Prime Minister’s Coronation Big Lunch at Downing Street

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty hos ted a Coronati on B ig Lunch at Downing Street in London on Sunday for community heroes to celebrate t he cr owni ng of King over 1,000 families without access to an electric machine in underdeveloped countries or refugee camps

The event was one of an estimated 50,000 Big Lunches or street parties

More gold than at a Punjabi wedding

up the bunting, pour the tea and cut the cake at street parties and community events across the UK,” said Sunak “I am proud to welcome Ukrainians forced to flee their homes and some

Aasmah Saira Mir who is a Scottish television and radio bro adcaste r and j ou rnali st said that she wasn’t planning on watching the coronation until she was asked to do so for a piece, but glad that she did She clarified that she is nei ther rep ub lic an nor monarchist and hence she watched it with no expectations

She mentioned Rishi Sunak who read an epistle in a confident, human-sounding voice was surely not lost on anyone

She added that there was great excitement when the King was handed an actual orb and sceptre, which she had seen in children’s storybooks In fact, there was more gold than at a Punjabi wedding, exclaimed Aasmah

“In 1977, when I was six, it felt like everyone celebrated the late Queen’s Silver Jubilee

Elizabeth II was much loved and my Muslim parents adored her I remember standing on a windy hill, trying to keep my skirt from flying over my head, waving a plastic flag ”

She said that glad she watched the coronation but she cannot do it again

“Like elaborate weddings, West End musicals and red peppers, they’re not for me As the King and Queen rolled away into the rain in their Cinderella coach, it reminded me how unique and crazy we are in this country I wouldn’t have it any other way ”

Kate Middleton pays homage to Lady Diana

The Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton donned pearl earrings that were gifted to Diana before her wedding to Prince Charles in 1981 The earrings, made by Collingwood, mark a touching handover from one Princess of Wales to the other They became firm favourites of Diana and were sported on royal tours of Australia, Canada and Italy

Princess Diana’s brother left out

Char les II I and Queen Camilla as part of the country’s long celebratory weekend

The invitees included US first lady Jill Biden and British Sikh entrepreneur Navjot Singh Sawhney, who won the UK PM’s Points of Light Award earlier this year for his eco-friendly handcranked Washing Machine Project, which is benefitting being organised up and down the United Kingdom to celebrate the Coronation at Westminster Abbey in London on Saturday Ukrainians forced to flee the war-torn country amid its conflict with Russia were also present at the lunch

“Come rain or shine, thousands of friends and neighbours are coming together this weekend to put incredible community heroes to Downing Street for our very own Coronation lunch to celebrate this historic moment In England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland – and across our Overseas Territories and the wider Commonwealth –people are marking this momentous occasion in the spirit of unity and hope for the future,” he said