PwnallthethingsA lot of my international friends have asked me--a Brit--if I’m excited for the #coronation this week, so I wrote this to roughly sum up my views on it https://www.pwnallthethings.com/p/long-live-the-king
Caro 🇪🇺@Pwnallthethings I may have read your piece too quickly but isn’t a coronation about history and tradition and not as obviously about who wears the crown ? A way to pass the baton (regalia/tradition) and *show* it (for legitimacy and acceptance ) ? Oh and never look to the French when it comes to dealing with monarchs. Be careful what you wish for…
@iwillrememberu Right. It's fundamentally a legitimacy ceremony, not the notional transfer of title (which happens on the prior monarchs' death)
Alex Granford@Pwnallthethings @iwillrememberu yep, though I guess they need to modernise that a bit for William, with CoE being so much smaller now, this religious grandeur is a bit too much and risks repelling some of the younger watchers...