Having seen the whole thing from front to back, I am struck by how personal it all was. What I've seen of the late Queens' Coronation tells me that she herself had little or no input. The whole thing was an appeal to the past, a post-mortem celebration of Britain as an Imperial Great Power, rather the way Disney once liked to pretend it was still 1950s Middle America everywhere.

But Saturdays' ceremony was clearly a statement of Charles' and Camillas' own ideas. Those traditions worth keeping (anointing, crowning, taking of oaths) were kept. Others were trimmed down, so that the homage of the peers was represented by the Prince of Wales -the first of all Peers of the Realm - taking his oath of allegiance. Blessings and exhortations to the newly-crowned King were given by leaders of all Christian denominations, not just the Church of England. There were words from the other, non-Christian, faith leaders as well, unheard because it was Shabbat, and the Chief Rabbi was not allowed to use a microphone. The congregation was packed, not with the Great and the Good, with unnecessary foreign heads of state and superfluous hereditary peers, but with volunteers, organisers and community workers. The theme was not glory and rulership, but as the King himself stated, service. "I come not to be served, but to serve."

The enthronement and crowning of Queen Camilla was meant, I think, to draw a line under an issue which has plagued the Royal Family for the last century or so -marriage, divorce and the choice of life-partner. From the Abdication down to Harry and Meghan, scandals and arguments over this - a simple freedom that the rest of us enjoy without even thinking about it - have brought about public debate, constitutional crises and deep personal hurt time and again. The crowning of Camilla, the divorced second wife of a divorced King, was meant to put an end to that as well as a broad hint to the chiurches (especially the CofE) to get their own houses in orfder on the issue.

One of the papers had a headline saying that Britain today might approve of a political King. Because very few people believe that Charles will now stop speaking out about conservation, climate change and the plight of young people. He may, as he and his mother always have, stay away from party politics, but now more than ever, there are issues which transcend party and ideology. I expect the Prince and Princess of Wales to continue to have their say on such matters, but would not be surprised to see the King speaking out in a way the late Queen would never do. I also expect that Camila will carry on her work on domestic abuse.

This Coronation was not about creating a new future, but about drawing a line under the past. The King wishes, I think, to be able to hand over a reformed, socially engaged and committed monarchy to his son.

That's just me, though!