With the Coronation a matter of days away, we should now be in a cheerfully relaxed frame of mind, stocking up on bubbly, canapés and tasty picnic fare, rehearsing patriotic songs, preparing rousing orations for every generation and keenly anticipating this rare and convivial event, perhaps even composing an ode or a celebratory sonnet. Instead, I have dire forebodings that May will bring us violence and civil conflict at worst and at best a torrent of cynicism and disparagement from deluded politicians, media and overseas enemies of our great country. Prepare for an ugly onslaught!
King Charles and the errant Prince
Harry
The most immediate threat to the peace of the
Coronation comes from Prince Harry (aka The Ginger Whinger), who
has kept up a chorus of moans about his family victimhood since disappearing in
2020 to California and deluxe exile. King Charles, typically benignly (but perhaps
unwisely) has half-forgiven the prodigal and invited him to come. Harry is
bubbling over with malevolence and could easily stage a stunt, say, a noisy
walk-out when Camilla is crowned, just to spoil the occasion. I hope the London
crowds give him a resounding raspberry and he takes a one-way ticket back to
America pronto. What a plonker!
But there will be plenty other crackpots in
London on the great day. Anti-monarchical sentiment is strong on the
disaffected Left although many mainstream Labour voters are happily loyal. London
is ethnically very diverse and support for royalty is a minority stance in
several communities. Bomb-making, terrorism and suicide attacks can easily
emanate from these elements. In the past, we could depend on the Metropolitan
Police and MI5 to keep tabs on resident and arriving troublemakers, but
confidence in the abilities of the Met is at a low level at present. Naturally
we feel uneasy.
We can be sure that street-agitation will be
prominent. Starry-eyed groups like Extinction Rebellion, Just Stop oil and the
Liberal Democrats will tie themselves to, glue themselves against or drape
themselves over some public monument in their desperate search for relevance
and publicity. The sweet sound of rejoicing choral music will be drowned out by
the ravings of Diane Abbott and the burbling grand-standing of Ed Davey.
Sir Ed Davey
Others will ignore the Coronation. The SNP is
fundamentally republican and is in the midst of an internal civil war, with
nose-diving support. Nicola Sturgeon’s bequest to her nation is a party of
failure as far as independence is concerned, chaotic finances exuding a stink
of corruption, secrecy over its processes and governance and an ugly leading
group comprising Humza Yousaf, Stephen Flynn and Ian Blackford bickering among
themselves. They shame my native Scotland, eheu.
No doubt the Coronation will elicit patronising
comment from the US. It is true that Charles and Camilla are crowned carrying
heavy baggage from their pasts, as you might expect with a couple in their
mid-70s. But remember that the UK monarchy is mainly ceremonial and has minimal
political clout. Contrast that with the Head of State in the USA, the
President, who combines the heaviest political duties with substantial
ceremonial ones. The US presidential election in 2024 promises to be a dreary
re-run of 2020 with an 81-year-old Joe Biden challenged by 77-year-old Donald
Trump. Biden is manifestly unfit for office thanks to age and his distracted
brain while Donald Trump had a disastrous term and disgraced himself with
idiotic conspiracy theories on losing office. Where is the vaunted hidden
talent in political America and why have the Republican and Democratic parties
allowed themselves to be manoeuvred into this odious corner?
6 May 2023 will be an auspicious day for the UK.
Close our eyes to the tendentious coverage from the BBC and The Guardian,
ignore the cat-calls from the disaffected, suffuse ourselves with goodwill
towards friends and neighbours and stay faithful to the values of our beloved
Britain.
SMD
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