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A belated post about the period around the coronation of King Charles II in May 2023, observed from Cardiff in Wales and London in England. On the Saturday of the coronation ceremony itself, there was little obvious indication of it in Cardiff. No bustling excited schoolkids, no union jack flags, no bunting, no street-side pubs […]
After the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022, there were countless tributes and parades. There were gun salutes in castles, proclamation ceremonies, silences and songs. There were lavish, formal ceremonies, not held in 70 years, new and novel to virtually everyone. They assembled amusingly disjointed bunches of people from across political divides, including […]
Royal family photos have global appeal. In January 2018 it was announced that Prince Harry and his future wife, Meghan Markle, would visit Cardiff. The place was quickly abuzz with excitement. Princess Catherine of Cambridge had visited a charity in Caerphilly around 12 months earlier, but with the big wedding a handful of months away, […]