Kate Hawkesby: Can King Charles maintain a monarchy that’s modern and current?

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · May 3, 2023 · 3m

Well today has noticeably ramped up another notch in coronation preparations. More roads closed, more barricades up, more Cops around, and way, way more people.

The Palace garden party was on today, so attendees were out in their finery and even the weather played ball with a beautiful and rare blue sky day.

Many, who at the start of this week were a bit ho hum, seem now to be getting excited.

I was speaking with one woman whose kids insisted she drag them round all the festivities to see what’s in store for the celebrations ‘for our King’, as she put it.

She said they weren’t really…