King Charles & Queen Camilla - Visit to Australia and Samoa: October 2024

[Hallo girl]

I would say because the King is aware of what is going on in his country and he pairs down the ceremonial tells you why we still have a monarchy and you don’t.

I will add to my own post , the anointing of a monarch does not happen every year.

Of course the Visit could not have been as grant as the 1954 Tour but why not keep it like the latest Tour of the late Queen which was not so long ago and included also more formal Events and at last one official Dinner for Example.

Let’s be aware the formal dinners represent wealth, tiaras etc etc .It does not represent the ordinary citizen.

 

[Alison H]

Unfortunately, he can't win. If everything had been grand and lavish - which I agree would have been a great spectacle - then people would have complained about the cost.

 

[Elly C]

I also wonder what was ‘on offer’ to the Royals. I must admit that I was surprised there was no formal dinner- might the Australian Prime Minister have decided this wasn’t going to be part of the schedule?
On the other hand, I’m sure the King was determined that in the limited time he had, he was going to take the opportunity to engage with as many folks as he could and to be seen as a modern monarch.

 

[duke of poliganc]

I would say because the King is aware of what is going on in his country and he pairs down the ceremonial tells you why we still have a monarchy and you don’t.

But pairing down the coronation while the state opening of parliament being grander than it goes against the austerity excuse, if the state opening of the parliament was scaled down also I won’t be happy but I would say they are consistent!

The excuse reminds me of state visits during Covid where they would have state visits but with less formal dress codes as if the white ties and tiaras spread Covid more than black ties and cocktail dress

 

[Hallo girl]

But pairing down the coronation while the state opening of parliament being grander than it goes against the austerity excuse, if the state opening of the parliament was scaled down also I won’t be happy but I would say they are consistent!

The excuse reminds me of state visits during Covid where they would have state visits but with less formal dress codes as if the white ties and tiaras spread Covid more than black ties and cocktail dress prevents Covid spreading

I do not understand why you think the state opening of parliament was a bigger event than the coronation. Do the heads of states from around the world attend the opening of parliament…no. Is the monarch blessed with oil , then crowned by the arch bishop of Canterbury. Does the whole royal family attend.
Please tell me why it was a bigger event, I really do not understand your reasoning.
We had a coronation party with bubbles, knitted crowns etc. we do not do that for the opening of parliament.