The King and Queen Consort have been greeted with chants of “not my king” at York Minster as they arrived for the monarch’s first Royal Maundy service.
The King was visiting the cathedral on Thursday to distribute commemorative cash to 148 individuals who have made a distinction to their communities.
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Among cheers from the crowds that lined the road to greet the royal couple, a gaggle of 30 demonstrators from the group Republic, held up shiny yellow placards and shouted “not my king” as they arrived.
The Republican protesters have additionally stated they’ll make themselves “unmissable” throughout the day of the King’s coronation.
Demonstrators acquired a “mixed reaction” from the crowds, the vast majority of whom didn’t agree with their message that the top of state must be elected, stated Graham Smith, the chief govt of the marketing campaign group.
As the service happened, the group across the cathedral grew to 1000’s and, after the royal couple emerged, they spent 20 minutes speaking to the group in a prolonged walkabout.
Mr Smith continued to say that the group will create a good greater and “unmissable” scene alongside the procession route, the place the King and Camilla will journey from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey.
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“We’ll be protesting at the coronation and beyond just to really challenge the idea of a succession of head of state and to say we want an election instead of a coronation – a choice instead of chance,” he stated.
“We will be making some noise. There’ll be a bit of a party atmosphere, trying to engage the people around us and keep it fairly light-hearted.
“And we’ll make sure that when the procession goes past we are unmissable.”
Mr Smith stated he expects greater than a thousand individuals from the group to attend on Saturday 6 May.
Source: information.sky.com”