wbenson
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Just watched some coverage on my local TV news channel. The correspondent described the event as Britain's 'national day', which took me by surprise. It's an extremely important event in the royal calendar, but I'm not sure that description really fits.
What do you all think? Is this Britain's 'national day'? Is it that important for the nation as a whole?
It's not Britain's national day in Britain (nothing is), but British diplomatic missions use it as the national day, so there would have been receptions at embassies and consulates, etc.
Will the Trooping be as exciting for British people if it's only, say, TM King William V and Queen Catherine, TRH The Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis, and TRH The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh?
The balcony appearance is ~10 minutes out of a 2+ hour event, and before 2012 it wasn't even covered live on television. However exciting it is for British people, I'm not sure the quantity of people on the balcony will matter much either way.
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