They fantasized about a Britain reborn, unsoiled by royal privilege — though far from equal as a society, don’t be daft. And so they delivered King Charles I to the scaffold, ushering in a brief period of republicanism in what is today the United Kingdom. On Saturday, 136,696 days after Charles I had his head severed from his body, his descendant will be officially crowned King Charles III. In fact, the findings put Canada — which Charles has visited 18 times — near the top in antimonarchy sentiment: 47 per cent of those polled favouring divorcement. And in the meantime, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it.”The challenge for King Charles, Goodale told the Star in an interview at Canada House, is how to reinvent monarchy in the 21st century.

Source: thestar May 06, 2023 15:48 UTC