thread for KING CHARLES III (regnal name george vii)

according to wikipedia it's the little ones that have cornered the most cash: lichtenstein luxembourg and monaco

juan carlos of spain (abd.2014) has apparently squirreled away billions in swiss banks lol, there is scandal and controversy!

gustav of sweden is also very wealthy but doesn't make the top 14 bcz the windsors are currently on it twice

land holdings are harder to google and anyway i'm watching star trek

A world of plenty for all at a push of a bitton

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/03/16/2E11E13900000578-0-image-a-5_1446568543276.jpg

Lol

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/may/04/david-starkey-says-pm-uninterested-in-coronation-as-he-is-not-grounded-in-our-culture

Rishi Sunak's background is that he was the Head Boy at fucking Winchester College and then did fucking PPE at Oxford.

a bistory podcast I like sometimes quotes this cunt and I wish they just wouldn't

What's the pic in the tweet?

The #Coronation is the ultimate showcase for the authority of both Church and state, but what makes it deeply weird is that there's a third element entwined - an impossibly ancient, improbably persistent idea of royal sacrality that's older than either Church or state pic.twitter.com/40Zf4A9GMM

— Dr Francis Young (@DrFrancisYoung) May 5, 2023

Edward the Confessor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_the_Confessor

Cheers

the airport have erected a big screen right outside our shop and am wondering whether we're going to be expected to stop serving and start oathing at some point tmrw.

came home thru the city centre tonight and they were setting up a big screen, what an insult to our history

Edward was the son of Æthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy. He succeeded Cnut the Great's son – and his own half-brother – Harthacnut.

a royal cuntity that's older than either church or state

they ordained the cnut a saint as well, just for being a showy pious prick ffs!

I went through a semirural middle-class part of Wakefield in a taxi earlier and a lot of houses had union flags up. Was shaking my head and muttering phrases like "fucking dickheads" a lot . Taxi driver was a total bellend as well.

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That's cnutity to you, peasant!

https://t.co/uInF7j4lmB

— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) May 6, 2023

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FvbbqV3XwAE1Ath?format=jpg&name=large

it's looking good already, people from a toothless and soft protest org getting arrested with zero cause.

even a functional liberal party should be able to draw out the narrative of the rapidly authoritarian turn the UK has taken, and mobilize public opinion against it. what does the UK in fact have? zero opposition

if you let it get to you this isn't just crushingly depressing, it's sometimes terrifying

There are moments of light relief.

she is wearing the collar pic.twitter.com/dWLULhlWKf

— Ben (@cinemashoebox) May 6, 2023

The scene at Princes Street garden Edinburgh for the coronation https://t.co/xzQuAbiyZn pic.twitter.com/iNGlgP3fTH

— The Scotsman (@TheScotsman) May 6, 2023

It’s truss’s day as much as anyones, she’s the one who made it all happen

KS's reference to 'hands' is strange.

atm the American news coverage might be even more obsequious than the UK pres.

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yes, he's a weirdo - but not a good one!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-65507464
Listen to Stephen Fry talk absolute bollocks about how having a monarch that no-one voted for is somehow better than having an elected president because "half the nation (...) would loathe them".

so much impractical clothing

atm the American news coverage might be even more obsequious than the UK pres.

No surprise there tbh.

the funeral was more cheerful than this service

Abolish Stephen fry

Sunak's got a right lisp on him. A bit unfortunate considering he's reading "St Paul's Letter to the Corinthians"

(I would have written that in lisp-language but my spellcheck-corrector would have had a fit)

Looks happy.

pic.twitter.com/hkAH2E7Tf3

— Kristi Yamaguccimane (@wapplehouse) May 6, 2023

god bless Tony

I THINK THIS OS THE FIRST TOME IN LIVING MEMORY WE HAVE A LABOUR MONARCH.

— TONY BELL #TONLYFANS 😻 (@altgazza) May 6, 2023

Let’s never forget, Liz Truss made Penny Mordaunt Leader of the House of Commons to keep her out of the limelight pic.twitter.com/xX5dWO5MxJ

— Richard Morris (@richardmorrisuk) May 6, 2023

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FvcehWPWAAEdPkS?format=jpg&name=medium

Paddington they’re wearing bearskins https://t.co/2aN6TZ37c6

— Hannah Rose Woods (@hannahrosewoods) May 6, 2023

call me a snob but nothing says classy celebration of heritage and tradition like having Ant and Dec at your church do

It’s just a shame liz killed liz too late for charlie to have his hero savile in attendance. In spirit, in spirit

Fact of the Day: Soldiers on guard at Buckingham Palace balance on their right foot during the #Coronation as the transfer of power is moved to King Charles III, once the King is crowned their left foot will lower to signify the completion of power transfer

📸 from a Canberra pic.twitter.com/QpAZqXpZ1F

— RAF_Luton (@RAF_Luton) May 6, 2023

you look fucking ridiculous lads, you'd have more dignity doing a minimum wage packing job

That’s another gag I’m afraid

….or is it (it is)

Yeah, it's a parody account but eminently believable with all the other dumb shit going on today

often the UK parody stuff seems very close to real

The phrase "Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch" is trending over here and I can immediately guess why.

Please let it be because someone threw a hand grenade at the royals while I was out at the shops.

Charles' magic Cloak of Power protected him iirc

In the (well advised) absence of a Celtic game to day, it was up to Hibs fans to carry on the good work.

Easter Rd message to the Royal parasites #GGTTH pic.twitter.com/ta3yzv3CzX

— Kevin Williamson (@williamsonkev) May 6, 2023

James Connolly himself would be proud of the old Hibees.

Hibs fans banner this afternoon pic.twitter.com/WV6ncrIONV

— Patrick McPartlin (@p_mcpartlin) May 6, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRN4xcPTS_M

The fucker looks like a VAR decision has just gone against him and he knows it's going to cost him his job pic.twitter.com/DUgtx1dtiY

— Peter (@pickyouredge) May 7, 2023

He's looked about 40 from the age of 3 onwards.