Nick Cave attends coronation: ‘Most important historical event’

Musician Nick Cave He has confirmed that he will attend the coronation ceremony King Charles III And the Queen Camila. In a newsletter from his website Red Hand Files (Cave encourages fans to ask him questions), the artist explained that he is not a monarchist, royalist or republican, but is looking forward to participating in what he believes will be one of the most important and strange historical events. Britain during his lifetime.

Cave describes being fascinated by the strange and eccentric nature of the British monarchy and feeling an inexplicable emotional connection to the royal family. He also pointed out that he once met the queen Elizabeth II And last year he was seen at his funeral, surprisingly crying.

— I am not a monarch, nor a royalist, nor a passionate republican; I am nothing, so wonderfully disinterested in the world and how it works, so ideologically trapped, so damn gluttonous, to refuse an invitation to what could be the most important British historical event of our time. Not only the most important, but the strangest, strangest, writes Cave.

Born and raised in Australia, one of the Commonwealth countries, Nick Cave has spent many years of his life in England. In 2017, he was appointed as a Commissioned Officer of Australia.

The coronation will take place on Saturday 6 May at Westminster Abbey and will be the first since Elizabeth II was crowned in 1953.

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