OUTRAGE as nose-picking Irish PM's boyfriend took piss out of Coronation...

It's all just a storm in a Taoiseach.

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FFS, British folk were doing daft voiceovers and Holy Hand Grenade references before the thing was even over, not like he hoofed Camilla in the slats and took a shite in the crown.

It sounds like a pretty accurate running commentary.

Bracelets of sincerity a wisdom were an actual thing, strait faces alround despite clearly not even making the final cut in Deathly Hallows. With that level of nonsense officially being part of the proceedings everything is fair game.

Yes, how dare he mock something so entirely un-ridiculous.

I think the mocking is fine if you're not there, it was a pretty bizarre spectacle to be fair.  I did a reflex 'FFS, it's the holy hand grenade of Antioch' myself. But if you're invited and accept, especially as your nation's representative, I think it behoves you to show a few manners.  If you're that set on the piss taking, maybe turn down the invite?

Seems like the perfect moment to issue that standard two fingers of the loutish English elite - the apology/non-apology. That'll have 'Outraged of Sevenoaks' choking on their darjeeling.

If you’re that set on the piss taking, maybe turn down the invite?

Then the easily offended would have got offended about him daring to turn down the invite (see Biden for an example).
If he had posted it publicly then yes it would be somewhat dubious but for a private group (leaving aside the flaw of trusting 350 people) not so much.

Then the easily offended would have got offended about him daring to turn down the invite (see Biden for an example).

As the partner of a foreign head of state I doubt his absence would have raised any eyebrows at all as long as the Taoiseach attended.  He accepted an invite, he didn't have to. If he felt the whole thing was so ridiculous perhaps his values, integrity or whatever should have led him to politely declining?

But if you’re invited and accept, especially as your nation’s representative, I think it behoves you to show a few manners.  If you’re that set on the piss taking, maybe turn down the invite?

I suspect a large part of the country he was representing would be “on his side”.

I doubt His Majesty was grossly offended either - after all it’s exactly the sort comments his father might have muttered whilst attending a neighbouring country’s ceremonial nonsense. In fact the people most likely to be appoplectic about this are brain washed royalist gammon - and I find it difficult to get emotional about things which upset them!

Still the people of Ireland can decide if they were so embarrassed by their head of state failing to control his partner that they can unelect him if a few years time.  Camilla could tell other countries to **** off and we would be stuck with Charles and then William etc because for some reason not enough people in this country actually want democracy!

I bet the first thing he said when he got home is” why don’t WE have a gold carriage and crowns”

A proper Irish apology should be issued:

 If you’re that set on the piss taking

The whole event just screamed to have the piss mercilessly ripped out of it. I watched it with a group of non-natives and once you start to see it through their eyes, you can't help but feel a sense of the absurdity of the whole thing.

Comments seemed light hearted and non-political as well. Silent deference might be the expectation, but a few people ignoring the polite little “non disclosure” cards and sharing the day with friends digitally is to be expected. Nothing as compared to a sitting chancellor of the exchequer wittering on in an agitated fashion at the King’s mother’s funeral.

but a few people ignoring the polite little “non disclosure” cards and sharing the day with friends digitally is to be expected.

I disagree:

@monkeyboyjc to the forum! Your public flogging will commence in approximately 15 minutes!

I watched Eurovision with the same group on Saturday night and one suggested that it's not wildly dissimilar to the Coronation. Ie it's a bit of absurd theatre that makes total sense to its intended audience and participants and the rules and traditions are closely followed and understood to them while being unfathomable to outsiders, just the two events are pitched at different audiences.

Would have been a lot more fun if Charlie had had to punch his way out of a wooden box wearing half a green puffa jacket, then form a human caterpillar with his attendants.

Make a mental note TV execs: if by pressing the red button I can have Graham Norton and Antoine de Caunes giving a Eurotrash-Eurovision commentary of the next coronation, I will watch it.

If only Spike Milligan was still alive and could have attended.