British succession

Visitors on site at Buckingham Palace ahead of King Charles III's coronation. Alessandra Tarantino / AP

British succession 

British criticism of King Charles' expensive coronation party  

The price tag for King Charles III and Queen Camilla's coronation party is criticized by several Britons, writes the Guardian.  

The sum, which has not been confirmed by Buckingham Palace, is said to be SEK 1.3 billion according to British media.  

According to a survey, 51 percent of the British believe that the coronation should not be financed by the taxpayers, and they are also critical of the fact that this is being done at the same time as the country has been hit by high energy prices and rampant inflation.  

According to information in the British media, despite the current economic situation, Charles III did not want to hold a more stripped-down coronation party, saying that the event should be a "window to market Britain".  

Charles, Camilla, William and Kate during Commonwealth Day celebrations earlier this year / Marlene Malahoo Forte Hannah McKay / AP / Wikimedia commons  

Republican wave in former colonies before the coronation  

In connection with this weekend's coronation of King Charles III, the question of the transition to a republican state in several former colonies is being raised again. 

- The time has come, Jamaica in Jamaican hands, says the country's Minister of Justice Marlene Malahoo Forte to Sky News.  

The island nation has been independent from Britain since 1962, but is one of 13 countries in the Commonwealth that still has the British monarch as head of state. 

King Charles' eldest son Prince William and his wife Kate made a visit to Jamaica last year that was widely seen as a PR fiasco. Among other things, the couple was captured on picture when they greeted children through a fence. 

King Charles and Queen consort Camilla in an official portrait before the coronation. Hugo Burnand / AP  

Belize Wants to Abolish Charles III: "Final Step in Our Decolonization"  

Belize is one of the former British colonies that may be on the verge of abolishing the monarchy as a state. 

- It is not just a symbolic act. Ultimately, it is the final step in our decolonization. It is true independence, says lawyer Orson Elrington to The Guardian.  

In November last year, the then newly elected centre-left government announced that it would have the constitution that was written in connection with the country's independence from Britain in 1981 reviewed.  

Parliament has previously demanded that the former colonial power provide financial compensation to the people whose ancestors were enslaved