LONDON – As expected, anti-royal protestors have gathered in London on the day of King Charles III’s coronation.
They carried yellow signs and posters and waved flags with slogans “Abolish the Monarchy,” “Not my King,” “Pass the Dutchies to the Public Side,” “Don’t you’re thinking that that is all a bit silly,” “King Parasite,” “I need equality, abolish the monarchy,” “Yes to Coronation street and Coronation Chicken, No to the King’s Coronation” and folks have created a social media hashtag #NotMyKing.
Members of the “Just Stop Oil” movement joined the protest as people gathered to look at the procession in central London on Saturday morning as King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla made their way from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey for the service.
In response to British media reports, greater than a dozen Just Stop Oil protesters were arrested over alleged plans to leap the barriers at The Mall, the road that links Buckingham Palace with Trafalgar Square.
The associated fee of the coronation is estimated to be 100 million kilos, roughly double the fee of Queen Elizabeth’s coronation, and far of that spend has been earmarked for security. As reported, the coronation is being paid for by the U.K. government.
That anti-monarchist sentiment isn’t confined to Britain.
Last 12 months, Prince William and the then Duchess of Cambridge were heckled concerning the royal family’s historic ties to slavery, and Britain’s imperialist past, during a week-long Caribbean tour last 12 months to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
A month later, the Prince Edward and the then Countess of Wessex faced anti-monarchy protests, and demands for reparations during their very own tour of the Carribbean to mark the Jubilee. The mood was so bad that they couple was forced to cancel a stop in Grenada.
In April, Buckingham Palace confirmed that it was supporting a research project, co-sponsored by Historic Royal Palaces, into the monarchy’s involvement within the slave trade within the 17th and 18th centuries.
As a part of the investigation, the king will open the family’s official collections, records and the Royal Archives. “That is a problem that His Majesty takes profoundly seriously,” Buckingham Palace said in a press release last month.
Protesters in Trafalgar Square ahead ahead of the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla on May 6, 2023 in London.
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Anti-monarchy protesters gather for an illustration ahead of the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla on May 6, 2023 in London.
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Members of the anti-monarchist group Republic are apprehended by cops as they stage a protest near Westminster Abbey, where the coronation was held.
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Protesters delay placards saying ‘Not My King’ in Trafalgar Square near where Britain’s King Charles III and Britain’s Camilla, Queen Consort can be crowned at Westminster Abbey in central London on May 6, 2023.
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A member of the anti-monarchist group Republic is apprehended by cops as they stage a protest near where Britain’s King Charles III and Britain’s Camilla, Queen Consort can be crowned at Westminster Abbey in central London on May 6, 2023.
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An individual holds up a placard reading “Residents not subjects” in Trafalgar Square ahead of the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla on May 6, 2023 in London.
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Protesters from climate protest group ‘Just Stop Oil’ are apprehended by cops in the gang near where Britain’s King Charles III and Britain’s Camilla, Queen Consort can be crowned at Westminster Abbey in central London on May 6, 2023.
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Cops detain a member of “Just Stop Oil” movement as people gather to look at the procession throughout the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla on May 6, 2023 in London.
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A protester from climate protest group ‘Just Stop Oil’ is apprehended by cops near where Britain’s King Charles III and Britain’s Camilla, Queen Consort can be crowned at Westminster Abbey in central London on May 6, 2023.
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A protester holds a placard ahead of the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla on May 06, 2023 in London, England. The Coronation of Charles III and his wife, Camilla, as King and Queen of the UK of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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LONDON, ENGLAND – MAY 06: Cops detain a member of “Just Stop Oil” movement as people gather to look at the procession throughout the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla on May 6, 2023 in London.
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Cops stand on guard on the route of the ‘King’s Procession’, as they wait for Britain’s King Charles III and Britain’s Camilla, Queen Consort to pass within the Diamond State Coach, ahead of their coronations.
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Protesters delay placards saying ‘Not My King’ in Trafalgar Square near where Britain’s King Charles III and Britain’s Camilla, Queen Consort can be crowned at Westminster Abbey in central London on May 6, 2023. – The set-piece coronation is the primary in Britain in 70 years, and only the second in history to be televised. Charles can be the fortieth reigning monarch to be crowned on the central London church since King William I in 1066. Republican opponents who want an elected head of state plan to protest on the day with signs declaring “Not my king”. (Photo by Gareth Fuller / POOL / AFP) (Photo by GARETH FULLER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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