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Joe Cozens
@Joe_Cozens
Lecturer | C18th C19th social history, military history, protest | Current Project: The Dragoon State: Military Force and Public Order in Britain, 1700-1850.
May 6, 2023 • 16 tweets • 4 min read
1/ Today’s coronation will see anti-monarchists in Britain using the #notmyking hashtag.

It is worth remembering that, historically, Britons haven’t always held the freedom to openly criticise the King/his family. 2/ Under the laws of seditious libel and seditious words, writing/speaking against the Crown were serious criminal offences.