Eight days after the death of Queen Elizabeth II, King Charles III completes this Friday his first tour as a new sovereign in Wales. In Cardiff, he will join Queen Consort Camilla and British Prime Minister Liz Truss in a church service in the early afternoon. The King is then required to join the schoolchildren and go to the Welsh Parliament to receive official condolences from the MPs.
Prince of Wales title controversy
Among the population, this first visit did not arouse great enthusiasm. People have belatedly started gathering around Cardiff Castle as it will be possible to get in there to see the new king. The first 2,000 visitors were even able to exchange with Carlos III.
Cardiff residents told BFMTV they don’t want to get up “too early” to go to the castle while some say they “don’t worry because it’s a British monarchy.” Others finally evoke this Friday’s Liam Gallagher concert in Cardiff as more important than the king’s visit.
“Wales, which had strangely voted for Brexit by a majority, has changed its mood and is also much more critical of the English system. However, at the time of Brexit, Wales explained that it felt closer to the ‘England “, analyzes Sylvie Bermann, diplomacy consultant at BFMTV.
The awarding of the title of Prince of Wales has also drawn much criticism. Held by Carlos III since July 26, 1958, when he was only 9 years old, the title has just been delivered on September 9 to his son, Prince William. This assignment was made too quickly according to many residents who also denounce the lack of consultation with the Welsh Parliament.
A petition has been posted on social networks that has already collected more than 27,000 signatures in a week to demand that Prince William renounce his title. “It would have been good to discuss it, to have a national debate on this issue so that the final decision belongs to the Welsh,” Trystan Gruffydd, author of a petition against the title of Prince of Wales, explains to BFMTV. .
“William’s challenge is going to be to renew that bond, to strengthen it when he himself has already lived in Wales,” says Jérome Carron, the magazine’s senior reporter. Point of viewBFMTV guest.
After this afternoon in Wales, King Charles III will go to the Palace of Westminster at the end of the day with his sister and two brothers for a “princely vigil” around the coffin of his mother, Elizabeth II.
Source: BFM TV
