Yes, you may well be - and I hope you are - right. Worrying about popular response to royal occasions seems almost to be part of the tradition! during the last reign there were a couple of occasions when there was an unexpected wave of popular feeling: Her late Majesty's Silver and Golden Jubilees and the funeral of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother were all examples when the pundits got it wrong.
But this is a lot of royal occasions in a row: The late Queen's Platinum Jubilee, her State Funeral, and now the coronation. And William IV didn't have to deal with social media. Although, there were certainly lots of "memes" in the form of hostile cartoons! That king also came into a lot of criticism for his romantic history.
Anyway, I hope the British public will once again prove the cynics and worry-warts like myself wrong!
Everyone is so 'worried' and 'concerned' about how the Coronation will be and what form it will take. I keep remembering the Coronation of King William IV and Queen Adelaide and the desciptions of it and the cost of it. The Coronation that took place in 1831 cost the State only £30,000 (just over £2 million today). Despite the omission of large parts of the ceremonial parts, the Coronation Service was largely unchanged from the previous coronation. In accordance with the King's dislike of ritual, the traditional girding of the sword and donning of armills were omitted. The King himself wore a robe over his admiral's uniform, instead of the traditional coronation vestments. (Sound familiar?) I seriously don't think there is anything to worry about and that we will all be presently surprised. Also it is a British habit to grumble and complain about any Royal ceremonial. There were huge complaints and grumble prior to all the Jubilees. In 1977 at the Silver Jubilee it was said that the late Queen was concerned no-one would turn up. Look at the Crowds that appeared at each one. How everyone took part in the various local events. Absurd? No, I think most will embrace it all.
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