The United Kingdom is currently going full tilt boogie for the Platinum Jubilee, which rings in Elizabeth II’s 70th anniversary as Queen. There are days of celebration. There have been Daleks and Danger Mouse. Her Majesty even got tea and talked marmalade sandwiches with Paddington.
What it’s missed, for the most part, is the Queen herself, who has appeared at the balcony of Buckingham Palace but skipped out on everything else. But those in charge found a creative way to get her involved.
During a street pageant in London, a hologram of the younger Elizabeth II could be seen in the Gold State Coach, a 260-year-old carriage commissioned by King George III in 1760 and finished two years later. It’s rarely used, for obvious reasons, but it has been used at the coronation of every monarch since — including Elizabeth II in 1953. The hologram was made of footage from that occasion, presenting people today with the illusion that they were waving at the twentysomething Queen.
And wave they did. Yes, the people of England waved at a hologram.
Of course, Queen Elizabeth II is 96 years old, so that may explain why she has been AWOL during much of the celebration honoring her seven-decade reign.
If I were Charles I’d be slightly concerned about widespread enthusiasm for HoloQueen. https://t.co/ES7cu67QdM
— James Chalmers (@ProfChalmers) June 5, 2022
People waving at a hologram. As a non-British friend once said to me many years ago, “You probably don’t realise it yet because you only just left, but Brits are absolutely off their freaking tits”. https://t.co/vGFR1fcUse
— Richard Littler (@richard_littler) June 5, 2022
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