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Ignoring our problems doesn’t make them go away. Once you understand that no legislation can be put before any parliament, whether it’s the House of Commons in England, or the devolved chambers in Scotland and Wales, without consultation with the monarch, you begin to see the extraordinary and persistent levels of poverty, the institutional tax avoidance and the aggressive, “low tolerance” policing of protests, climate action and organised strikes in a new light.

The Guardian newspaper is to be applauded then for publishing a series of articles which asks just how much wealth Charles Windsor and his extended family have hidden from public scrutiny:

Other articles give a hint at just how many people in the so-called ‘United Kingdom’ will be doing anything but cheering on the coronation of the hereditary head of The Church England: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/06/coronation-day-teachers-climate-king-charles-iii

And it’s this aspect of the coronation that needs to be brought to public attention because without The Act of Settlement, passed by England’s parliament in 1701 (six years before Scotland lost the ability to govern her own affairs), Charles Windsor wouldn’t have been presented with a shiny crown today.

If Britain didn’t retain an institutional hatred of Catholics but instead was a kingdom at ease with people’s personal beliefs, we would have crowned King Francis in 1996. If you’re not a bigot and remain a committed monarchist then say 'hello’ to Franz, Duke of Bavaria, head of House Wittelbach and, it should be added, the most direct descendant of the kings of Scotland and England:

Charles Windsor is many things but as I’m no Catholic-hating bigot, he is #notmyking