Most of the Commonwealth's 56 member nations are former colonies of the British Empire. In some countries, many view King Charles' coronation as an occasion to recall colonialism’s painful and bloody past.
King Charles III is seen meeting guests after a ceremony where he presented new Standards and Colours to the Royal Navy. on Saturday, soldiers carrying flags from the Bahamas, South Africa, Tuvalu and beyond will march alongside British troops in a spectacular military procession in honor of the monarch.
As British sovereign, Charles is also head of state of 14 other countries, though the role is largely ceremonial. These realms, which include Australia, Canada, Jamaica, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand, represent a minority of the Commonwealth nations: most of the 56 members are republics, even if some still sport the Union Jack on their flags.
Two days ahead of Charles’ crowning, campaigners from 12 Commonwealth countries wrote to the monarch urging him to apologize for the legacies of British colonialism. Buckingham Palace said last month that Charles supported research into the historical links between Britain’s monarchy and the transatlantic slave trade. The king takes the issue "profoundly seriously," and academics will be given access to the royal collection and archives, the palace said.
"Britain has shrunk globally into a medium-sized power," he said. "This notion needs to be removed, that here is a former colony riveted to the television watching the coronation of Prince Charles. I don’t think this is happening in India." "I don’t think we should care much about ," Milind Akhade, a photographer in New Delhi, said. "They enslaved us for so many years."
Many Kenyans will not watch the coronation "because of the torture during colonialism, because of the oppression, because of detentions, because of killings, because of the alienation of our land," Manyora said.
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