It was hard to escape the sense of the absurd as a 21st century democracy relived a medieval fantasy
It rained. Of course it did. It wouldn’t have been a proper coronation if it hadn’t. Brits wouldn’t have had it any other way. We were born to suffer. Keep calm and carry on.
The first guests had started arriving at Westminster Abbey from early in the morning. Among them the lucky MPs who had received an invite. Though many Tories had been complaining it was all a stitch-up by Number 10. That Rishi Sunak had hand-picked favourites and those he wanted to get onside. Whatever. Let’s hope they had strong bladders. It was going to be a long morning.
