||   2022-12-23 13:25|| Front Page Top

#13 That outfit reminds me more of African ruling kleptocrats. I guess we now know where that fashion model originated.
Posted by Procopius2k 2022-12-23 20:05||   2022-12-23 20:05|| Front Page Top

#14 Our Royal Coronation! A thriller...
Or rather, a rumble: Camilla,
In leopard resplendent,
Will whip the ascendant
While witch doctors rock the Bismillah...
The ghost of Amin thinks it's killer!
Posted by Spats Slimp5311 2022-12-23 21:47||   2022-12-23 21:47|| Front Page Top

#15 The ghost of Amin thinks it's killer!

The Last King of Scotland
Posted by SteveS 2022-12-23 23:35||   2022-12-23 23:35|| Front Page Top

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