Over the past few weeks, the rolling, relentless media bandwagon that is the King Charles III coronation event has gone into overdrive.
The press has abounded with stories both trivial (the commissioning of a new James Bond story to commemorate the occasion) and serious (who will be responsible for paying for the extravagances?) in the midst of the cost-of-living crisis.
It is a fact that coronations, as opposed to royal weddings, are financed by the state and taxpayers are expected to foot the bill.
