The Coronation of King Charles the Third

Well, if you read this blog, you probably know I won't miss a royal broadcast event. If you think I'm just obsessed with the British monarchy you're wrong, but for some reason we can never seem to get access to the events happening in other countries with monarchs (Sweden, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Spain, Luxembourg, Japan, Thailand, Bhutan, etc...) so it's mainly the United Kingdom for us.

I also have to take a moment to mourn being on the west coast for these events. I don't think I had to wake up before my normal time when I was living in NYC and wanted to watch Will & Kate's wedding, but here in California, on Saturday, May 6, 2023, I had to set my alarm for 3:45a and even then it's cause I couldn't bring myself to get up at 1:45a to start at 2a and instead decided to be an hour or two behind the live feed.

At least I have faithful (and way more obsessed and knowledgeable in all things royalty than me) Iris to join me in these ridiculous life choices of ours.

And we had some surprises! My mom shipped a box of Biscuiteer cookies (excuse me, biscuits) specifically for the coronation and wow, those things did not disappoint!

This was the commemorative tin of
McVitie's biscuits that I bought in London
and was saving for the occasion, although
the Biscuiteer box blew these out of the water

Notice how dark it is outside??

Despite how painful the alarm was, getting up and getting the TV on and the coffee brewing and having Iris over, I felt really awake and we had so much to talk about and discuss. We were pretty bummed it all went off so well - no one dropped anything or sneezed at the wrong time... nothing! Just Camilla's awkward AF crowning moment, and Prince Louis's showstopping waving from the balcony.

Sophie woke up at some point and made her way out to the living room and actually very calmly joined in on the watching. We tried to explain to her it was a new King and tried to see if she recognized being there. When they were waving from the balcony of Buckingham Palace, I showed her our family photos from last month in front of it, and she was either thoroughly confused or mindblown.

Iris had gifted us this Coronation Sticker Book that I begrudgingly gave to Sophie, LOL.

Shockingly, even though the whole thing was something like 5-6 hours, I still felt like I could have kept watching! This must just be the reality of an 80s baby raised on Disney royalty.

I don't wish anyone any ill, but at least we know we won't be waiting another 70 years for the next coronation...