Next year is, however, another significant one for “the Firm”, for a number of reasons. The first is that King Charles will have his coronation in May, an event now in intense planning stages as “Operation Golden Orb”. If the codename does not shriek originality, it is because the Queen’s successor is aiming for an event which fits seamlessly into decades of coronation rituals. At the same time, there is a pared-down guest list of about 2,000 and a desire to bring more “normals” into an event which has been firmly in the grip of an interconnected elite of friends and aristocrats alongside foreign dignitaries. Signalling continuity and alternation is the Palace equivalent of New Labour’s “traditional values in a modern setting”. But getting the tone of this right is vital.
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