The political challenges facing King Charles ➡️ Constitutional experts have warned that a number of issues will risk dragging the monarchy into politics over the coming years 🔎 HugoGye
For 70 years, the Queen did her best to avoid political controversy. One reason for her overwhelming popularity was her ability to stay above the fray – almost all the time.views be known on the environmentHe has promised that now he is monarch, he will follow his mother’s example and seek to stay out of political debate entirely. But as the UK’s constitution comes under continued strain, the King may find it hard to avoid being embroiled in the arguments to come.
For Scotland to leave the UK would be “a huge blow to the prestige of the monarchy” and leave Charles reigning over “Lesser Britain rather than Great Britain”, he suggested. In Spain, where the fight for Catalan independence has been even more divisive than in Scotland, the royal family has come to be seen as firmly anti-separation and has thereforeEven in the current era of peace in Northern Ireland, so warmly welcomed by the Queen and now by her son, its place in the Union is far from assured.that census results being published this month are expected to show that Catholics are now a majority of the population in Northern Ireland for the first time ever.
It is unclear whether affection for the monarchy will now diminish in the Commonwealth, Professor Ford argued, because of how long the institution has been bound up with the Queen herself. He said: “We’re all left in a situation of radical uncertainty about how different sectors of the public are going to perceive the monarchy.”
One danger point, Professor Ford said, might come in the event of “a very evenly divided hung Parliament” after the next general election, likely to come in 2024, where it is unclear whether Liz Truss or Sir Keir Starmer command a majority in the House of Commons.
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