The 73-year-old heir to the throne attended the opening of U.K. Parliament on behalf of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II
of Parliament, so Prince Charles took her place and delivered the opening for the first time. Seated on a golden, jewel-encrusted throne next to a jewel-encrusted crown on a velvet pillow, Charles gave a speech promising that the nation of England’s priority is to “help ease the cost of living for families” and help struggling people “level up.”
The imagery of pomp and circumstance, in the aftermath of a deadly global pandemic, hilariously illustrates the ongoing tone-deafness of the British monarchy. The jeweled crown to Charles’ right arrived in, with its own entourage—a white-gloved man carried it in on a plush pillow. Charles is decked out in royal formalwear, seated in a gold room on a gold chair looking bored as hell.
The glittering display of opulence and power, especially against the backdrop of a institution that has amassed historical atrocities by invading territories and poaching their resources, is probably not a good look in these times of uncertainty and societal upheaval gripping most of the world.Perhaps King Charles need to fire his entire communications team and replace them with people who understand the notion of “bad optics.
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