On April 6, the world’s attention will turn to London, where the coronation of Charles III will take place.
The new king of Great Britain, Charles III, waited 73 years for the coronation, including 59 years in the status of heir to the throne. Tomorrow he will officially ascend the throne. Ukraine will be represented at the ceremony by the country’s First Lady Olena Zelenska. In general, Ukraine is not a foreign country for the new British monarch.
Hopak danced
In the early 1980s, in Derby, Charles visited the cultural centers of the diaspora of several countries, including the local Ukrainian community. The British prince was traditionally treated to bread and salt, and the local folklore ensemble Goverla also performed for him. Then the dancers spontaneously suggested that the future monarch try to dance with them, and he agreed.
In Kyiv and Crimea
In 1996, Prince Charles made a three-day visit to Ukraine, visiting Kiev and Crimea. In the capital of Ukraine, he visited Sophia Kievskaya and the central streets of Kiev, spoke with students of the National University of Kiev-Mohyla Academy, residents and employees of a specialized institution for the elderly, and visited also at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. near the Memorial of Eternal Glory.
In Crimea, the heir to the British throne visited Sevastopol, a Tatar village, stayed at Gorbachev’s dacha Zarya in Foros, and visited the site of the painful defeat of the British in the Crimean War. We are talking about the so-called. attack of the light brigade – a disastrous attack of the British light cavalry under the command of Lord Cardigan on the positions of the Russian army at the Battle of Balaklava on October 25, 1854.
After the annexation of Crimea and the start of the war in Donbas, Prince Charles compared the actions of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin to the aggressive policy of Adolf Hitler.
Privately commenting on Russia’s invasion of Crimea and the Donbass, the Prince of Wales said: “And now Putin is doing almost the same thing that Hitler did.”
Support for Ukraine
It is known that Charles is very interested in the Ukrainian theme, supports Ukraine, moreover, in some cases he does things that are not characteristic of a monarch in principle.
He met Volodymyr Zelensky, visited not only the Ukrainian community or Ukrainian churches in Britain, but also Ukrainian military training centers.
Experts call this behavior a precedent for British monarchs. After all, the king, as you know, has no right to interfere in specific political processes and must stand above the process – as an arbiter.
Ecoronation of the horseman
Charles’s coronation was half of Elizabeth’s.
Instead of eight thousand participants there were only two and a half thousand. The monarch’s travel path will be shortened. Some ceremonial elements will be removed or reformatted to save money.
It symbolizes the style of government the new king is likely to have.
Charles is a very frugal man. There are even legends about how he repairs and continues to wear the shoes he bought in 1963.
At the same time, Charles was responding to the mood in society, including the need to spend less on maintaining the royal family and the institution of the monarchy itself. And in this step, he really goes into these moods. The king is ready for experiments and changes.
Source: korrespondent
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