My thundersticks

[bigtree]

shauna @goldengateblond 4h
sitting behind the opponent’s basket with my thundersticks

[mitch96]

1. I just noticed Camilla's hat is bigger but Chucks has more shiny things...nt

[Cracklin Charlie]

2. Stick on the left has a wicked big diamond embedded.

They got lots of nice gemstones.

[MutantAndProud]

3. What does it say about what kind of monarch I'd be if

I made the gems out of rock candy and as part of the ceremony culmination had the announcer declare “you may now eat the scepter”

[lastlib]

4. I'd say you've been around Floyd R. Turbo too long....

[MutantAndProud]

7. Ha

Cue jokes about the proper timing of licking the royal jewels. I’ll show myself out.

[niyad]

10. Snicker.

[3catwoman3]

5. It does all look rather silly.

Like playing dress up. Extremely gaudy.

[wnylib]

8. It was meant to be that way in the past.

It continues today out of tradition.

In the past, when dukes, earls, and barons were like war lords who could make alliances and raise their own armies, the monarchy displayed its wealth and power as a sign of superiority and power and demanded oaths of loyalty.

Kings and kingdoms also competed with each other for international respect in the form of wealthy displays and large military parades.

What we see today are the traditional remnants of those past times, retained in symbolism long after the time when they had practical meaning in competitive showiness.

[2naSalit]

6. Tradition gone awry?

Just a tad?

[niyad]

9. He looks miserable. Anybody know why one gloved, one ungloved hand?

[Rhiannon12866]

11. IIRC, I believe the glove was meant to symbolize the king as an advocate for the people

If I remember correctly. I caught part of the ceremony. And "when Charles III is crowned King of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth on May 6 he will reuse his grandfather George VI’s coronation glove to symbolize his commitment to sustainability." He apparently thought it would be a waste to make a new glove just for him. He's an environmental advocate.

[zanana1]

12. He's a fan of Michael Jackson's music.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

13. Discretion being the better part of valor I shall hold my tongue! 😁

[niyad]

14. Gloved or ungloved hand?

[Floyd R. Turbo]

15. Un!