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Tag: Great Britain
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Respect and Disdain: How Britain’s Generations Diverge on the Monarchy
The divide in Bristol goes a long way toward explaining the substantial split in public opinion about the role the royals play in a modern Britain.
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For King Charles, Coronation Day Is a Step on a Tightrope Walk
Britain’s head of state is said to want a more accessible, forward-looking and inclusive monarchy. It’s not an easy message to convey through golden relics and ancient rituals.
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What Is King Charles’s Coronation For?
When it comes to some national spectacles, anachronism is a feature, not a bug.
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For King Charles’s Coronation, a Fancy Fish Pie Without the Fish
For most coronations over the past 800 years, the city of Gloucester in England has presented newly crowned monarchs with lamprey pies. Charles’s pie was different.