Episode 75: Coronation check-in
We're back, baby, with an episode of king-shaming, favourite kings and comments on the coronation. Here's Jonty in a tiara his wife bought him:
Ever topical and on-time, we break our hiatus (sorry about that, pneumonia) with an episode about the Coronation of King Charles (the third, not the spaniel) and about kings in general.
Why would Christians object to the coronation? What are the reasons some Christians dislike the monarchy in general? What kinda fascist things happened around the coronation and, more importantly, who are our hosts' favourite kings?
Here's a picture of the King of Sweden ↓↓↓↓
Our list of favourite kings, entirely from memory, because lazy:
King of Sweden because hats
King of Rock ‘n Roll: Little Richard, because also Queen.
King of white appropriation of Rock ‘n Roll (who was also good and we loved him in Lord of the Rings): Elvish
Ice Cube, I wanna say Mark Wahlberg aaaannnddd… Matt Damon? Malky will explain.
David because flawed but grace-filled
Solomon because magick
NOT Midas (because Laura mad at him)
NOT Victor Frankenstein (who makes every list
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