Remembrances of a Religio-Maniac by D. Davidson

My first job of the day was to find some breakfast but after rummaging through my tent I found I had rolled over in the night and crushed it.įeeling embittered, I tottered off to the cafe and inhaled a bacon sandwich in front of Buckingham Palace - God, I love this country!Īs you might expect, camping out for an event two days before it actually starts involves a lot of waiting. As media scrums go, it was probably the most deranged one I've ever seen. People without tents had slept on camping chairs or the floor and the world's media had descended to interview the most original and flamboyant personalities.Īt one point there were five news cameras queuing up to interview a man dressed as a flag. Here's me and Gary again, we're sharing a joke about King Charles' ears in this photoĮverywhere you looked there was a new multicoloured marvel of unhinged patriotism whether it was man dressed in a Union Jack suit or actual Prince Harry and Meghan impersonators, who were jeered as they milled about the crowd. Pulling myself out of my dusty tomb I found that Mary had indeed been right, 'they' had come. I slept appallingly due to a woman three tents down screaming all night and woke up with a bruised hip from the hard and cold concrete of the Mall. 'This is the calm before the storm' said Mary sagely, pulling her Canadian flag tighter around herself: 'They're coming.' Thursday - 2 days till the Coronation

'This is actually quite fun' I remarked, 'I can sort of see why people do this.' Still, activities like this have to be preferable to having affairs.Īs the sun set, my new Royalist friends and I passed the evening contently, sharing a drink and discussing Meghan's new look (we don't like it). Mary, who is married to a British citizen and lives in the country with her three children, admitted her husband thought she was nuts for spending three days in her predicament. Finding a spot, I erected my tent and began chatting to my neighbours who consisted of an amicable Canadian woman named Mary and Californian woman who had flown over the pond with her 17-year-old royal super fan Brandon.

Remembrances of a Religio-Maniac by D. Davidson