Crowds closely followed the funeral procession from Balmoral Castle to Edinburgh on a six-hour journey that passed through Aberdeen, Dundee and Perth, some of Scotland’s most populous cities. As the late king’s homage continues, the successor unfolds in a series of masses and excursions. On the day when the Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland and the High Commissioners (i.e. diplomatic representatives of the Commonwealth of Nations) were received at Buckingham Palace, Charles III learned that one of the nations he presided over was planning to decide whether the monarchy would be preserved.
The head of the government of Antigua and Barbuda insisted it was “not a hostile act”, but he plans to organize a referendum in the next three years so that voters in the Caribbean country of about 100,000 people decide whether to choose the republic. . in Statements to ITV News Gaston Brown admitted that the topic was not on the agenda: “I think most people didn’t even bother to think about it.”
Of the more than 50 Commonwealth countries, 15 have Charles III as head of state. Last year, Barbados called out the monarchy and elected the former governor as president, making the Caribbean nation a rare case to head and head a government with two women. Other countries planning to impeach Windsor are Australia – which has an assistant minister for the republic, but Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has already said the change will not happen during the term that began less than four months ago – and Belize and Jamaica.
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On the day after the proclamation at St. James’s Palace, similar ceremonies were held in other territories, from Scotland to Australia, and from Northern Ireland to the Iberian Peninsula, namely in Gibraltar. On the rock, Governor David Steele read the document on the balcony of the official residence, in front of hundreds of people. Steele, Elizabeth II’s aide, reminded the BBC of the Queen’s “dignity, sense of duty, sense of humor and love for what she has done”.
Similar ceremonies were held in Australia and New Zealand. In Auckland, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern took the opportunity to pay tribute to Elizabeth II and the affectionate relationship between the Queen and New Zealanders. He predicted that “this relationship is deeply valued by our people. I have no doubt that it will deepen.”
In Edinburgh, it became clear that the monarchy was not a pacifist cause: there was no shortage of those who whistled the proclamation of Charles III. However, the city received the Queen’s remains at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, where Princes Anne, Andrew and Edward were. Time to pay homage to Elizabeth II, in an environment that contrasts with that of central London, where crowds gathered to greet Charles III.
Today, the King is traveling to Scotland and will attend a mass dedicated to the Queen at St Egidio Cathedral in the Scottish capital. On Tuesday, while his mother’s coffin will be taken to London, and then buried in Westminster, Carlos will travel to Belfast, Northern Ireland, where he will also take part in a religious ceremony. Finally, on Friday, he will head to Wales. Prime Minister Liz Truss will attend all of these celebrations, which many commentators have criticized. In the face of criticism, Downing Street made it clear that Truss “does not” accompany “The King and is not on” a tour. She just brings these services.”
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