Next May, Charles III will be crowned King of England. His son, who is now Prince of Wales, is unlikely to be inducted. And it is his father who wants him to avoid this “trauma”, which he has already experienced.
On May 6, Britain will celebrate the coronation of Charles III. If the latter is now king, his eldest son, le prince William obtained the title of Prince of Wales, following the death of his grandmother. “As his heir, William (…) with Catherine at his side, our new Prince and our new Princess of Wales, will continue to inspire and lead our national debates”, had announced the king the day following the death of Elizabeth II. And it would seem that the husband of Kate Middleton takes his new duties very seriously. “He told us he was learning Welsh and threw us some Welsh phrases he was trying to perfect”explained the Reverend Steven Bunting to our colleagues from People in September 2022.
If Charles III must certainly be very proud of his eldest, the husband of Camilla Parker-Bowles would prefer that his son does not organize a ceremony concerning his new status as Prince of Wales. However, he himself had been entitled to an enthronement in 1969. In front of thousands of guests, he had then pledged allegiance to Elizabeth II. “I, Charles, Prince of Wales, proclaim myself your liege in soul and body and undertake, on my faith and my honor, to serve you until death”, he said.
It had been a trauma for him in 1969
For Charles III, this ceremony had been a difficult moment. “Charles III does not want to. It had been a trauma for him in 1969. He does not want to impose this on his son”explained Marc Roche, author of the book The Borgias at Buckingham. It must be said that the Welsh have always had a deep nationalist feeling. During the investiture of Prince Charles, many reviews and remarks had been chanted, as “Charlie Come Home”, refers to the site of the BBC Story Extra.
Hoping that his coronation as King of England takes place in better conditions. It will be a special day for the entire British royal family who will honor the start of their king’s reign. On the side of the festivitiesthe monarch’s coronation at Westminster Abbey is expected to “to be considerably lightened”, compared to that of Queen Elizabeth II, her mother. Buckingham Palace has indeed declared that the event will be “steeped in longstanding traditions and pageantry”, but that it “will also reflect the role of the monarch today and look to the future”.