The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Year has officially started. Celebrity Celtic fan Sir Rod Stewart feels that she has been “a wonderful example of how to conduct yourself with integrity and grace”, and says that we should all “look forward to acknowledging her magnificent service!” Many supporters take a different view to that of the man whose version of Grace is played at Paradise. Indeed, for most Celts this year marks the 69th anniversary of the club’s Coronation Cup triumph… and there’s a fitting song for the occasion.
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Year has officially started. She’s been a wonderful example of how to conduct yourself with integrity and grace for 70 years now (just like me!) and we should all look forward to acknowledging her magnificent service!
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— Sir Rod Stewart (@rodstewart) February 7, 2022
The Coronation Cup Song celebrates a great triumph in Celtic’s history – being crowned champions of Britain for the third time, having won the British League Cup (1902) and Empire Exhibition Cup (1938). It was as much a triumph on the park as it was over imperialism, and one of symbolic irony at that.
The political and cultural identity of the majority of the Celtic support is most certainly at odds with the monarchy. Although, Sir Rod managed to overlook this fact by recording the beautiful Irish ballad ‘Grace’, about Joseph Plunkett and his wife. Plunkett was of course executed for his lead role in the Easter Rising, when volunteers proclaimed an Irish Republic based on equality. For those unaware, a republic is a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.
The Coronation Cup Song is a fitting Celtic anthem to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, as Sir Rod wishes. It would be great if he could record a version of it. After all, it was an event to mark the crowning of Her Majesty The Queen.
Rod Stewart claims to know Celtic and it’s Irish history, so, why is he consorting with royalty??
He’s either a liar, two-faced, ignorant, uncaring or just a complete F?D.
Or, of course, he could be all of the aforementioned and a complete C#nT.
Either way he’s wrong, Celtic fans don’t forget and this will live long in the memory.
Personally, I think he’s got some nerve and I wouldn’t miss him if he never attended Paradise in future.
He could go and help lizzie with her activities if he’s stuck for something to do.
My great grandfather fought to keep Ireland free of tyranny in 1925 in the original Irish Republican Army which Britain never recognized until much later and ended up a fugitive wanted dead or alive. I’m sure if Ireland invaded Britain and the shoe was on the other foot it would have been accepted that the British would never be considered fugitives. Britain has conducted itself horrifically in history all for land riches status and power. There is nothing graceful about that royal lot. (Andrew) and (Charles) for instance. Liars and cheats.
Liam Kelly, are you even a Celtic fan, because you dont sound like any Celtic fan i have heard of! You may be of Irish descent, but you seem to be completely
ignorant of the islands history! Maybe you could join “Sir Rod” in being a royalist and leave the rest of us to celebrate our clubs history and Irish roots!
This was a sarcastic article
Stewart is just a self serving Tory lackey. Uses Celtic for his own agenda
Stephen,you been on the sherry..hope you get it second time round.
I can assure everyone that Liam Kelly is Celtic daft! I am not so sure about Rod Stewart. Did he not once say that he was an admirer of Boris Johnston? Chancer!
It is of course also possible to be of totally Scottish descent, love Celtic and loathe royalty. I stand guilty of all three charges!
An excellent charge sheet!