{"id":11657,"date":"2023-05-01T09:00:28","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T16:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/?p=11657"},"modified":"2023-04-29T16:26:27","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T23:26:27","slug":"coronation-consternationzaxsdc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/?p=11657","title":{"rendered":"CARRIAGES, CROWNS AND CORONATIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Suzanne Sparrow Watson<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This is quite a big week for us unabashed Anglophiles<\/strong>.\u00a0 The coronation of King Charles will take place on Saturday, with all the pomp and circumstance of…well, a royal coronation.\u00a0 Realistically, this may be the only coronation I witness, although Charles doesn’t look all that healthy. Then again, I’m not so hot some days myself.\u00a0 So, although I would love to live long enough to see William crowned (and observe whatever high jinks Prince Louis might provide), I’ve decided to immerse myself in this coronation.\u00a0 I’ve read about people in the U.S. who are throwing coronation watch parties,<\/strong> where attendees are required to dress for the occasion, including an appropriately outrageous hat.\u00a0 I don’t think I could attend one of those parties – I don’t have a pair of sweatpants or baseball cap fit for the occasion.<\/p>\n

According to my Ancestry DNA profile, I am 70% English<\/strong>, with another 20% of my make-up from the other UK countries.\u00a0 Even Dash the Wonder Dog has British lineage and clearly, he is the real<\/em> King Charles, so I’m all in for the spectacle of the coronation.\u00a0 These are my people.\u00a0 Of course, “my people” may very well have been horse thieves or scoundrels of some other ilk<\/strong> who were barred from attending any coronation in their day.\u00a0 But still, there is something in my blood that stirs at the very notion of a royal event.<\/p>\n

For those of you who are also interested, or at least mildly entertained, I’ve dug up some fun facts about the event.<\/p>\n