Well if I'm in a tiny minority, the viewing figures tomorrow will be forty-odd million, the number of adults of voting age in this country (and, as loads of kids will also be watching, I'm bending over backwards here to allow you to prove that you're right!). Let's see, eh?

I'm sure that those nurses, and the millions facing near-destitution this coming winter who rely on the struggling food banks, won't mind if we splurge a few hundred million on the pomp and ceremonials, the policing, the reception for foreign dignitaries (not to speak of the cost of looking after them) and all the rest of this hoo-ha. After all, we do need to do it in order to prop up the ailing monarchy with the current charlatan at the helm...