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The phrase the King is dead long live the King exists to make sense of the whole concept. A throne is never empty. The second Elizabeth died, Charles became ki
by philistine 4y ago
The phrase the King is dead long live the King exists to make sense of the whole concept.
A throne is never empty. The second Elizabeth died, Charles became king.
- mechanical_bear 4y agoBut coronation will not occur for about a year.
- Andrew_nenakhov 4y agoCoronation is just a ceremony.
- frereubu 4y agoThis threw me back to studying Ionesco at school - "Le roi se meurt! Vive le roi!"