mp and Circumstance

 Many of you might remember that Tony and I were in chilly Edinburgh last September when the Queen of England died.  Immediately the Australian side of who we are kicked in and we mourned with the many for her passing.

 

As you probably know, Britain has 56 'Sovereign' countries that it rules over. This is called the 'Commonwealth'.  We don't feel reigned upon much here in Australia, but the British monarchy is ours.  We pay stamp duty, which is as irritating as the Boston settlers found it, but still we carry on.  

 

Why did we mourn her you wonder.?

  I'm not sure, but it seems that quite a few people have a sense that she might be the last monarch with integrity, work ethic, finesse ........ you name it, all those characteristics that should come with the role.  We liked her for many reasons, namely, she showed up for work two days before she died and was never ever known to complain about the job that had been given her (without her consent but only because she was born to a distant royal who had the misadventure of becoming king, thus leaving her to take the reins when he died).

 

And so last night we watched the coronation of Prince Charles, who in Facebook memes was touted to be "A 73-yr old who finally got a job".  Again, he inherited the role, but he'd been born to be king, so to speak. Whether or not he acted worthy is up to you to decide, and we shall see what he does with his new power (if there is any).  

 

Australians here have mixed emotions, many do not really like or revere him, based on so many things.  To further scratch the irritation, his 'consort' is now the full-fledged Queen.  

 

I had a squiz on Google and found this: 750 million people watched Charles and Diana's wedding, over TWO BILLION watched Diana's funeral.

 

And the coronation?  Maybe 277 million.  I think Charles’s ratings are going down.  

 

But I could not help but be impressed with the ceremony.  If this is not your 'thing' stop reading, I don't want to waste your time.   

 

I'll have to say, like the two royal weddings of William and Harry of recent times, I couldn't have been more impressed with the amount of GOD and Jesus that were in the programs.  I know....I know, Charles is supposedly now the head of the Anglican Church, but I don't think anyone really believes that.  Instead, the people there stressed and emphasised the whole Christianity (and even Protestant) importance of it all. Even though it was VERY high church, and no one smiled, they seemed to know that Jesus died for our sins and we're accountable to God.  I was happy to see something that wasn't secular for a change.  Yes, you say, but there was that mandatory pledge of allegiance to Charles that everyone in Westminster Abby (over 2000 guests) was required to repeat.  It's the first time this has been done, but I figure he needs the support.  

 

So anyway, it was an event.  I'm still reading in the Old Testament, and it seems in every other chapter there's a new king and he is either very good (Hezekiah, for example) and he brings God's people back, and then there's a bad king and he reinstates all the evil and God's people go backwards.

 

I can't but wonder which reign this will be.  

 

But then we can be assured that God is on his Throne!!

 

Cya next week.  Marsha

 

Oh, side bar, Tony has had an MRI on his knee.  He's been hobbling around for a couple of months and we needed some answers.  I chuckled to see Charles having to be 'guided' up and down from his throne.  It's a pain to get old.  Anyway, we find out tomorrow what he's done to his knee. Thanks for your prayers.