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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 […]
8 September The Queen died today, Thursday, ending the longest reign in British history. Strange words to type, not least because she seemed so immortal to so many. An ever-present, death-defying, emblematic stalwart of the UK. We were prepared for it in the afternoon, with an official statement saying that doctors were concerned for her […]