Will you be watching the coronation of King Charles?

This will probably only be available in the UK but if you can catch it on iPlayer you might enjoy it

BBC
The Great British Sewing Bee’s Patrick Grant goes behind the scenes at the family firm making ceremonial uniforms for King Charles’s coronation.

Tasked with creating thousands of bespoke uniforms for the big day, the Kashket family have been making spectacular ceremonial wear for four generations. As well as discovering the skill and craftmanship required to create these unique garments, Patrick also meets some of the men and women of the armed forces who will wear them

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001llnv/coronation-tailors-fit-for-a-king


The unique skills and equipment is so interesting to the crafter in me. The detail, the amount of hand sewing, the making of the helmets, buttons etc. Well worth a watch, if you can access it.

Beauties!

No, I get that it is really important or a fun activity for many, but I was really hoping that the OG Queen would bypass Charle/Camilla (and his past behaviors towards his first wife) and give the reigns to her grandson. I am taking my ball and playing elsewhere.

I am also still ticked that they took off the rather campy tv series "The Royals" and left me not knowing who Jasper would be shagging next.

The Queen had zero say in who succeeded her. It was only ever going to be Charles.

Depending on my insomnia, I may watch it live here in the PST zone, which would be what, starting at 2:00 am.

I was up for live showing of Charles and Diana's wedding, Andrew and Sarah, and William and Kate's (had a tea party with Royal paper dolls for my then 6 y/o).

I'd lost interest w/Harry and Meghan, just caught the coverage later on. I didn't watch anything else live again until the Queen's funeral. I'm iffy on this one.

I'll watch it! It's history being made, and I'm a history buff, plus I doubt I'll live long enough to see William's coronation, so it's a once-in-a-lifetime thing for me. I've started a little journal listing important national and international events during my lifetime. I jot down my remembrances of the events and where I was when they happened. For example: 9/11, Kennedy's assassination, New Orleans/Hurricane Katrina, etc., Princess Diane/car crash, and the pandemic. Hopefully, it will be of interest to my grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

We don't have plans this weekend and I've been sick so sitting on the couch on a Saturday night watching as it happens live seems highly likely.

I'll probably at least watch highlights. Charles has grown on me over the years, and I can't get over that Camilla has kept her own personal bolthole. I think that's such a boss move. My fondest hope is that she has played the long game and engineered all this "I'm Queen now" stuff. I just find that so amusing. I was and am a pretty big Diana fan, but I consider post-Diana Camilla separate from homewrecker Camilla.

I figure there's also a tiny chance Charles will throw a fountain pen-level tantrum and there's no way I would ever miss that.

I thought at one time "they" said it was her choice. Shows you how much I follow the monarchy.

No, it's not a choice, that's why many people object to a monarchy - because people are born into it and there's no choosing who's up next, when countries wanted that, they switched to elected governments. The UK currently has both (although like many of our countries, their elected Governments recently have been pretty shit) and I think the current situation works well for them.

Each individual has a choice if they want to do it or not when their time comes, they can choose to abdicate, but unless something drastic happened (like the sudden diagnosis of a terminal illness) I don't believe Charles would ever consider doing that either.

I remember people speculating that queen would bypass Charles. It was years ago, so I don't remember the source, but I am sure it was a group of uninformed people clearly. No way Charles would give this up. He's been waiting for a long time.

The "source" is magical thinking by people on message boards and in the media (especially in America) who either have zero idea, or blatantly disregard how the British monarchy works.
The same "sources" who used to claim regularly that the Queen would abdicate...despite her vow on her coronation day that "my WHOLE life, be long or short will be dedicated to your service"
I'm sure it will continue with Charles, every little hiccup will get a headline of "Charles stepping down for William"
Queen Elizabeth died as the monarch, and Charles will too.

I've already seen a story with one crackpot astrologer/psychic saying things looks bad for coronation day and that King Charles and Queen Camilla will never rule... I hope someone pointed out to him that they ARE already ruling and have been for the last 8 months.

Yep, we will be watching, and having a mini party with union flags decorating the house, pitchers of pimms and lemonade and enough scones and clotted cream to feed an army. Funny enough I have declined to make a broad bean quiche

lol @ my typo...bever = never