King Charles III, who will be crowned king this Saturday (May 6), has already won a lot of sympathy among the British in Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen.
Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen
- The coronation of King Charles III.
This Saturday is a mandatory TV program for royalists.
The Britons living in the district will follow the ceremony with a particularly large number of emotions, thoughts and memories.
The new king has already won a lot of sympathy among them.
Coronation of King Charles: "Nice that the tradition continues"
Whatever you think of the monarchy: "It's something historical that you don't experience every day," says Vanessa Magson-Mann from Icking.
The native Briton, who has lived in Germany for 32 years, thinks it's "nice that the tradition continues and has its place in the modern world".
However, she will only occasionally glance at her cell phone for live pictures of the coronation.
"I'm going to a long-planned wellness weekend." However, she will record the television broadcast and also recommend it to her 16-year-old daughter Miriam, "so that she can later look back and say that she saw the coronation".
70 years ago, her now 85-year-old mother traveled to London to see the coronation of Elizabeth II.
From that June 7, 1953, two flags have survived in the Magson house, which were made as coronation souvenirs and hung up in Vanessa Magson's father's interior design shop.
"These are now museum pieces," she says.
For the current coronation they are brought out again.
Drummer Pete York attests King Charles "sophisticated humor"
Vanessa Magson-Mann is excited about the course of the celebrations.
“Charles said it should be a little smaller.
Nevertheless, there are 2,000 guests – well, everything is relative,” says the Icking native with a laugh.
In general, she finds the appearance of Charles III.
so far, however, it has been “positive and refreshing”.
She describes him as a "very thoughtful person".
With his accent on the topic of environmental protection, he was long "ahead of his time".
Pete York has “high hopes” for King Charles.
The legendary English drummer of the "Spencer Davis Group", who now lives in Bad Tölz, appreciates the "very good, sophisticated humor" of the new head of state and also likes to see him laughing together with his wife Camilla.
“My wife Mecky and I also laugh a lot together.
That's the secret of a good marriage," says the 80-year-old.
Memories of the coronation of Elizabeth II. 1953
In today's TV broadcast, Pete York doesn't want to sit in front of the television all day, but he does want to pick out a few highlights.
"It's show business," says the musician.
"A bit of ceremony is allowed." However, he could also understand those of his compatriots who have a problem with the fact that the estimated up to 100 million pounds for the coronation celebrations are paid from taxpayers' money.
"And this at a time when many Britons have become poorer and are finding it difficult to get a doctor's appointment because of the poor health system," says the musician.
So he thinks it would be “not a bad idea” if the king would cover the costs from his private coffers.
Pete York has memories of the time of the coronation of Elizabeth II. "Before that, she traveled through all the big cities in England and drove through the streets in an open car." In Nottingham, little Pete waved at her from the roadside.
And he remembers that all school children were given a mechanical pencil with a miniature model of the crown attached.
Briton from Jachenau: "Can accept Camilla"
For David Warham (78), the day of Elizabeth II's coronation was the first time in his life that he saw a running television.
"A TV shop had just opened in our neighborhood, we all ran there to see the coronation," reports the Scotsman, who has lived in Jachenau for many years.
Today, the coronation of King Charles is a reason for him to avoid London.
"There are now far too many people, you can hardly move." But he will watch the coronation on television.
"I'm more of a royalist than a republican," says Jachenauer.
Because he notes with Donald Trump or Emanuel Macron that elected heads of state are not necessarily the better option.
"And in Britain, the king has a counterpart in parliament," he notes.
He credits Charles with drawing attention to the threat of climate change for years.
And he could at least “accept” Camilla by his side.
You can find even more current news from the region around at Merkur.de/Bad Tölz.
