OSLO, NORWAY – AUGUST 11: Nick Cave performs on stage at the Oyafestivalen on August 11, 2022 in Oslo, Norway. (Photo by Per Ole Hagen/Redferns)
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Nick Cave is at the coronation of King Charles III. to be there. Along with compatriots like footballer Sam Kerr and some regional politicians, the Australian will represent his country at the coronation.
In his newsletter, The Red Hand Files, he responded to skeptical letters about his decision, making it clear that he doesn’t care what people think of his decision and that he certainly isn’t a “monarchist, nor a royalist, nor an ardent republican.” may be. He simply has an “inexplicable emotional attachment to the royal family”.
Nick Cave recalls meeting the late Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace: “She was almost otherworldly and the most charismatic woman I have ever met. Maybe it was the light, but it actually glowed.” He revealed he cried “to my amazement” while watching the Queen’s funeral on TV last year.
The young Nick Cave is not a benchmark for today
When asked what young Nick Cave would think of the decision, he coolly replied: “Young Nick Cave, with all due respect to young Nick Cave, was young and like many young people mostly demented, so I’m a little wary when I use it as a yardstick for what I should or should not do. But he was cute, I have to give him that.”
He concluded: “With all of that in mind, I’m looking forward to going to the coronation. I think I’ll wear a suit.”
Nick Cave was born and raised in Australia – a Commonwealth state whose head of state is officially King Charles III. is. He spent many years of his life in England. In 2017 he was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia.
The coronation will take place at Westminster Abbey on Saturday 6 May. It is the first enthronement since the coronation of Charles’ late mother, Elizabeth II, in 1953.