Apparently the coronation ceremony cost has been "stripped
back" to a mere AU$189,000,000 [not a typo!] and the guest
list cut down from an estimated 8,500 invitees to a tiny list of 2,000.

In a recent YouGov poll, commissioned by the UK Republic
Group, 35% of those surveyed said they did "not care very
much" about the coronation, and 29% said they did "not care
at all".

And from a pre-coronation YouGov poll commissioned by BBC
Panorama found that only 58% of respondents wanted the
monarchy to continue.



And yes... that's all real gold.  The royal coach is valued at AU$6,650,000.

But... The Evelyn Estate is just half an hour's drive from the
gold-trimmed gates of Buckingham Palace, but it feels like a
world away.  While at the palace they're polishing the silver,
tending the tulips and preparing the King's fine coronation
robes, at the Evelyn community centre they're unpacking
donated food that more than 100 families rely on.

Every week, volunteers transform this south London community 
centre into a food store, allowing local residents to fill their
trolleys for a couple of gold coins.  They can't help everyone. 
More than 60 families are on the waiting list.

~I for one certainly won't be wasting my time watching this
   silly anachronistic piece of pomposity on TV.

—ABC News Australia, 30 April 2023.

The Dutch do it better and far simpler.

I've just had the extreme displeasure of reading this bit
of offensive drivel...

Public invited to swear their allegiance as king is crowned.

Quote:


            

The elderly senior citizen will be 75 this year and will be dragged through the streets in a crude wagon that shakes the bones. 'Made from solid gold and adorned with 444 semi-precious stones, the crown weighs almost five pounds. The late Queen Elizabeth II once said in an interview that the weight of the crown would break your neck if you bent down while wearing it.'
Medical treatment costs will be enormous with years of convalescent therapy and law suits.

With all due respect ... we will be officially boycotting that revolting lecherous prick’s coronation. And that of his haggard slut.

No offence intended.

I wonder what effect it will have on tourism and spending in the UK?

lee wrote on Apr 30^th, 2023 at 12:41pm:


Emigration might increase. And people will take their tax money for new shores.

The French cut their heads off.