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[โ€“] octobob@lemmy.ml 38 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Becomes king

Fucking dies

Lmaooo

[โ€“] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 31 points 9 months ago (2 children)

English taxpayers paying for another coronation ceremony be like: ๐Ÿฅถ*

* can't pay to heat their house.

[โ€“] Blackmist@feddit.uk 5 points 9 months ago

Don't knock it, we get a day off when they die and a day off when we get a new one.

Sometimes we get a day off when they've been on the throne for a set number of years.

So for that reason I'd like to keep them.

Give us two extra bank holidays a year, and you can King Ralph all these motherfuckers.

[โ€“] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 points 9 months ago

I mean, it did bring more money into the economy than it took out of it, same with Queen Elizabeth II's funeral, so we could profit off of this

[โ€“] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And least he got to be king first :P

I haven't seen any new coins yet with his face on it. It may be the shortest run of coins with a new face. I've had the same face on my coins for my entire life, these will be the first with a new one.

[โ€“] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 points 9 months ago

Shortest run was probably Edward VIII. My dad found a coin with Charles's face on it. I also bought a few commemoratives. I think it'll probably start appearing on ยฃ1 coins soon as they are the newest