After the coronation I feel the need to say that sadly it seems that whatever he does, he will be misunderstood. He needs a PR campaign; Buckingham PR people are doing a bad job.
There were so many small symbolic gestures incorporated in the coronation process that nobody noticed or understood.
He made the nobility angry but not restricting the pledge and attendance to them. He replaced many of them with opinion leaders from under-privileged regions and communities. Inclusion.
During the coronation 'to serve' was mentioned so many times, and this is not the regular process, he made sure to add it. Service.
The screen used during the anointment process had leaves with the names of commonwealth countries.
So many indications of commitment to environment and the natural earth in the material used and decorations.
and all I could hear was the US media asking if Harry would be on the balcony or not! The guy decided to not be a part of it. It is not a family matter; it is a matter of 'service and duty'.
King Charles is misunderstood and will get a bad deal if he does not change the team responsible for media and PR at Buckingham.
This does not mean that approve of the Monarchy and the UK system of nobility privilege. As far as it exists. I like King Charles III.
Published on 9/11/22 10:55 AM
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales main concern in the 1970s was the environment.
“After billions of years of evolution, nature is our best teacher,” the Prince of Wales said. “In this regard, restoring natural capital, accelerating nature-based solutions and leveraging the circular bio-economy will be vital to our efforts.”
Prince Charles, once dismissed as a plant-talking oddball
His first major speech on the environment was in February 1970, when the young prince warned, “We are faced at this moment with the horrific effects of pollution in all its cancerous forms.” “At the beginning, everyone thought he was crackers, the mad prince who had these strange ideas. They wrote him off completely,” said Penny Junor, a biographer who has written volumes about Charles and the royal family. “He’s been saying these things for 50 years, but world has caught up to Charles, hasn’t it? she said. “He’s certainly not a crank now.” (the Washington Post By William Booth and Karla Adam November 1, 2021 at 10:18 a.m. EDT)
Another of his concerns was youth and opportunities, his focus, getting young people into education, training, or employment. He set up ’The Prince’s Trust' in the mid-1970s, a trust that is today an umbrella for 17 charities in addition to being the patron of 400 charities. From environmental concerns to a wide range of issues that affect people’s everyday lives, and the communities in which they live.
Sure, he is not a saint, and his charities are not above doing wrong. But his profile should have given him the recognition for caring about inequalities and his avant garde views on the environment and climate change that is today the concern of most. Sadly, he was only judged as the monster who made Princess Diana miserable. An issue that has nothing to do with public service or his role and a Prince.
I am not a monarchist. I am a feminist and social non-conformist tilting to left politically. But I could never understand the public love story with Princess Diana. She married Charles because he is a Prince, and she gained all the benefits of becoming a princess. She never understood the concepts of duty and public service. She wanted it all. She was intelligent and used the media to get support and undermine her husband and the Monarchy, forgetting or not caring that it also affected her children. A bit selfish. I could not see in her an activist or feminist, to the contrary.
Anyway, it is old news and I hope that the people will give him a chance.
Strange that a person like me would be positive about a Prince or a King? True, but today I cannot except respect Queen Elizabeth II. She represents stability, decency, and public service at a time when people have lost faith in politicians and heads of state. Remember Trump, Johnson, Orban, and many more around the world. She served her country until her last breath. And until the people of the UK decide to change their form of government I will give King Charles, their head of state, the consideration he deserves. I admire his early on environmental commitment.
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