Rolling Stones banned from King Charles official Coronation Playlsit

By editorial board on April 15, 2023

The hatred of the royals towards the 'Glimmer Twins' continues. King Charles cashes the refusal of many pop rock stars to perform at his coronation, but stoically ignores it. And post the Royal Playlist.

Sadly the King (or his entourage) insert John Lennon's (Beatles) Come Together at the top of the list; forgetting two things: Lennon returned his MBE honour, and that 'Come Together' is about sex. The most suitable song for the coronation.

Even The Kinks are included in King Charles III's official Coronation playlist, but not with transgender song'Lola'.

The bizarre compilation includes Madness, and the Who, and David Bowie's, Let's dance. Bowie is one of many artist who have refused to be knighted in the United Kingdom.


Let's have a look at the Rolling Stones situation.

Like anything Mick Jagger does, would find some serious detractors when in 2003 he was put up for a knighthood. Sir Michael Philip Jagger had two main issues when receiving his honour; the first was Keith Richards and the second was Queen Elizabeth II herself.

After multiple nominations, Tony Blair finally achieved his dream of having Mick Jagger knighted in 2002.

The Rolling Stones – Their Satanic Majesties Request (LP) - Art NoiseA bemused Rolling Stone report at the time commented on how despite the drug offences and releasing an album entitled Their Satanic Majesty Requests, "Queen Elizabeth II knighted Mick Jagger during her birthday celebration in June.

Except she didn't. Instead, Queen Elizabeth II was at King Edward VII Hospital. The Express passes on the rumor that "The Queen was said to have deliberately scheduled an operation to remove cartilage from her left knee for the day before Jagger received one of the country's highest honours." The reported reasoning for this purposeful schedule conflict was that the Queen would "much rather be here than at Buckingham Palace.

 

Princess Margaret.
Princess Margaret.

Perhaps the biggest beef between Queen Elizabeth and the now Sir Mick Jagger was due to his relationship with Princess Margaret, her little sister.

As Margaret's biographer, Christopher Warwick, told The Cut, part of her status in popular culture is due to the way she broke out of the confines of being a royal: "Margaret was perceived in many ways as a pioneer, as she straddled two worlds: the royal world with all its traditions and protocols and the modern world."

 

Mick Jagger and Princess Margaret? The Crown's Most Scandalous Secret - Cultura Colectiva
Mick Jagger and Princess Margaret

A rockstar would certainly appeal to her. And he did. Due to the Stones' rough-edged marketing, the Queen was certainly not amused at the idea of the two scandalously running off together. She no doubt grew less amused at the stories of Margaret partying extensively with Jagger on the Caribbean island of Mustique, as the New York Post reports.

 

 

Artists who have rejected awards and honours and returned to the Queen From Roger Waters to Sex Pistols.

The Thin White Duke snubbed two honours from The Queen – first a CBE at the turn of the millennium and then a Knighthood in 2003. "I would never have any intention of accepting anything like that," Bowie said of becoming a 'Sir.' Asked to comment on Mick Jagger, who accepted a Knighthood the previous year, Bowie said: "I seriously don't know what (the Knighthood is) for. It's not what I spent my life working for. It's not my place to make a judgment on Jagger, it's his decision. But it's just not for me."

Keith Richards – ‘Refused CBE’
Richards turned down a CBE from the Queen. It's easy to believe, however, as Richards publicly lambasted his band mate Mick Jagger after he was knighted. Confirming he went "bezerk", Richards told Uncut: "I thought it was ludicrous to take one of those gongs from the establishment when they did their very best to throw us in jail and kill us at one time."

 

 

Stamp me up" Oddly enough the band was given the honor of getting a backside licked. - Royal Mail Releases The Rolling Stones Stamps. - The legendary band becomes the fourth group to don the honor. In being featured in this new collection, The Rolling Stones become only the fourth group to be honoured by Royal Mail with a dedicated stamp issue – the first three being The Beatles in 2007, Pink Floyd in 2016 and Queen in 2020.

 

Read also: The story behind The Rolling Stones’ Angela Davis song

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