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Remona Aly

The official ‘party toolkit’ for Charles’s coronation is lame - but don’t worry, I have another

king Charles visiting Leighton House
King Charles visiting Leighton House, London, 9 February. Photograph: Reuters

Let the bells ring out, raise the bunting. But what else? The problem looming with coronation day, when the artist once known as Prince Charles will be crowned with pomp and ceremony, is that no one really knows what to do about it. How would they? He’s the first new British monarch in 70 years.

And so, courtesy of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, we have a toolkit to help us celebrate the illustrious moment. There are games, coronation chicken-style recipes and a Spotify playlist featuring King by Years & Years (obvs), Boney M’s Daddy Cool and, without a whiff of woke, Grace Jones’s Slave to the Rhythm.

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