A Touch of Game of Thrones Made King Charles III's Coronation Way Better
Even the protestors will enjoy it.
King Charles III’s coronation at Westminster Abbey achieved peak viewing figures with a UK audience of 20.4 million just after midday as the crown was placed on his head by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby.
Which means it clearly didn’t catch the public’s attention in the way it may have been hoped as fewer people tuned in than watched the late Queen Elizabeth’s funeral last year. And that begs the question of whether the organisers could have done anything differently to attract more viewers.
And it just so happens there was.
Game of Thrones was one of the biggest TV shows of all time and, at one stage, was the thing everybody was talking about. Of course, there was slightly less jeopardy around who was going to end up in the throne when it came to King Charles’ coronation – but there was a little sibling rivalry thrown in for good measure.
20.4 million people, though, is considerably more than the maximum UK viewing figures for an episode of Game of Thrones. That was 6.31 million for season 8 episode 2 “A Knight of Seven Kingdoms”. Slightly fewer, 5.789 million tuned in to the final episode of the series that saw Bran the Broken appointed King of the Six Kingdoms and Sansa Stark crowned Queen in the North.
Both the coronation in London and the GoT finale attracted mixed views. You’ll be hard pushed to find many people who were fans of the way Game of Thrones ended, and King Charles’ coronation attracted a fair amount of coverage (and controversy) regarding anti-monarchy protesters and the way they were dealt with by police.
It wasn’t exactly out of the Joffrey Baratheon book of justice, but nonetheless, there were some who found the arrests a little over the top.
So, we’ve got a coronation that was broadly popular but had some harsh critics, and a series that was loved by many but failed to deliver a fitting finale for most.
And do you know what makes the coronation of King Charles III better? Adding a touch of Game of Thrones to it.
I know what you’re thinking. How do you do that?
Have the Red Arrows flypast replaced by dragons? Discover some sort of incestuous relationship that those at the top of the tree are desperate to keep hidden from the public? Or maybe have the Lannisters send their regards?
Not quite. But trust me, when you combine the King’s with Game of Thrones, what you end up with is something that everybody can get on board with.
Unconvinced? Then check out this video.
Source: CNN, Hollywood Reporter.