After the demonstration of unity of the British people, who paraded in front of the remains of their queen for more than a hundred hours in impressive dignity, the world will be displayed this Monday as it is during the funeral of the sovereign: competitive , divided, sporadically at war and barely good at keeping up appearances for the time of a ceremony in mondovision.
We will scrutinize the “dress code” (authorized national costumes), placement in the Westminster church and transport privileges (all by bus except Joe Biden, of course).
Above all, we will look for the absent.
More than a thousand invitations were posted, but Russia's Vladimir Putin did not receive any, finding himself relegated along with pariahs of the ilk of the Afghan Taliban, the Syrian butcher Assad and the Burmese junta.
While the Chinese Xi Jinping will be represented
"at high level"
, even the Iranians and the North Koreans will be able to send an ambassador.
This little world, received on Sunday evening by the new king, Charles III...
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