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It's a work in progress, but progress is slow and painful ... 
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For Bob as well by the looks of it
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Colonel, Colonel, I don't feel my legs... 
M.D.V. 
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I hate Rockstar with a passion. When I first created account with them, many years ago, I used some old email. This yahoo account was subsequently deleted due to inactivity. Now my Rockstar account is forever locked and tight to my Steam account. So not only I cannot buy new games, but also my old games that I pay good money for are unusable. No way to untight Rockstar account from a Steam account. Some people try with sending to Rockstar support prove for ownership of their games, screenshots from Steam and crap like that. Never heard any of this has ever worked.
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My wife, a huge fan of all things English, woke me up at 4AM to watch the coronation of Charles.
It got me wondering how all the average folks in the Commonwealth, actually feel about the Pomp and Circumstance.
Is it worth the expense and inconvenience? Do you think it's great or silly as he has no real power?
Please let this lowly American know how you feel personally and about what you think the average person not in London for the show, think.
ed
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Personally I have nothing against Charles and think it's good entertainment, on Euronews however I saw some Londoners who were not pleased with the costs involved and did not understand why so much money goes to one family.
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I'm avoiding it - Elizabeth was fine, but these two I just don't like.
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But... don't you remember Charles appearance on TV for Blue Peter, he scored lots of points with that 
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Charlie boy has been enough to turn me from a don't care to a republican.
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Yep. I know the feeling.
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(woke up too late to see the whole thing).
As a Canadian, I treat it as entertainment.
I've never seen a coronation before.
I feel there is a need for tradition, but also a need to modernize it. (at least the coronation part)
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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I know.
And now more and more politician refuse the oath to the king.
(mostly in Québec)
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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There are lots of republics in the commonwealth.
Cheers,
Vikram.
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Pomp and Circumstance are part of the mystique of Royalty and are necessary to the extent that we view them as different from the non-Royal blokes. Having a king be crowned by posting a notice outside the palace seems wrong, somehow. OTOH, the amount of Pomp and Circumstance depends on the times. The UK in 1952 was still a Great Power, with much of the Commonwealth looking to it for guidance. Today, the UK's power is much diminished, and most of the Commonwealth has gone its own way.
As for Charles himself, all I will say is that Prince (now King) Charles lost a lot of points with me when details came out of how he treated his first wife. Being eccentric is accepted, even expected among the Nobility in the UK, but emotionally mistreating your wife (and having it known!) is beyond the pale.
He may turn out to be a good king for the times, but I doubt that he will rise (or need to rise) to the level of his mother.
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After watching a few sword and shield movies, I get the appeal if you like history.
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Coronation - what coronation, I seem to have missed the entire curfuffle, thank the great Ghu. Apparently he is the head of state for Oz, great idea, keep him on the other side of the planet!
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Great idea! We can formalise it in a treaty between the UK and Australia, in which King Charles will agree to stay on one side of the planet, and the Australians will be required to stay on theirs. Australians wishing to visit King Charles' side of the planet will have to apply for an exemption, AKA a "Ticket of Leave".
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If the alternative is The American Way, I guess I prefer royalty.
If you include all the preparations for all the parties, I would guess (although without knowing for sure) that The American Way expenses add up to significantly more than the coronation. And it comes every 4 years, rather than every 70 years or thereabouts.
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I doubt Charles will reign for 70 years, but there is no reason he couldn't reign for 20 - still a 5-to-1 advantage over the US system.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Just look at the crowds to see how well it is supported. And the cost is largely offset by the extra revenue from tourism and broadcast rights. How many people around the world do you think would pay to see someone like Tony Blair installed as President?
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Most Indians do not care for obvious reasons.
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As a good French, I like my kings and queens beheaded.
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Just like the French - to lose their heads over Royalty. 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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