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The Coronation Of Prince Charles still hasn’t happened yet, it has been confirmed.
After a month of pageantry and non-stop tabloid commentary, the British throne still sits in purgatory a good nine months after Queen Elizabeth died.
In fact, even after the full week of non-stop Australian TV coverage with round-the-clock updates from the countless journalists that our major news media organisations have sent over to London, it seems that the Prince Charles still isn’t King yet.
For those who don’t know, a coronation can actually be done very quickly, as it is merely the symbolic religious ceremony during which a sovereign is crowned and the physical act of placing a crown on a monarch’s head.
All it really does is formalise the monarch’s role as the head of the Church of England and marks the transfer of their title and powers.
So basically, it’s the convergence of church and state, given that our Head of State will be King Charles, who is the Head Of The Church of England (Anglican Church).
However, it is not actually necessary for the monarch to be crowned to become King, so, we probably didn’t need all of this showboating around and decadent pageantry.
One thing that is for sure is that, in the middle of a global cost-of-living crisis, with 14 million British people living below the poverty line, the poms certainly don’t need it.
But, the show does go on.
After a bunch of those fluffy hat guards and decorated horses march across England, the Coronation will take place at 11 am London time tomorrow, followed by a concert at Windsor Castle on Sunday, featuring Take That, Lionel Richie and Katy Perry for some reason.
Hurry it up fuck ya
