The monarch may have been absent, but her jubilee celebrations proved a hit as the public embraced carnival atmosphere
Danny Boyle’s Sex Pistols seriesApart from her brief appearances – and her branded ubiquity on everything from paper cups to tube lines – the Queen’s formal contribution to the national knees-up involved a simple statement: “I know that many happy memories will be created at these festive occasions.”
The scene, and all that followed, also revealed that Britain’s insatiable love affair with nostalgia, and with any excuse for a party, is still alive and kicking. It was appropriate that the jubilee occurred on the same day that news emerged that the BBC woulddespite the demise of its long-wave service. The National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations noted that its members, with their digital meterological gadgetry, have not relied on the information for decades.
In the absence of the Queen, the thanksgiving service gave an indication of how the palace sees things playing out in years to come. The aisle set Charles and Camilla apart from William and Kate. Harry and Meghan were suddenly behind even the Linleys in processional order, sharing a naughty-step pew with the princesses Eugenie and Beatrice, whose father has now joined their mother in perpetual royal purdah.
Two of the week’s tributes came close to capturing something of the unique service and strangeness of her life. Poet laureate
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