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On A Limping Monarchy
So , at last Charles has been crowned king , now officially King Charles III , which is a bit confusing for outside onlookers since the impression is that he became the king upon the declaration ‘ the queen is dead , long live the king ’.
It seems that this is a tradition only the British understand since they did the same to Kenya , getting internal self-rule in June 1963 , celebrating independence in December 1963 and becoming a republic in December 1964 .
This protracted process may have a symbolism that Kenyan ’ s miss but nobody complains of having two holidays for essentially the same event . Kenyan ’ s have not been shy to add a few more holidays to honor our founding and confounding fathers .
Fortunately , someone had clarity of vision to put a stop to that trend since if we honored every president with a holiday then a time will surely come when Kenyan ’ s will celebrate their leaders , however ineffective , every month .
Since we seem to copy everything from that moribund empire , there is concern that those that admire dynasties may be tempted to replicate the pomp and ceremony that was on display although their economy is in tatters .
There seems to be no shame associated in spending millions of pounds to put a fancy bonnet , decorated with stolen precious stones , on the head of an entitled man whose main contribution to the throne is siring an heir amidst a major scandal .
Gone are the days when the monarchy elicited reverence in the capable hands of the much loved and respected Queen Elizabeth II , who somehow managed to portray and maintain a regal demeanor and style during her entire long reign .
The misadventures of her two sons don ’ t seem to have dented her image in any way and it perhaps explained why she sat on the throne for life since she may have had cause to fear for the future of the monarchy .
The current monarch and the shenanigans that surround the royal family at present are fodder for the fourth and fifth estate and puts the monarchy in competition with reality TV shows of the Kardashian genre .
Charles is of course not the first to put the realm in the news , since his ancestor , Henry VIII , took the kingdom into entirely uncharted waters , but the king then had actual executive powers and was technically infallible .
It would be politically astute to forget that that headstrong and totally amoral king created and declared himself the head of the Anglican church , the very same church that is revered and held in high esteem in Kenya .
It is particularly satisfying to note that the British are not too proud to prescribe the same tonic , usually taken with a double Gin , to their economy as they had prescribed to the colonies of yore .
In colonial Kenya they left the tedious job of administering the
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