Category: the coronation

Facial Recognition: Police Criticised for Using ‘Dystopian Tool’ at King’s Coronation

Civil liberties campaigners have criticised the police for plans to use facial recognition software to scan crowds attending the coronation of King Charles III on Saturday. Emmanuelle Andrews, policy and campaigns manager at Liberty, said: “Facial recognition is a dystopian tool that violates our rights and threatens our liberty.” “We all have the right to…


After Overnight Dress Rehearsal, RCMP Say They’re Ready to Play Key Coronation Role

Londoners up in the early hours of Wednesday morning were treated to a full dress rehearsal of King Charles’ coronation procession—including five RCMP members riding just ahead of the gold state coach that will carry the King and Queen Consort to Buckingham palace after Saturday’s ceremony. The rehearsals began after midnight and culminated in a…


Man Arrested Outside Buckingham Palace After Shotgun Cartridges Thrown Over Fence

Police arrested a man outside Buckingham Palace on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon after an incident on Tuesday night. The Metropolitan Police said a man approached the gates of Buckingham Palace—the traditional home of the British monarch—at 7 p.m. and appeared to throw shotgun cartridges into the grounds of the palace. In a statement…


Aussie Violinist Chosen to Play at King’s Coronation

Australian violin virtuoso Madeleine Easton will play at the coronation of King Charles III at Westminster Abbey in London. “I feel completely honoured and a bit starstruck, I just keep pinching myself thinking, how could this have happened? How can little me be going to such an incredible event?” she told AAP. “But strange and amazing…


A Quarter of a Million People Filed Past Queen’s Coffin in London to Pay Last Respects

Around a quarter of a million people paid their respects in person to Queen Elizabeth II by viewing her coffin as it lay in state in London, UK Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan has revealed. During the late monarch’s four-day lying-in-state, which ended on Sunday, around 250,000 people went through Westminster Hall to pay their last…


PREMIERING 7:30PM ET: Safety Mania: Charles Eisenstein Talks COVID Hysteria, Mob Dynamics, and How to Forge ‘Communities of Sanity’

This episode will premiere on Saturday, Aug. 13, at 7:30 p.m. ET. “Human beings are exquisitely attuned to reading the mood of the mob. It’s a survival mechanism,” says writer Charles Eisenstein. “In order to fit in, we instinctively adopt the correct opinions and profess those opinions. We signal the appropriate virtues. We respect the…


Safety Mania: Charles Eisenstein Talks COVID Hysteria, Mob Dynamics, and How to Forge ‘Communities of Sanity’

“Human beings are exquisitely attuned to reading the mood of the mob. It’s a survival mechanism,” says writer Charles Eisenstein. “In order to fit in, we instinctively adopt the correct opinions and profess those opinions. We signal the appropriate virtues. We respect the appropriate taboos that mark us as part of the in-group and not…