Commentary Perhaps only King Charles III understood that his May 6 coronation in London was one of the few opportunities in a century to reposition the concept of monarchy in the global spectrum of competing social systems. Indeed, the “competition between competing social systems” is between systems that have come to be defined as tending…
Top Met Officer Denies Political Pressure to Clampdown on Coronation Protesters
A senior Metropolitan Police officer has denied they were under any political pressure to clampdown on anti-monarchist groups protesting during the coronation of King Charles III. Six members of the campaign group Republic, including its CEO Graham Smith, were arrested in central London on the morning of the coronation and detained for 16 hours. A…
Government Accused of Tightening Protest Laws Despite Opposition From House of Lords
The government lowered the threshold for taking action against protesters despite opposition from the House of Lords, a Lords committee has said. The regulations in question allow the police to intervene in a wider range of circumstances, including by reducing the threshold for “serious” disruption. Other changes include allowing the police to consider the cumulative…
Royal Fan Detained for 13 Hours After Being Mistaken for Protester
A royal fan who was arrested and detained for 13 hours after being mistaken for a protester at the coronation has said the experience was “shocking.” Alice Chambers, 36, said she took her place on The Mall in central London at around 7 a.m. on the Saturday and hoped to see King Charles III and…
Met Police Chief Reveals How Protesters Planned to Disrupt Coronation
Protesters at the coronation were planning to use rape alarms and loud hailers, as well as vandalise monuments and throw paint at the procession, Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has revealed. Months of planning were to be undermined by people who, according to Rowley, were posing a security threat to the crowds and the…
Met Police ‘Regrets’ 6 Coronation Arrests
Scotland Yard has expressed regret that six people, who were arrested on May 6, were unable to join the wider group of protesters in Trafalgar Square. The police issued an updated statement on May 8, confirming that the bail for six people had been cancelled and “no further action will be taken.” The six protesters were arrested…
Sunak Backs Met Over 64 Coronation Arrests
The prime minister has backed the Metropolitan Police after the force was criticised for arresting dozens of protesters during the coronation of King Charles III. As tens of thousands of people, including foreign heads of state, gathered at London’s Westminster Abbey to celebrate on Saturday, 64 people were arrested, including anti-monarchy protesters, climate activists, and…
‘Under God and the Law’: The Biblical Foundations of the Coronation
Commentary On Saturday, King Charles III was solemnly crowned in Westminster Abbey in a ceremony whose roots remote to the coronation of King Edgar the Peaceful in 973. The central act of this is when the king accepts his calling from God and receives the grace and powers to fulfil his responsibilities according to the…
UK Minister Defends Metropolitan Police as Force Criticised Over Coronation Arrests
A minister on Sunday defended the Metropolitan police after the force arrested 52 people before and during King Charles III’s coronation on Saturday. Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer said she believes the Met has got the balance right between the right to protest and policing an international event and that she has “huge confidence” in the…
Charles Crowned King in Britain’s Biggest Ceremonial Event in 7 Decades
King Charles III has been crowned in London’s Westminster Abbey in Britain’s biggest ceremonial event for seven decades. In front of a congregation of about 100 world leaders and a television audience of millions, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby placed the 360-year-old St. Edward’s Crown on Charles’ head as he sat upon a 14th-century…
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