Coronation day!!

[warspite1]

God save the King (and Queen)

Watching the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla. A wonderful occasion. The king has big shoes to fill - but he seems to be a good man and I believe he will prove a worthy successor to the late Queen Elizabeth II.

[Zovs]

God save the King (and Queen)

Watching the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla. A wonderful occasion. The king has big shoes to fill - but he seems to be a good man and I believe he will prove a worthy successor to the late Queen Elizabeth II.

Just a silly question from the US which has no nobility or ideas or understanding of Kings and Queens, but do the British subjects think its better to have a younger king, say in his mid 30s to 40s then to have one that is older like King Charles (74) who is might not reign as long as a 30-40 year old?

Just asking and curious.

[warspite1]

God save the King (and Queen)

Watching the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla. A wonderful occasion. The king has big shoes to fill - but he seems to be a good man and I believe he will prove a worthy successor to the late Queen Elizabeth II.

Just a silly question from the US which has no nobility or ideas or understanding of Kings and Queens, but do the British subjects think its better to have a younger king, say in his mid 30s to 40s then to have one that is older like King Charles (74) who is might not reign as long as a 30-40 year old?

Just asking and curious.

warspite1

Well Zovs I can only speak for myself, but I guess there are swings and roundabouts. QEII was very young, inexperienced (and wasn’t even born to be Queen) but she was a superb monarch. And older doesn’t necessarily mean wiser - although one imagines they will get lots of experience and instruction while waiting in the wings. I guess ultimately it comes down to the person.

But personally I don’t think in those terms, because the rules mean it doesn’t matter if one way is better or not - the King/Queen continue until its time to drop off this mortal coil.

Hopefully Charles III has a good 20 years ahead of him.

[RangerJoe]

It is also the anniversary of the Hindenburg disaster which basically ended commercial airship travel. In 1937.

Roger Bannister also set a record for running a mile but the recorded only lasted for 46 days. That happened in 1954.

There are also some horse races run in Kentucky today at Churchill Downs, one of them is knows as the Kentucky Derby.

This is also the day of the US state of Wisconsin's fishing opener when most seasons for game fish is open. It is a place where many people have fun who are from the area that was known in an Algonquin language as "The place of skunks or where onions grow" as well the fragrant garlic and ramps growing there. it is otherwise known as Chicago, Illinois, USA.

In 1942, the US garrison on the island of Corregidor Island in the Philiippines surrendered to the Japanese.

The Channel Tunnel linking France to England opened in 1994. This was the first time that Europe ad England had been linked for over thousands of years, ever since Doggerland was flooded.
https://education.nationalgeographic.or ... oggerland/

Bob Hope, KBE, KCSG, an honorary US Veteran, gave his first USO show in 1941 and his last in 1990 which included the beauty queen from Hell.NO.
https://blog.togetherweserved.com/2022/ ... -uso-shows
https://www.uso.org/bob-hope

So enjoy the festivities of the coronation, the races, the fishing, and well as remembering those Resting In Peace.

[Curtis Lemay]

TIVO'd it, so watching it now.

[Zovs]

God save the King (and Queen)

Watching the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla. A wonderful occasion. The king has big shoes to fill - but he seems to be a good man and I believe he will prove a worthy successor to the late Queen Elizabeth II.

Just a silly question from the US which has no nobility or ideas or understanding of Kings and Queens, but do the British subjects think its better to have a younger king, say in his mid 30s to 40s then to have one that is older like King Charles (74) who is might not reign as long as a 30-40 year old?

Just asking and curious.

warspite1

Well Zovs I can only speak for myself, but I guess there are swings and roundabouts. QEII was very young, inexperienced (and wasn’t even born to be Queen) but she was a superb monarch. And older doesn’t necessarily mean wiser - although one imagines they will get lots of experience and instruction while waiting in the wings. I guess ultimately it comes down to the person.

But personally I don’t think in those terms, because the rules mean it doesn’t matter if one way is better or not - the King/Queen continue until its time to drop off this mortal coil.

Hopefully Charles III has a good 20 years ahead of him.

Thank you for the inside warspite!

[OldSarge]

I only caught the tail end of it this morning, about the time the Red Arrows did their fly over. CNN will be replaying their full coverage later this evening, so I'm planning on catching that.

During the week, a number of videos of various units doing their parade rehearsal drills showed up in my feed. The news channels, all British, interviewed a number of the soldiers and they all seemed to be delighted at being a part of the Coronation. A number of them even mentioning with pride that they had family members in service who took part in QEII's Coronation. I was struck by that because, in my experience, soldiers almost universally hate doing parades.

[Aurelian]

God save the King (and Queen)

Watching the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla. A wonderful occasion. The king has big shoes to fill - but he seems to be a good man and I believe he will prove a worthy successor to the late Queen Elizabeth II.

Long live the King.