Of course the biggest event on the royal calendar this year was the coronation of our great and glorious Head of State, His Majesty King Charles III, by the Grace of God, King of Australia and His other Realms and Territories, and Head of the Commonwealth.

I believe I am safe in saying that the ancient yet riveting ceremony broadcast around the globe in May captivated all Australians who, like me no doubt stood stiffly at attention for its duration.

The lengthy ceremony in Westminster Abbey had echoes of the coronation of the King’s mother, Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Every monarch puts their own stamp on their coronation and this year I was able to report exclusively on plans already being drafted for the coronation of Prince William, the current Prince of Wales, to be put into effect when his father, His Majesty King Charles III departs his earthly realms.

Back in May I reported that Prince William has made it clear that whenever he succeeds to the throne, be it in 10 years, 20 years, 30 years, or more, he wants a far simpler and shorter coronation ceremony than his father’s or indeed his grandmother’s.

Palace sources told me that the Prince has rejected the idea of being crowned in Westminster Abbey and instead wants the event to take place on the footpath outside  Buckingham Palace where he has already staged several rehearsals (below) just to be on the safe side.

My sources told me that Prince William will also refuse to use any horse-drawn royal carriages and instead will ride a scooter from the palace to the ceremony outside.

He will sport a lounge suit and not the lavish robes and tunics King Charles donned for his coronation.

Finally, Prince William wants to have the heavy and elaborate St Edward’s crown delivered by an Uber Eats drone which lower it onto his head at the appropriate moment.

While Prince William is already planning his coronation the same can’t be said for his son Prince George, the second in line to the throne.

At the time of the coronation of King Charles III I reported that young Prince George had absconded soon after returning to Buckingham Palace from the coronation and had been captured on security cameras running away through a back gate to the palace. (main picture)

It seems that having endured the ceremony it had dawned on Prince George that at some stage in the future he, like his own father, would need to undergo his own coronation to become King.

My palace sources told me that Prince George was last seen running from a palace reception room yelling: “It’s all bullshit and I’m not doing it.”

He was also heard to scream in an apparent reference to the coronation: “It was a lot of hocus pocus, mumbo jumbo. I want to be a fireman.”

Luckily he was located and returned to his family, although it did take several days to track him down.

Scotland Yard officers found him the following day in Dublin asking at a police station how he might become a citizen of the Republic of Ireland.

In my next post I shall examine the antics during 2023 of the US-based publicity-hungry Duke and Duchess of Sussex and their campaign to destroy the monarchy.

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