The sight of crowds cheering a hologram version of the Queen inside a 260-year-old golden horse-drawn coach was definitely one of the weirder moments of Britain’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations this weekend.
Comments on social media showed that many viewers found the spectacle surreal or dystopian – and the ostentatious pageantry laid on to transport a mere representation of the monarch jarringly out of touch, at a time millions of British households are struggling to make ends meet.
The Queen was absent from some of the jubilee celebrations of her 70-year reign due to experiencing “some discomfort,” according to Buckingham Palace, although she made an appearance on the balcony of Buckingham Palace at the end of Sunday’s Jubilee Pageant.
COVID Truthers Are Freaking Out About a Hologram of the Queen
COVID Truthers Are Freaking Out About a Hologram of the Queen