The internet reacts to the coronation of King Charles III

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King Charles III and Queen Camilla
Sure, cool, but what about the jokes? Credit: Leon Neal/Getty Images

The coronation of King Charles III across the pond in the U.K. pretty much went as planned.

Britain has a new king, all sorts of weird treasures and artifacts were presented to him, and everyone who cares seems happy. But that's not why we're here. No, we need to find out what the internet, the home of intellectual discourse, thought about the coronation.

Here are some of the most notable tweets of the day, including a call from Paddington Bear himself for civility. Never took him for a royalist, but life surprises us every day.


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Of course, the day didn't pass without some disruptions to civility. Despite controversial new anti-protest laws passed recently in the U.K., an anti-monarchy group called Republic protested in Trafalgar Square. The group's leader Graham Smith was arrested, the BBC reports.

This prompted some to question the U.K.'s commitment to democracy and the rule of law.

Naturally, most of the online discourse wasn't quite that serious. The ceremony mostly inspired a whole lot of jokes. For instance, everyone had eyes on Prince Harry for obvious reasons.

And plenty of folks decided it was the right time to celebrate other monarchs instead.

Shout out to all the folks who are anxiously awaiting the impending release of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

Last but not least, The Onion clearly had to get in on the fun.

You don't get to see new U.K. monarchs coronated all that often, this is after all the first coronation in 70 years, and Twitter brought out its full potential during the event. Maybe we'll get another one of these in several years. Hopefully, Twitter is still around by then.

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Alex Perry is a tech reporter at Mashable who primarily covers video games and consumer tech. Alex has spent most of the last decade reviewing games, smartphones, headphones, and laptops, and he doesn’t plan on stopping anytime soon. He is also a Pisces, a cat lover, and a Kansas City sports fan. Alex can be found on Bluesky at yelix.bsky.social.

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