As one of 14 Australians chosen to attend the history making coronation of King Charles III, Nick Cave is in a rather enviable position.
His invitation however does come as a surprise given he has in the past admitted he is neither a “monarchist” or “royalist”.
Despite this, the music and cultural legend said he was “not so grouchy” as to refusing “an invitation to what will more than likely be the most important historical event in the UK of our age.”
He isn’t a monarchist or royalist…
(IMAGE: Getty)“Beyond the interminable but necessary debates about the aboliition of the monarchy, I hold an inexplicable emotional attachment to the Royals – the strangeness of them, the deeply eccentric nature of the whole affair that so perfectly reflects the unique weirdness of Britain itself,” Nick wrote in a blog post.
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“I’m just drawn to that kind of thing – the bizarre, the uncanny, the stupefyingly spectacular, the awe inspiring.”
Was he forced to attend?
(IMAGE: Getty)According to the Australian government, those who were invited were carefully selected to showcase the very best of our country’s values: caring for others, serving comunity and championing progress.
It can be assumed that the 65 year old frontman of the Grammy Award winner band – Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – was chosen as a result of his contibutions to music and cultural life.
He is in a Grammy Award winning band.
(IMAGE: Getty)Interestingly, Nick has revealed that whilst a younger version of himself may have had different thoughts on attending, at a much older, and wiser age, Nick was cautious of using a “young Nick Cave” as the benchmark for what he should or should not do.
Curiously, Nick is connected to the monarchy already through his wife Susie Cave, a former model who created her own fashion label in 2014, called The Vampire’s Wife, after a book her husband had abandoned writing.
When the label officially launched, it quickly caught the eyes of Hollywood elites for its gothic but feminine aesthetic, which Susie crafted to make “things beautiful by making beautiful things.”
But in March 2020, the Duchess of Cambridge stepped out in one of Susie’s creations for the British ambassador Robin Barnett’s reception at the Guinness Storehouse’s Gravity Bar in Ireland, Dublin
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