He is crowned king of the United Kingdom at the age of 73, after the death of his mother, Elizabeth II: “We deeply mourn the death of a precious sovereign and a much-loved mother,” said the new monarch.
Euskaraz irakurri: Charles III.a, Erresuma Batuko errege berria: “Erabateko tristura unea da”
Charles III is the new king of the United Kingdom after the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II. After a lifetime in the shadow of his mother, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Crowned as British King at 73after her predecessor has died at the age of 96 and after just over 70 years of reign.
In a statement, Carlos III lamented the death of his mother, Elizabeth II, “a moment of the greatest sadness” that he has felt as his own and that has also extended to all citizens of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth: ” We deeply mourn the passing of a precious sovereign and a much loved mother,” said the new monarch.
“During this period of mourning and change”, the king has said that both he and his family will feel protected by “the respect and deep affection” that the citizens have always professed towards their late mother. prince williamDuke of Cambridge, is the inheritor of the British crown.
Born in London in November 1948, under the secular name of Carlos Felipe Arturo Jorge, he attended his mother’s coronation at just three years old, immediately becoming Duke of Cornwall, a title that the British crown grants to the heirs to the throne.
Educated in England and Scotland, at the age of 33, he married the aristocrat Diana Spencer. The following year, in 1982, Diana gave birth to their first child, Prince William, and just two years later, in September 1984, her brother, Prince Harry, was born.
After eleven years of marriage, the Prince and Princess of Wales announced their separation and later, in August 1996, the divorce was certified. In August 1997, when Diana was on a trip to Paris, she was in a car accident in which she lost her life.
After announcing his separation from Diana, Carlos confirmed a romantic relationship with Camila Parker, whom he had known for years. In fact, the heir gave an interview to the BBC in 1994 where he confirmed that he had been unfaithful to Diana with Camila. This episode, added to the marital problems that also faced the relationships of his brothers, Princess Anne and Prince Andrew, led to a sharp drop in the popularity of the monarchy.
greater prominence
In recent years, after decades in the shadow of his mother, Prince Charles has been gaining more prominence in official acts, as the queen added years and was plagued by her health problems. One of the last interventions of Carlos in substitution for the queen was at the opening ceremony of the United Kingdom Parliament, held in May 2022. Elizabeth II was absent alleging “mobility problems”, although, according to Buckingham Palace, his non-appearance was decided at the last minute.
However, as Queen Elizabeth has been getting older and the enthronement of Charles has been glimpsed, the British population has been losing its affinity with the monarchy. In the latest survey conducted by the YouGov firm on the occasion of the queen’s Platinum Jubilee, it is noted that support for the crown has decreased by more than thirteen percent in the last decade.
The demographic study indicates that the population related to the crown has gone from 75% in 2021 to 62% in 2022. All this added to the fact that more than a fifth of those surveyed consider that the United Kingdom should have a head of state democratically elected to replace the monarchy.
Source: Eitb
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