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Cometan celebrates the coronation of HM King Charles III with his mother Louise J. Counsell, family and friends. A wonderful buffet alongside fabulous drinks made this day a very British and memorable affair indeed. © 2023 Millettarian Photographic Institute. All Rights Reserved.
A hundred years from now, historians - assuming that by then there are any still free to express their real opinion - will record the 6th of May 2023 as a day of shameful significance in British history. Not because of the costly coronation extravaganza for a flawed unelected king, but for the most sweeping and seemingly indiscriminate crackdown on the freedom to protest and report in almost a hundred years, all cheered on by a queue of historians and political commentators ever eager to heap eulogies on the British monarchy.
As dictators from the Middle East, including the bloodstained tyrant of Bahrain - King Khalifa - arrived in their private jumbo jets, the British military, which also backs these regimes to the hilt, put on an impressive display, to mark the joyous occasion.
King Charles should be fully aware of their crimes as he has met Middle Eastern autocrats over 95 times since the Arab spring in 2011, and is doubtless well briefed, as are obviously the editors of Britain's main newspapers but they preferred not to draw their readers' attention to the murderous record of the monarch's VIP guests.
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-02-24-charles-of-ara...
Instead they reminded us that there was "a time and place for everything" as hundreds, including many families with their children, wishing to protest were turned away from Trafalgar Square. With an equally self assured righteousness, media commentators dismissed sentimental and quaint concerns raised over freedom of speech, as the lead organiser and supporters of Republic UK as well as activists from Just Stop Oil and Animal Rising were arrested before they had even arrived at the coronation route.
Also caught up in the net was Rich Felgate, an award winning documentary film director, who was able to dramatically document his own arrest while he was filming a Just Stop Oil protester standing on the pavement in Whitehall. A police officer hesitated momentarily as Felgate told him that he was a journalist, but only seconds after a quick enquiry, the order for the man's detention seemed to have been confirmed (see short clip on the attached Twitter link and a separate link to a review of Felgate's film.)
twitter.com/richfelgate/status/1655199737471959041
www.theguardian.com/film/2023/feb/15/finite-the-climate-o...
Fortunately, a few hundred anti-monarch protesters managed to arrive at Trafalgar Square, some of them presumably because they weren't visibly carrying "Down with the Crown" placards or t-shirts. However, many were not certain where to meet when they saw that the area around the statue of Charles 1 on the south side, which had been designated for the Republican activists, was taken up by a giant wooden citadel-like structure with police officers on the top with video cameras (see my photo www.flickr.com/photos/alisdare/52880437864/in/dateposted-...).
Other protesters had been deterred from attending after it was revealed that the police would be using face-recognition software with at least some of their surveillance cameras. However, those that did turn up were not easily discouraged and soon after the demo started, chants of "Not My King" could be heard from the far side of the square.
Soon afterwards, loud speakers which had been positioned near to the anticipated location that the demonstrators would gather, began to blast out loud martial music to drown out the seditious slogans, while the wooden citadel-like structure erected on the south side of the square seemed to have been designed precisely so as to block all sight of them from both the royal gaze and television screens around the world.
Please let me know what photographs and coverage you have seen of the coronation protests in the mainstream media?
My King My King Charles who left us 10 days ago after heart failure. You will forever be in our hearts Charlie. Rebound is lost without you. Run fast and free little King xxx
I landed in London on the rainy coronation day of King Charles. I hoped to see some of that royal-worship that seems to be such an integral part of britishness. I expected flags painted on faces and all kinds of royal paraphernalia. Instead, I met this little fella´, who seemed rather disgruntled about the fact that Charles was taking over. As opposed to their contemporary American counterparts, the British republicans seem to stand for something other than themselves and their hunger for power.
King Charles and Queen Camilla - a beautifully crocheted decoration on top of a Royal Mail post box.
Cottesloe Beach, Perth. WA
Made famous by the 'now' King Charles getting 'snogged' by a lusty young West Aussie lady - Jane Priest, back in 1979.
I didn't realised when we booked to go to London that the weekend would land on Remembrance Sunday - the gig we were going to was cancelled from March. So when we realised, we decided we'd stop off at the centre of the city, to extend our weekend visit. We were aware of quite a lot of people, police and barriers along the Mall. It was coming up to 11:30am and we had a hunch it might be worth hanging around the area in case the new King came by, and we overheard a young policeman talking to tourists saying he was due to come by very soon, although he wasn't aware of the exact route. JJ and I changed our minds about staying there as it appeared too quiet, so we started to walk away, and then suddenly, back towards the palace blue lights of the police escort motorbikes were flashing. I quickly grabbed my camera just as the royal car started to turn off! I assume King Charles was in it cos it was the leading car and you can just see the Royal Standard flag. How frustrating that moments early we were on that corner and could almost have reached out and touched the car!!
Stagecoach Manchester SN69ZFP 11255 seen on Piccadilly, Manchester heading to Hyde Road depot after completeing service 15 from Flixton
Moseley Old Hall is a historic Elizabethan timber-framed house that provided a hiding place for Charles II during his escape from Oliver Cromwell following the Battle of Worcester in 1651.
A hundred years from now, historians - assuming that by then there are any still free to express their real opinion - will record the 6th of May 2023 as a day of shameful significance in British history. Not because of the costly coronation extravaganza for a flawed unelected king, but for the most sweeping and seemingly indiscriminate crackdown on the freedom to protest and report in almost a hundred years, all cheered on by a queue of historians and political commentators ever eager to heap eulogies on the British monarchy.
As dictators from the Middle East, including the bloodstained tyrant of Bahrain - King Khalifa - arrived in their private jumbo jets, the British military, which also backs these regimes to the hilt, put on an impressive display, to mark the joyous occasion.
King Charles should be fully aware of their crimes as he has met Middle Eastern autocrats over 95 times since the Arab spring in 2011, and is doubtless well briefed, as are obviously the editors of Britain's main newspapers but they preferred not to draw their readers' attention to the murderous record of the monarch's VIP guests.
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-02-24-charles-of-ara...
Instead they reminded us that there was "a time and place for everything" as hundreds, including many families with their children, wishing to protest were turned away from Trafalgar Square. With an equally self assured righteousness, media commentators dismissed sentimental and quaint concerns raised over freedom of speech, as the lead organiser and supporters of Republic UK as well as activists from Just Stop Oil and Animal Rising were arrested before they had even arrived at the coronation route.
Also caught up in the net was Rich Felgate, an award winning documentary film director, who was able to dramatically document his own arrest while he was filming a Just Stop Oil protester standing on the pavement in Whitehall. A police officer hesitated momentarily as Felgate told him that he was a journalist, but only seconds after a quick enquiry, the order for the man's detention seemed to have been confirmed (see short clip on the attached Twitter link and a separate link to a review of Felgate's film.)
twitter.com/richfelgate/status/1655199737471959041
www.theguardian.com/film/2023/feb/15/finite-the-climate-o...
Fortunately, a few hundred anti-monarch protesters managed to arrive at Trafalgar Square, some of them presumably because they weren't visibly carrying "Down with the Crown" placards or t-shirts. However, many were not certain where to meet when they saw that the area around the statue of Charles 1 on the south side, which had been designated for the Republican activists, was taken up by a giant wooden citadel-like structure with police officers on the top with video cameras (see my photo www.flickr.com/photos/alisdare/52880437864/in/dateposted-...).
Other protesters had been deterred from attending after it was revealed that the police would be using face-recognition software with at least some of their surveillance cameras. However, those that did turn up were not easily discouraged and soon after the demo started, chants of "Not My King" could be heard from the far side of the square.
Soon afterwards, loud speakers which had been positioned near to the anticipated location that the demonstrators would gather, began to blast out loud martial music to drown out the seditious slogans, while the wooden citadel-like structure erected on the south side of the square seemed to have been designed precisely so as to block all sight of them from both the royal gaze and television screens around the world.
Please let me know what photographs and coverage you have seen of the coronation protests in the mainstream media?
A lot has happened on, near and to this statue of Charles I since it was created in about 1633 including his execution (1649), the sale of the statue with an agreement that it would be melted down, the hiding of the statue (by the metalsmith John Rivett who bought it and sold goods claimed to be made from the bronze), the restoration of the Crown, the acquisition of the statue by Charles II, the installation where it currently stands in 1675 (looking towards where Charles I was beheaded) ... skipping forward a century or so ... the theft of the sword and badge of the Order of the Garter in 1844, removal for safe keeping another hundred years later during WWII, replacement where it stands (along with a new sword etc) after WWII ... and the list goes on.
It has also been regarded as the "centre of London" (or at least the end point of all road distances to London) since the late 1700s (which I guess is about the time that the cities of London (aka "The City") and Westminster sort of merged together and St Martin-in-the-Fields ceased to be in fields).
Charles III needs to contend with a very different set of issues!
Copycatting Xavier and Sheila today! The We're Here! gang is attending the Coronation of King Charles III. Just imagine if we were all there in real life -- the We're Here! gang would surely cause chaos and headlines...
Someone is not happy about my suitcases being packed…
I feel like I just got here and got settled, and now I am off for another week of travel. This trip is with my collective team, so this should be a lot of fun. All the same, I will really miss my lil’ girl!
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Year Ten Of My 365 Project
I had to log in and work for a few hours today, but no worries: I had my Sophie to keep me company!
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Year Nine Of My 365 Project
Well at least Sophie approves of the beard! She likes to cuddle right up to my face now- like I’m a fury little friend she can rub against. Too funny…
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Year Eight Of My 365 Project
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I've no intention of heading up to London for the Coronation itself but yesterday I decided at short notice that I'd head up to take some photos of the preparations.
Two days before the Coronation and already one side of the Mall was lined with patriotic Royalists in a makeshift tent city. There was something of a party atmosphere, albeit that was probably slightly different at 1am this morning as I lay in bed lisening to the rain hammering down......
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I think I found the best remedy to help me feel better!
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Year Eleven Of My 365 Project
I've decided to head down the route of black and white photography more often than not. I much prefer the look and feel of B&W images so now I can focus more on them and hopefully further develop my editing skills.
I recently took a shot of this tower, on the Chester Walls, but this time I went back at night, from the other side. I'm working on my night photography skills too.
With the arrival of yet another King Charles on the throne of England a reminder of his predecessors nemesis will keep us all grounded? Cromwell's reputation in the UK is one thing while his reputation on this island is quite a different matter. To find a tree known as "Cromwell's tree" in Co. Cork might be no surprise but was it there for him to find shade of to dangle?
Yesterday's Eason image was explored so congratulations to all of you!
Photographer: Irish Tourism Association Photographer
Collection: Irish Tourism Association Photographic Collection
Date: 1942 - 1944
NLI Ref: NPA ITA 337 (Box II)
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Unknown artist, 1950, exterior, Saint Margaret's Church, City Centre, Westminster, London, England, GBR, bust
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I'd no intention of heading up to London for the Coronation itself but on Thursday I decided at short notice that I'd head up to take some photos of the preparations.
Here a small child is being interviewed regarding his thoughts about the Coronation. Given the expression that the interviewer is pulling I think maybe the kid is giving a strongly stated argument against a hereditary Monarchy and providing a long list of why this societal model is anachronistic......
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© D.Godliman
My Website : Twitter : Facebook : Instagram : Photocrowd
I've no intention of heading up to London for the Coronation itself but yesterday I decided at short notice that I'd head up to take some photos of the preparations.
Two days before the Coronation and already one side of the Mall was lined with patriotic Royalists in a makeshift tent city. There was something of a party atmosphere, albeit that was probably slightly different at 1am this morning as I lay in bed lisening to the rain hammering down......
Click here for more street photography : www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/albums/72157629075346606
© D.Godliman
Well, I can think of someone who likes the beard!
Theme: Man's Best Friend
Year Eleven Of My 365 Project
A hundred years from now, historians - assuming that by then there are any still free to express their real opinion - will record the 6th of May 2023 as a day of shameful significance in British history. Not because of the costly coronation extravaganza for a flawed unelected king, but for the most sweeping and seemingly indiscriminate crackdown on the freedom to protest and report in almost a hundred years, all cheered on by a queue of historians and political commentators ever eager to heap eulogies on the British monarchy.
As dictators from the Middle East, including the bloodstained tyrant of Bahrain - King Khalifa - arrived in their private jumbo jets, the British military, which also backs these regimes to the hilt, put on an impressive display, to mark the joyous occasion.
King Charles should be fully aware of their crimes as he has met Middle Eastern autocrats over 95 times since the Arab spring in 2011, and is doubtless well briefed, as are obviously the editors of Britain's main newspapers but they preferred not to draw their readers' attention to the murderous record of the monarch's VIP guests.
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-02-24-charles-of-ara...
Instead they reminded us that there was "a time and place for everything" as hundreds, including many families with their children, wishing to protest were turned away from Trafalgar Square. With an equally self assured righteousness, media commentators dismissed sentimental and quaint concerns raised over freedom of speech, as the lead organiser and supporters of Republic UK as well as activists from Just Stop Oil and Animal Rising were arrested before they had even arrived at the coronation route.
Also caught up in the net was Rich Felgate, an award winning documentary film director, who was able to dramatically document his own arrest while he was filming a Just Stop Oil protester standing on the pavement in Whitehall. A police officer hesitated momentarily as Felgate told him that he was a journalist, but only seconds after a quick enquiry, the order for the man's detention seemed to have been confirmed (see short clip on the attached Twitter link and a separate link to a review of Felgate's film.)
twitter.com/richfelgate/status/1655199737471959041
www.theguardian.com/film/2023/feb/15/finite-the-climate-o...
Fortunately, a few hundred anti-monarch protesters managed to arrive at Trafalgar Square, some of them presumably because they weren't visibly carrying "Down with the Crown" placards or t-shirts. However, many were not certain where to meet when they saw that the area around the statue of Charles 1 on the south side, which had been designated for the Republican activists, was taken up by a giant wooden citadel-like structure with police officers on the top with video cameras (see my photo www.flickr.com/photos/alisdare/52880437864/in/dateposted-...).
Other protesters had been deterred from attending after it was revealed that the police would be using face-recognition software with at least some of their surveillance cameras. However, those that did turn up were not easily discouraged and soon after the demo started, chants of "Not My King" could be heard from the far side of the square.
Soon afterwards, loud speakers which had been positioned near to the anticipated location that the demonstrators would gather, began to blast out loud martial music to drown out the seditious slogans, while the wooden citadel-like structure erected on the south side of the square seemed to have been designed precisely so as to block all sight of them from both the royal gaze and television screens around the world.
Please let me know what photographs and coverage you have seen of the coronation protests in the mainstream media?
This is about as open as I've seen the tower. I have no idea what it's like inside, or even if you can get in at any point.
Despite only recently being out-shopped by DB Cargo in its "Celebrating The King's Coronation" special livery, the King's Shed, Class 66, 66023 was already having to lower itself to menial binliner duties.
The Royal Blue locomotive was working 6E16 1849 Knowsley Freight Terminal to Wilton EFW through Lostock Gralam, as the sun set on the longest day of the year.