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Pomp & power: royal ceremonies through the centuries

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The Future of Royal Ceremony

I half thought that you might say the monarchy wouldn't be here today without it but you didn't. I think we fear that but I don't think that's the case. Cesarum has always been about precedent. We really saw this with Charles II's coronation back in 1661. The idea that monarchy was unchanged and had always been there was so important for them to get across because of course it wasn't true. This was after 10 years of a republic. He was fallible. That's a very powerful story that is told. How do we justify the costs of these events? It's become part of the identity of the British monarchy that they follow, that there is

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