The investiture in the Netherlands is not a coronation and it was not like the enthronement ceremony in Japan. It is a completely different ball game. You sound like a football match is like a chess tournament or a figure skating championship. They are in their own right all very different and demand different approaches. The coronations is about crowns and coronets. It's about robes and tiaras. That makes the coronation of a UK sovereign a special event and a spectacle. If it becomes like the swearing in ceremony of a Belgian sovereign it's also becomes time to abolish the monarchical system in the UK. The UK has a long history (unlike the Netherlands or post WWII Japan) of coronations. Their traditions surrounding the coronation ar part of what makes the country special. If you start to treat it like any other swearing in ceremony the special posisition and instalment of the UK sovereign is lost. That would be a shame.
I think we should think more about the dress code in the Netherlands / Japan during the inauguration ( long dress with hat for the ladies )
But I hope also that we can see some tiaras.
Absolutely agree Johan.
If I had the honour and previledge to be invited to the Coronation of the King of England I certainly would want to look my absolute best (even if I had to borrow some items/gowns/jewels for it).
People go to weddings, garden parties, galas, state visits etc. all the time, but this is a once in a reign ocasion (or perhaps a once in a lifetime) so I do hope the organizers of the ceremony understand that and act accordingly in terms of dress code.
It would simply be a bit ridicoulous if such a grand event's dress code for the guests would be at the same level of a wedding or a garden party...
At least at the level of a white tie gala please, where ladies can wear their finest jewels (meaning tiaras) and gentleman wear their decorations and orders.
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