Those of you who love the design and interpretation of Coat of Arms - Heraldry - as one of the oldest European traditions - will love the fantastical Green Man invite to Charles III Coronation which takes place May 6th - English time.
I will be watching.
It's not that I'm an Anglophile, because I . However, this is a historical event and one that has not taken place in England for 70 years, since his mother Queen Elizabeth's, and it's televised. Promising a smaller, perhaps updated and more modern version of a coronation, Charles, who long awaited his time to be King, seems to have sought ways to remain Royal as well as being well situated in today's world with climate change and ecology one of his long time concerns. He also said once that he was a guardian of the faiths, not just England's version of Protestantism, showing sensitivity to Britain's citizenry.
I watched Diana and Charles' wedding. I watched Diana's funeral, getting up in the middle of the night to watch it live. I watched much of the Queen's funeral. In the past I read a few books about the Royal family, including Kitty Kelley's expose. I watch the series, The Crown, which I think is terrific; I don't expect accuracy out of biopic's, I figure there is lots of theory and interpretation in film making. And of course it helps that it's all in English, the official language of the United States too.
If you think that it's just Americans a bit obsessed with what happens over there across "the pond" (The Atlantic Ocean) and with one of the last acknowledged Royal families of Europe and on this earth, even Americans with no English or British ancestry, think about this. British are obsessed with American politics and our legal system. We, along with Canada, have never lost our connections that began with immigration from that island to the America's.
This image of the Coronation invite appears on The Guardian.
