Dire is the word - the best word but not the only word.

But for the BBC on Monday there was only ONE word. An embargo was placed on all adjectives except one. Even "robust" was forced to have one day off.

That word was MAGNIFICENT.

Buckingham Palace looked magnificent. The crowd was magnificent. St Paul's was magnificent. Admiralty Arch was magnificent. The dinner at the Abbey was magnificent.

Except that it was all delivered in that straight-out-of-Viz Cockney ****** Style that the BBC drools over: A fink da kaween is gonna be leevin in a ower or summit innit??

Thank God for subtitles.