For those of us who are history nerds, today was a banner day. We may be Republicans. We may not want a monarchy. We may even think it’s an anachronistic relic in the 21st century. We WILL get up at O Dark:Thirty on Derby Day and make cucumber sandwiches to watch the pageantry of the Coronation of the King of England. King Charles III may be a dull, climate nut, but ain’t nobody does ceremonies and parades like the British. Following his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, who reigned for 70 years and oversaw incredible changes in the empire, is an impossible task for King Chuck. That doesn’t mean that we can’t find a few interesting tidbits in the shortened ceremony.