Certain media will have have a feast on news that Corbyn has ducked the ceremony associated with becoming a member of the Privy Council. An insult to the Queen and so on. No, not at all. Corbyn is not an opportunist politician. He has not changed his tune to gain popularity. He has sat in the Commons for thirty years saying exactly the same things and proclaiming his ideology without reference to what people think. He has made the unusual journey from nut case to Leader of the Opposition not because he has moved towards popular opinion, but because popular opinion has moved towards him. In unprecedented numbers. He is a lifelong republican. Above all he is a man of principle who stands by his beliefs no matter what the political weather or popular spin.
The Queen knows that. She will not feel insulted nor snubbed because she understands Corbyn’s difficulty. That is why she will agree to his appointment by Order In Council, without all the kissing and kneeling. In fact if the truth be told, surrounded as she is by fawning courtiers and oily politicians whom even she does not trust, Her Majesty finds him rather refreshing.