What an astonishing weekend it’s been, right?  

There aren’t many of us that are old enough to remember in great detail the coronation of our previous monarch, Queen Elizabeth the second.  

Now we all have Saturday night etched into our memory banks with all that pomp and pageantry, being beamed into lounges across the world with the coronation of King Charles the third and Queen Camilla. 

Generally, people seem to have been polite enough to park their republican discussions with the possibility that the preponderance of those in favour of sticking with what we have has again become the way we’ll stay. 

With the coronation formalities now designated to the official websites of royal history and fabulous photography, it’ll be fascinating to see whether the debate around New Zealand becoming a republic once again bobs about. 

For those excited at the prospect of buying more new shoes, and more very formal outfits for one off occasions, we may well get to see another coronation in a decade or so from now. So hang on to those overpriced outfits. If you live long enough, fashion tends to go full circle. 

One thing that will cement the love for the British royal family more than anything will be inevitable succession to the throne of William and Kate at his side.  

There seems to be genuine love, or strong liking at least for this couple, who’ll undoubtedly hope to retain and enhance the ubiquitous favour that the British royal family cling to regardless of the Meghan and Harry debacle.  

My strong feeling is that rightly or wrongly and for better or worse, New Zealand will make no fundamental changes in terms of our allegiance to the British royal family and the Commonwealth in my lifetime.  

In fact, the future of ‘The Firm’ shines brighter than ever.  

Although the official wording within the ceremony did seem bonkers at times, with chants like, ‘may he live forever’, which doesn’t happen for anyone even on the best vitamin regimens, the sentiment seems to be genuine.