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Ceremonies – politicalbetting.com
Last year a woman in a castle died. Rumors and notes moved to black cloth and whispers and then the word: she had died and was succeeded by her son. She had been appointed when young by God to be Queen and she had been diligent, as the girl became a woman became frail and she and the years wore away. She had died and the duty passed to the man, and a strange period began.
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(innocent face)
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(sobs and runs from room)
I genuinely think that this could become a major civil liberties issue, and I doubt Charles himself will be happy with seeing this kind of thing happening.
Penny Mordaunt has now been holding that sword longer than Liz Truss was PM
And, that ties in to the question on the previous thread, why would people who are not religious believers have church weddings? IMHO, studying ancient history probably gives the answer. Nobody was concerned, prior to the rise of Christianity, about what people believed. But, they were very much concerned that proper riturals were observed, and that the State Gods were given their due. And, the consequences of not performing the correct ritual and giving honour to the Gods could be lethal.
Ceremony and ritual both appeal to something quite deep-rooted in human nature.
Thanks Viewcode, and well done.
As an aside. This sort of heavy handedness does beget violence in the long term.
The ceremony? Pretty churchy, boring as fuck and can we really say an ineffable part of the UK today? I'm thinking not.
I went down to the Mall at about 5:30am to bag a decent spot to watch the parade. My hubby had a reserved bit of pavement with the Parliamentary contingent so shamelessly abandoned me.
The mood was generally good with everyone covering for each other if a loo break was needed. I’m always struck on these occasions how quickly the mood can turn nasty though. The crowd nearly lynched a foreign queue jumper who tried to push in.
I didn’t hang around after everyone had passed the Mall and if I’m honest I was rather disappointed by how short the procession was. Seeing the King in his carriage was awesome though.
But on the whole: Splendidly done. This is us. A strange and very ancient and almost unconquerable people. We will endure
And God Save King Chuck
"There was a laying-in-state..." presumably the royal chickens at work?
But seriously, nice header @Viewcode!
Thin gruel for those of us who have so far been enjoying this luxurious feast put on by the SNP for general amusement. Must do better.
The Hallelujah chorus sung by the Gospel choir was composed by Debbie Wiseman. She also composed the theme music for the TV series Father Brown.
That sword is 4’ long and weighs 8lb, her military training would have come in very useful.
Followed by a large number of people having big piss-ups, tea parties or being miserable and telling everyone how they aren’t interested and the much more cool things they are doing than noticing the coronation, which by the way they truly aren’t interested in at all.
You don’t get any of this at a Presidential inauguration and whether you like it or not it’s uniquely British.
What a country were are descending to.
I found the Vicar so open and non judgemental, and wanting to bring up Fox Jr with the right set of values, so started seeking. I soon came upon a Church to my taste, rather more puritan in ethos and without the obscure smells and spells liturgy etc. I have been a Christian ever since. There were many steps on that path from atheism, but a Church Wedding was a key one.
A good header @Viewcode.
Ceremony dragging on a bit now, get the Gospel singers back to liven up the crowd!
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One woman in a Republic T-shirt who was arrested also told PA: “We had a delivery of placards ready for the protest and then the tactical support unit questioned us as to how we had got through the road closures.
“They questioned whether what we were doing was a delivery.
It is a bit of a rubbish anthem, I agree.
Edit: Saved!
But was it that you believed in god but couldn't find the right church or that you went from zero ie not believing to belief in god and found a church to boot.
How many mumbled send her victorious?
Please can the moderator of this site assure us that anything that could be construed as criticism of the lawful authorities will be deleted - or preferably rewritten as praise?
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8cguie
Then it will be done.
I'm not even a monarchist, really. But I'm enjoying the process of the gate, threshold, transition. And I'm happy for the monarchists to enjoy themsleves; happy to see the bunting out.
I made an appointment for a floorer to come today. He's not even British - but he rang to double check it was ok to come during the coronation, and it was the first thing he focused on when he arrived, having been listening to it on the radio.
Again, I'm not a monarchist. But I don't want to be so curmudgeonly that I won't let myself be part of it bringing people together. And I'm looking forward to seeing my neighbours at the street party.
It wasn't a quick revelation, but rather a slow journey, with some stops along the way.
I think this has taken twice as long as needed.
"Liz Truss made her Leader of the House to keep her out of the limelight."
Could this be the day she becomes a cert for next Tory leader? It's an image-ruled world we live in now after all.
(although I think she will have another serious go when Rishi stands down).
That's what the Rule of Law means.
There, I said it...
At the risk of treason (it used to be treason to imagine the death of the King), he does look old. I doubt he’ll match his Mums innings.
But this is amazing and deeply moving.
The presentations of the St Augustine Gospels from the 6th Century made me jaw drop. Almost 1,500 years old.
Think how many monarchs have seen that.
Monarchy = Socialism!