I lived in the UK for half a decade, and found there's always something going on. Roads are being blocked off for parades, bicycle events, football crowds, public transport strikes, identical swathes of finance bros filling out areas after work, and just general throngs of people.
You get used to falling in line with whatever going on, cause you're not getting to the traffic light before the corner-shop, if you fight it.
It's not "deep state" in the UK, it's the peak of the class system (or anglican faith). People aspire to go up these ranks, and having the royal family guide it all, directly or as a counterbalance.
It's no less or more weird than people stopping to watch the new Pope get elected or George Clooney and Julia Roberts try and go for a quite coffee on some sleepy sunday morning, just to be surrounded by people who should have better things to do than gawp at hollywood stars.
You get used to falling in line with whatever going on, cause you're not getting to the traffic light before the corner-shop, if you fight it.
It's not "deep state" in the UK, it's the peak of the class system (or anglican faith). People aspire to go up these ranks, and having the royal family guide it all, directly or as a counterbalance.
It's no less or more weird than people stopping to watch the new Pope get elected or George Clooney and Julia Roberts try and go for a quite coffee on some sleepy sunday morning, just to be surrounded by people who should have better things to do than gawp at hollywood stars.