Coronation of King Charles 3rd

Irrespective of my views on monarchy, I think big impressive coronations made sense when we were an imperial power, they projected something politically important out to the world.

However, now as we become increasingly less important on the world stage, I worry that an event like this might exacerbate some of the increasingly negative perceptions of us. Shorn of the actual power symbolised by previous coronations, rather than project something positive it potentially makes us look like a backwards country in thrall to our past which frankly is the last thing we need right now.
 
threespires said:
Irrespective of my views on monarchy, I think big impressive coronations made sense when we were an imperial power, they projected something politically important out to the world.

However, now as we become increasingly less important on the world stage, I worry that an event like this might exacerbate some of the increasingly negative perceptions of us. Shorn of the actual power symbolised by previous coronations, rather than project something positive it potentially makes us look like a backwards country in thrall to our past which frankly is the last thing we need right now.
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I agree, it also for me highlights racist vibes. Colonial power and a reminder that those huge diamonds etc. were stolen from victims of colonialism. When roughly a quarter of the worlds landmass and population. Imperial subjects, by the million were controlled mostly through the barrel of an Enfield rifle. Exactly what Putin is doing now but on a much larger scale.
 
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