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Re: ROYALS: DAMN CHEEK-'Swear Allegiance' to King & Charles to Wear GOLD For Coronati
Backlash at 'Tone Deaf' Plans For Brits to Swear Oath to King During Coronation
Religious leaders sparked outrage saying those watching the coronation on TV can join the 2,000 in the Westminster Abbey congregation to swear Allegiance to the King
King Charles to Wear GOLD For Coronation
BBC News 3 MAY 2023
King Charles' Coronation will take place next weekend
The Archbishop of Canterbury’s office has responded to a wave of criticism after inviting millions of people around the world to swear an oath to King Charles during his coronation.
Lambeth Palace today said plans for the “Homage of the People” section of ceremony on Saturday, would be “very much an invitation rather than an expectation”.
Religious leaders responsible for the event said those watching on television can join the 2,000 in the Westminster Abbey congregation to swear allegiance to the King, creating a “Homage of the People”.
Lambeth Palace said it hoped the modern change to the historic service will result in a "great cry around the nation and around the world of support for the King".
The greeting replaces the traditional Homage of Peers in which a long line of hereditary peers knelt and made a pledge to the monarch in person, which often took more than one hour.
But the move was on Sunday branded "offensive, tone deaf and a gesture that holds the people in contempt".
Graham Smith, a spokesman for anti-monarchy group Republic, said: "In a democracy it is the head of state who should be swearing allegiance to the people, not the other way around.
"This kind of nonsense should have died with Elizabeth I, not outlived Elizabeth II.
"In swearing allegiance to Charles and his 'heirs and successors', people are being asked to swear allegiance to Prince Andrew too. This is clearly beyond the pale."
Further outcry was expressed on social media where people were quick to criticise the call, branded a "royal pantomime at the taxpayers' expense."
One person remarked: "Why would people around the world swear allegiance to him? That makes no sense at all."
While another quipped: "I will cry over the cost of heat and food."
Some appeared to be more devoted to the king's two sons with one person commenting "I will be swearing my allegiance to Harry and Megan" and another saying "he should let William be King."
But others were disappointed by the negative reaction in the lead up to the coronation.
"Why are some people so negative about things in general history in the making for the good of the British people?" one person said.
"A lot of countries would applaud being British but there’s always a but or an upset and distraction."
Shops have been filled with King Charles III memorabilia in the lead up to the coronation
In response to backlash of the plans across traditional and social media, a statement from Lambeth Palace continued: “It’s simply an opportunity offered by the Archbishop so that, unlike previous Coronations, those who wish to join in with the words being spoken by the Abbey congregation could do so in a very simple way.
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