The coronation is set to be a suitably royal affair with the cost ranging between £50 million and £100 million (about between $63 million and $126 million), according to estimates cited by the BBC. But it comes as Britain is in the midst of an ongoing economic downturn that has the country bracing for one of its longest recessions ever.
In the midst of all that gloom, we have Charles’ coronation.
Even in a scaled-back format, the pomp and splendor are set to make a garish split screen with the daily hardships of the British public. There are signs that Charles understands this and the need for the monarchy to adapt as it once did under his mother, but he needs to go further and faster if the institution is to survive a new era.
http://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/king-charles-iii-pay-coronation-rcna82460
Like Arnold said: “Let him go”.
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