The world watched as Britain crowned a new king with everything it could muster — the pomp, pageantry, clockwork precision, ancient ritual, tradition.<br /><br />The British Monarchy is the oldest functioning political institution. It is a little over 1,500 years old, which is why perhaps there is that question: Is it still relevant? The answer was provided in the coronation itself.<br /><br />Did you count the number of heads of state, presidents, vice presidents, monarchs of other nations in attendance? So, apart from the monarch's soft power, the UK still shines as a world power in this day and age where tensions and upheaval abound in so many parts of the globe.<br /><br />And from those so many parts of the globe, too, came immigrants, Filipinos among them, who now make up a multi-cultural, multi-racial modern day Britain.<br /><br />Join our chief correspondent and anchor Pia Hontiveros on Politics As Usual — your weekly political appointment fix.<br /><br />Visit our website for more #NewsYouCanTrust: https://www.cnnphilippines.com/<br /><br />Follow our social media pages:<br /><br />• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CNNPhilippines<br />• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cnnphilippines/<br />• Twitter: https://twitter.com/cnnphilippines
