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WelshBloke

WelshBloke

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Just curious as to the public opinion on the coronation on the weekend.
I can probably guess what ATOTs opinion is but I was curious as to how it's being portrayed in the media in the US.
Is there much coverage? Any significant difference in the feel of royal coverage now that Lizzy is dead and Charlie boy is in charge?

I mean I'm conflicted. On the one hand it's an archaic tradition that cements the inequality in society and has undertones of genetic superiority and crazy theories that harm society, on the other hand it's an extra bank holiday so I get paid extra for ignoring it.
 
biostud

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Because of his coronation they moved some Cambridge examinations, so I now have to go on work on one of our national holidays. *shakes angry fist*

otherwise, I couldn’t care less.
 
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IronWing

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Very little coverage here. I only hear about it because my mother-in-law is a British ex-pat.
 
WelshBloke

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sdifox said:
Cricket
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Why would you bring up an archaic institution with unnecessarily complicated rules that relies on an unwritten series of traditions and old boys clubs to function and is only of interest to old people from the British colonies in this thread?
 
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IronWing

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WelshBloke said:
No offense to your MIL but ex-pats are crazy!
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She is locked into a vision of Britain as it was back when she left or when she grew up. Oddly enough, for an ex-pat, she thought that Brexit was really, really stupid.
 
sdifox

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WelshBloke said:
Why would you bring up an archaic institution with unnecessarily complicated rules that relies on an unwritten series of traditions and old boys clubs to function and is only of interest to old people from the British colonies in this thread?
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Was talking about no one gives a shit xd

But cricket the sport is pretty popular here with the South Asian Commonwealth immigrants.
 
Muse

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WelshBloke said:
Just curious as to the public opinion on the coronation on the weekend.
I can probably guess what ATOTs opinion is but I was curious as to how it's being portrayed in the media in the US.
Is there much coverage? Any significant difference in the feel of royal coverage now that Lizzy is dead and Charlie boy is in charge?

I mean I'm conflicted. On the one hand it's an archaic tradition that cements the inequality in society and has undertones of genetic superiority and crazy theories that harm society, on the other hand it's an extra bank holiday so I get paid extra for ignoring it.
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...on the other hand it's an extra bank holiday so I get paid extra for ignoring it."
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Yes, well, I generally ignore coverage of the British royal family. I would fail most any quiz concerning it. There's the usual blather about it on TV news here and more often than not I fast forward through it, it's pretty predictably boring. Thank goodness, much of the UK populace obviously ignores it too. Where would they be without that?
 
SKORPI0

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So it's gonna be a long long wait until they have a real Queen again. If what's his name has a daughter as the first-born. Probably the next century.

Opps, why is she considered to be callled "Queen C*******". Diana must be turning on her grave.


Screenshot 2023-05-08 at 08-37-24 Charles III waited 70 years to get this - Google Search.png
www.latimes.com

After Queen Elizabeth II, it's a long line of kings. Will that matter?

Barring tragedy or revolution, Britain is set to have a man instead of a woman on the throne for the next 75 years at least.
www.latimes.com www.latimes.com
 
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IronWing

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SKORPI0 said:
So it's gonna be a long long wait until they have a real Queen again. If what's his name has a daughter as the first-born. Probably the next century.

Opps, why is she considered to be callled "Queen C*******". Diana must be turning on her grave.

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Why? Chuck and Di had an arranged marriage that suited neither. Camilla was Chuck's true love before, during, and after Di.
 
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I don't consume mainstream media, so I'm not one to ask.
I did know the coronation was due in May, but I'd forgotten until now.

But I hear he's the (future) Antichrist, so . . . uh ohs?
(skip the first 3 minutes of this, to get to the interview segment)
 
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pcgeek11

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:oops:
"all who so desire, in the Abbey, and elsewhere, [to] say together: I swear that I will pay true allegiance to Your Majesty, and to your heirs and successors according to law. So help me God."

Looking at some online articles many are not fans of swearing Allegiance to the King.

www.mirror.co.uk

Brutal response to 'tone deaf' Coronation oath as Brits swear allegiance to cats

Plans to invite the public to swear an oath to King Charles during his Coronation have sparked backlash online, as people joke they would rather pledge allegiance to their pets
www.mirror.co.uk www.mirror.co.uk

www.dailymail.co.uk

Denise Welch would 'rather swear allegiance to Harry and Meghan

The Waterloo Road actress, 64, said on today's programme that she will now be taking up the offer to say the 'Homage of the People' during the coronation ceremony on Saturday.
www.dailymail.co.uk www.dailymail.co.uk
 
WelshBloke

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pcgeek11 said:
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"all who so desire, in the Abbey, and elsewhere, [to] say together: I swear that I will pay true allegiance to Your Majesty, and to your heirs and successors according to law. So help me God."

Looking at some online articles many are not fans of swearing Allegiance to the King.

www.mirror.co.uk

Brutal response to 'tone deaf' Coronation oath as Brits swear allegiance to cats

Plans to invite the public to swear an oath to King Charles during his Coronation have sparked backlash online, as people joke they would rather pledge allegiance to their pets
www.mirror.co.uk www.mirror.co.uk

www.dailymail.co.uk

Denise Welch would 'rather swear allegiance to Harry and Meghan

The Waterloo Road actress, 64, said on today's programme that she will now be taking up the offer to say the 'Homage of the People' during the coronation ceremony on Saturday.
www.dailymail.co.uk www.dailymail.co.uk
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Yeah. They can fuck right off with that! We swear quite a bit in the UK, but we don't swear allegiance!
 
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Captante

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WelshBloke said:
I mean tick in the plus or minus for you there? I feel like we need a more professional evil ATM, evil recently has been pretty stupid
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Yeah..... the LAST thing we need is another "evil-genius" at the moment thanks!

;)
 
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