One commentator said the coronation is unnecessary and that the pageantry and carriage rides on display tomorrow are like something from Disney World.
A HEFTY PRICE tag for a “publicity stunt”, a man being anointed with holy oil and dukes sipping on champagne paid for by the UK taxpayer.
“What is the point of a coronation? If you believe in the mystical powers of the Church of England and Charles being anointed with holy oil then it’s a God-given mystical experience,” Baker said dismissively. Aside from the fact that this week’s event doesn’t technically need to happen at all, he believes the massive price tag is incredibly wasteful.
That’s enough money to donate £40,000 to each of the UK’s 2,500 food banks and most members of the public aren’t even that interested in the event. In a survey of more than 3,000 UK adults conducted last month, 35% said they “do not care very much” about the event, and 29% said they “do not care at all”.“The image of widespread national support for the monarchy you get from the BBC and other media is misleading,” Baker added.
“The things that could be done with that money, but we have the Tories negotiating nurses’ pay saying, ‘You cannot have anymore.’ “There’s a huge questioning as to why our head of state has got to be tied to a particular denomination. He’s going to be swearing to uphold the Protestant faith, we still have a situation where our head of state can not be a Catholic.”
Allegations of classism Despite aiming to represent the people of the United Kingdom and its 14 Commonwealth Realms as their head of state, the monarchy has little in common with the average person, Ritchie believes. Baker noted: “In every other European monarchy, the king or queen will take an oath of allegiance to the democracy and to the public at large. It’s only in Britain that it is the other way around, and we take an oath to the un-elected monarch.”
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