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Senin, 08 Mei 2023

Prince William pays tribute to the King on a star-studded night - Evening Standard

he Prince of Wales paid a touching public tribute to his father at the coronation concert, saying: “Pa, we are all so proud of you.”

William took to the stage at Windsor Castle as part of a night of celebrations featuring perfomances from stars including Katy Perry and Take That.

Speaking about his late grandmother, he said: “I know she’s up there, fondly keeping an eye on us” before telling the King: “She would be a very proud mother.”

<p>Prince William speaks at the coronation concert</p> — Prince William speaks at the coronation concert
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The prince gave his speech in front of a crowd of 20,000 revellers at the star-studded Windsor Castle gala - and to an audience of millions watching at home - and praised the King’s dedication to “service” as well as his campaigning on green issues and support of diversity.

He described how his father’s first words on entering Westminster Abbey for his coronation – when he responded to the official greeting by a young chorister – were a pledge of service.

“It was a pledge to continue to serve,” William said.

“Because for over 50 years, in every corner of the UK, across the Commonwealth and around the world, he has dedicated himself to serve others, both current and future generations, and those whose memory must not be neglected.”

William also looked to his own future as a king, telling the audience: “I also want to express my pride and gratitude for the millions of people who serve, in the forces, in classrooms, hospital wards and local communities.

“I wish I could mention you all. Your service inspires us. And tonight we celebrate you too.

“I commit myself to serve you all. King, country and Commonwealth. God save the King!”

The younger members of the royal family - Princess Charlotte and Prince George - also played their part by dancing the night away to performances including Lionel Richie’s hit All Night Long and Take That’s anthems.

<p>Kate, Princess of Wales and her children Prince George and Princess Charlotte during the concert at Windsor Castle. </p> — Kate, Princess of Wales and her children Prince George and Princess Charlotte during the concert at Windsor Castle.
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The princess also sang the words to Perry’s Roar and Firework, as the US singer took to the stage in a shiny gold metallic ball gown.

Like the rest of the 20,000-strong crowd, they wore flashing LED wristbands that lit up the night.

William’s speech was a highlight of a night which saw Top Gun star Tom Cruise tell the King - himself a trained pilot - “You can be my wingman any time”.

The concert hosted by Downton Abbey actor Hugh Bonneville saw the King’s life celebrated, from his role in the Armed Forces to his passion for the arts and his charitable work through the Prince’s Trust.

A host of celebrities including Tracey Emin and Richard E Grant recorded messages for Charles or highlighted little known facts about his life.

<p>Katy Perry performing on stage </p> — Katy Perry performing on stage
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Katy Perry dedicated her song Firework to the King “and the work that we get to do together with the British Asian Trust and their Children’s Protection Fund”.

She told the crowd she got to “stay in Windsor Castle” – before joking: “No big deal.”

The King and Queen danced along to Take That’s performance of Shine as Princess George and his sister Princess Charlotte enthusiastically waved their Union flags.

In the final performance of the Windsor Coronation Concert, the band, who have not performed together for four years, ended with Never Forget – accompanied by the choristers of St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle.

<p>Prince George gets into the spirit of the night </p> — Prince George gets into the spirit of the night
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It brought the curtain down on a spectacular show - complete with drone displays and illuminated effects lighting up sites across the country - that began with the King’s words mixed into Pete Tong Ibiza Classics, featuring Vula and Jerub.

A fragment of his televised address to the nation the day after the Queen died was played as the performance began.

Charles said: “And wherever you may live in the United Kingdom, or in the realms and territories across the world, and whatever may be your background or beliefs, I shall endeavour to serve you with loyalty, respect and love, as I have throughout my life.”

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Coronation: Met Police had every intention of arresting protesters - Republic leader - BBC

Graham Smith attended an anti-monarchy protest

By Jasmine Andersson

BBC News

An anti-monarchy protester detained during the Coronation says he believes the police had "every intention" of arresting him before the event.

The chief executive of Republic, Graham Smith, was one of 64 people arrested by the Metropolitan Police in London.

He said he was held despite being in close conversation with the Met "for four months" about the group's plans.

The Met said it had "a duty to intervene when protest becomes criminal and may cause serious disruption".

Commander Karen Findlay, who led the Met's policing operation during the Coronation, had said on Saturday: "Earlier this week we said our tolerance for any disruption, whether through protest or otherwise, will be low and that we would deal robustly with anyone intent on undermining the celebration."

Mr Smith told BBC Radio 4's Today programme he had been detained for 16 hours after being stopped by officers who suspected him and group members of carrying "lock on" devices to tie themselves to inanimate objects - a tactic which was outlawed by the government last week.

He said police had stopped him and fellow protesters from unloading their van, before detaining and searching them.

"They told us they were going to arrest us on suspicion of being equipped to lock on, which was untrue - there was nothing we had in our possession that could have allowed us to lock on. They then took us and held us for 16 hours.

"They also said they had intelligence, which is untrue. If they did have intelligence their intelligence officers are either lying or incompetent because there was never any discussion, thought, email, message, anything that suggested any intent to do anything disruptive."

Mr Smith added that after months of discussions with the Met about how they would conduct their demonstration, the force had "repeatedly said - right up until Friday - that they had no concerns about our protest plans - they were well aware of what we were going to do and that they would engage with us and not disrupt us".

"So they have repeatedly lied about their intentions, and I believe that they had every intention of arresting us prior to doing so."

Mr Smith has rejected suggestions that his arrest along with other protesters during the coronation was necessary to limit disruption, calling it "disgraceful".

He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "That's not an excuse to rob people of their rights. It's not an excuse to arrest people and detain them for 16 hours because some people want to enjoy a party.

"That's a disgraceful suggestion and quite frankly this is a political issue and therefore obviously it's going to face protest."

He said partygoers should put up with the protests, adding: "You cannot say that they have to enjoy a party and therefore other people should be arrested.

"They stopped us because the law was introduced, rushed in last week, to give them the powers to stop us on any flimsy pretext.

"That law means we no longer in this country have the right to protest, we only have the freedom to protest contingent on the permission of senior police officers and politicians and it's my view that those senior police officers were under immense pressure from politicians."

Metropolitan Police Federation Chair Ken Marsh said that that officers "police without fear or favour," and the Met did "an incredible job" policing the Coronation.

He told the Today programme: "We have to take into consideration everything that at that moment is put in front of us. If individuals intend to cause an incident which will affect others near them or around them... then we take action to deal with it.

"Protesting can take place in this country, but it's to the level of which you perform that protesting that we have to balance and deal with."

Concerns were also raised over reports three volunteers with a Westminster-based women's safety programme had been arrested while handing out rape alarms.

Caroline Russell, Green Party London Assembly member and Chair of the Police, Crime Committee at the London Assembly, said it was "really worrying" that the arrests had happened.

Speaking in a personal capacity, she told the Today programme: "These people were literally wearing hi-vis vests with the Met Police logo on. They were volunteers for a Westminster programme in collaboration with the Met police.

"Those people volunteering were handing flip-flops to those in high heels, and handing out rape alarms so people could get home safely. It's extraordinary that they got caught up in the Met's safety net."

The Met has said it made 64 arrests on the day of the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla, for various offences including breach of the peace and conspiracy to cause a public nuisance.

Four people have been charged so far, including one person charged with the suspicion of causing a religiously aggravated offence, two for the possession of Class A drugs, and another for breaching Section 5 of the Public Order Act, which relates to displaying any material that is threatening or abusive. Forty-six people have been bailed.

All four will appear in Westminster Magistrates' Court later this month.

On Monday, members of the public will take part in community volunteering events across the UK to mark the final day of the Coronation celebrations.

Minggu, 07 Mei 2023

Coronation concert: Best-dressed attendees from Princess of Wales to Katy Perry - The Independent

The highly anticipated coronation concert has kicked off on the lawn of Windsor Castle, with members of the royal family and celebrities arriving for the star-studded lineup of musical performances.

On Sunday 7 May, a day after King Charles III and Queen Camilla were crowned during a historic ceremony at Westminster Abbey, the royal couple arrived at Windsor Castle to continue the coronation celebrations.

For the occasion, the King wore a blue suit with a pale blue shirt and a blue patterned tie. Queen Camilla complemented her husband’s outfit with a blue outfit of her own, with the royal arriving in a royal blue dress.

The King and Queen were accompanied in the first row of the royal box by the Prince and Princess of Wales and two of their children, Prince George, nine, and Princess Charlotte, eight.

Prince William followed his father’s lead, arriving at the grounds outside of Windsor in a blue suit, while his wife Kate chose a vibrant red suit for the celebratory occasion. The Princess of Wales paired the suit with a statement necklace.

Princess Charlotte, who sat between her parents and alongside her older brother during the concert, wore a white dress with a black bow neckline detail.

During Nicole Scherzinger’s performance at the concert, which is taking place on the East Lawn of the castle’s grounds, she took to the stage in a blue gown with a sheer bodice for her first live performance of Disney’s Mulan song “Reflection”. The singer paired the gown with a diamond choker and a half-up hairdo.

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Princess Eugenie was also in attendance, with the 33-year-old royal, who is currently expecting her second child with husband Jack Brooksbank, wearing a white dress lined with a black trim. During the concert, Eugenie sat in the row behind the Princess of Wales, where she was joined by her sister Princess Beatrice and their mother Sarah Ferguson.

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When Tiwa Savage took to the stage, the Nigerian singer did so in a glittering, off-the-shoulder green gown with a statement train. Savage completed the look with multiple necklaces.

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Lionel Richie later wowed viewers when he performed in a black leather outfit, which he paired with a white, sequin-encrusted blazer.

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Katy Perry became a standout for one of the best sartorial looks of the night when she took to the stage for her performance in a gold lame gown.

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In addition to praise for the iconic dress, the gown also sparked comparisons to gold-foiled Quality Street wrappers.

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The Observer view on the coronation of King Charles III: our faith in these magical rituals won’t last forever - The Guardian

How many of us said it? And, of those who mouthed or declaimed the words of the coronation oath, in sitting rooms and at picnic tables, to car radios or pub TV screens, how many did so with a sense of fingers crossed behind their backs?

The innovation of the people’s declaration of allegiance to King Charles III had been designed, in the words of the archbishop of Canterbury, to offer “the general public” what for centuries had been the preserve of “national figures”. The idea was that this would not just be a behind-abbey-doors head-nodding of ladies of the thistle and knights of the garter to acknowledge the new king, but a “great cry” of loyalty “around the nation and across the world”. That “call” to the country was toned down to an “invitation” on palace orders at the final hour. Though some people no doubt enthusiastically took up the opportunity, there was another very British response at midday on Saturday: indifference and shoulder shrugging; a collective “nah, not really”, which was probably the voice of a majority.

Ancient ritual cannot bear too much daylight. In the perhaps laudable effort to make the politics of this coronation instantly personal, the powers that dreamed up the people’s pledge missed the trick of the crown’s relation to the public. Oaths – marriage vows or witness box swearings-in – are designed to concentrate the individual mind on abstract legal responsibilities; to let you know exactly what you are signing up for. It is one thing cheerfully to tune into the latest episode of royalty as spectacle, a slice of Elizabethan drama. It is another to be invited to stand up from your armchair to offer unquestioning loyalty to this particular winner of fate’s lottery and his offspring in perpetuity. In theatrical terms, the oath broke the fourth wall of national pageant. It was a reminder of the truth that monarchists want most of all to avoid: the fact that all of this, the robes and the carriages and the stone of destiny, is ultimately a choice we make.

Over the course of the past week, commentators have been highlighting the demographics of declining support for the institution; the young aren’t overly bothered with the late-life king. The institution has survived poor ratings on and off for centuries, of course. But what Saturday’s ceremony emphasised was that some of the foundations of royalty are also in steep decline. The sonorous liturgy and soaring music still move the heart. But the words do not carry the awesome weight they did at the late queen’s coronation in 1953, and certainly not when they were promoted by James I to unite his kingdom and its warring Christian factions with the Bible of 1611. Few of Charles Windsor’s subjects have faith – as the ancient make-believe of the service assumed – that he has been anointed by supernatural power.

In the run-up to the event, we were asked to applaud the fact that, for the first time, a few voices of republican dissent were allowed to have a presence at the procession, even if the BBC and the overnight campers on the Mall might have wished them away. In the suggestion of security minister Tom Tugenhadt, this was evidence – facial recognition technology and new powers against protest notwithstanding – of the gracious tolerance of our elected authorities. The limits of that tolerance were revealed early on Saturday morning when Graham Smith, the leader of the Republic group, and five of his supporters were arrested and detained, when unpacking placards for their peaceful protest, apparently under Wednesday’s hastily approved laws.

As a nation, we have generally overlooked the magical thinking of royal legitimacy and enjoyed the flag waving and street parties as a welcome distraction from the realities of the world. That sentiment cannot be assumed. The new monarch’s parents were a living reminder of unity, of finest hours and blitz spirit, of duty and sacrifice. King Charles does not enjoy those associations. He has arrived in divided and unequal times. He takes the throne as years of austerity and a biting cost of living crisis bring not only the indulgence of this ceremony but the ongoing extravagance of palaces and retinues and feudal models of land ownership into sharp focus.

The theme of the coronation may have been service and inclusivity – in typical Church of England style we were invited to thrill at the fact that women, no less, were involved in the religious ceremonials – but there remains, clearly, a clanging anachronism in the idea of a people’s monarchy.

To his great credit, King Charles III has never been shy of using his birth-given status to address some of the tougher questions of the world beyond his own privilege. His instinctive and informed defence of the natural environment, and of rural communities, has been profound and prescient; as have his initiatives to offer skills and hope to young and challenged people across the country. It is now in his gift to employ that empathic spirit to shape the tone and relevance of his reign.

The events in Westminster Abbey were designed to mark a new chapter in nation and commonwealth. That celebration of new beginnings must find sensible ways to involve and explore the question of whether Britain still wants this hereditary institution at the centre of power; and, if it does, whether it should persist in all its current grandeur. On a day laced with that well-worn belief that “nobody does pageantry as well as we do”, it is essential to hold on to another of the traditions for which this nation has been admired: that of critical thought, of rigorous self-awareness. That latter virtue insists that we should never be content with the sentimental pride of “this is what we are good at” but must always be asking: is this the best we can do?

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Republic: Police criticised over coronation protest arrests - BBC

Anti-monarchy protesters in central London on Saturday

By Rachel Russell

BBC News

MPs and human rights groups have criticised the Metropolitan Police after 52 people were arrested in London on the day of the Coronation.

Among those held was the head of the group Republic, which wants to scrap the monarchy and elect a head of state.

Graham Smith, who was released on Saturday evening after 16 hours in custody, said there was "no longer a right to peaceful protest in the UK".

Scotland Yard said it had acted "in a proportionate manner".

Commander Karen Findlay defended her officers' response to protests during the day of the Coronation, saying they had a duty to intervene "when protest becomes criminal and may cause serious disruption".

She added that the Coronation was a "once in a generation event and that is a key consideration in our assessment".

Hundreds of protesters gathered in the rain in central London on Saturday, with chants including "down with the Crown", "don't talk to the police" and "get a real job".

Other protests were organised in Cardiff, Glasgow and Edinburgh. No arrests were reported outside London.

Scotland Yard said those arrested had been held on suspicion of affray, public order offences, breach of the peace and conspiracy to cause a public nuisance around the coronation.

While campaigners insisted their protests were peaceful the police said they had intelligence that groups were "determined to disrupt" the occasion.

Several Labour MPs criticised the Met's response, with senior backbencher Sir Chris Bryant writing on Twitter that "freedom of speech is the silver thread that runs through a parliamentary constitutional monarchy".

Shadow minister Jess Philips also used social media to say that "our nation and our King is not so fragile as to not be able to take harmless protest of a different view".

Labour MP Richard Burgon said he was ''deeply concerned" by the arrests, while MP Zarah Sultana said: "Whatever you think of the monarchy, the right to peaceful protest is fundamental to democracy."

Among those critical of the Met was the UK director of Human Rights Watch, Yasmine Ahmed, who likened its actions to "something you would expect to see in Moscow, not London".

Leader of the Liberal Democrats Sir Ed Davey said he was not sure about the exact circumstances of the arrest, and called for more detail from the police.

Speaking to the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, he criticised the government for "passing legislation to clamp down on protest that breached British traditions of civil liberties", adding the Conservative Party has "a lot to answer for".

The King and Queen went past some of the protesters as they travelled in the Diamond Jubilee State Coach towards Westminster Abbey

Mr Smith confirmed he was released late on Saturday evening, adding that other members of Republic were still in custody.

Writing on Twitter he said there was "no longer a right to peaceful protest in the UK".

"I have been told many times the monarch is there to defend our freedoms. Now our freedoms are under attack in his name."

Mr Smith was arrested early on Saturday - before the Coronation began - at a protest in Trafalgar Square.

Footage during the day showed several protesters wearing "Not My King" T-shirts being detained - including Mr Smith.

Republic also said hundreds of its placards had been seized by police.

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The Met said it had confiscated "lock-on devices" - which protesters can use to secure themselves to things like railings.

It has now become illegal to prepare to lock-on following changes to the law that were passed this week.

But Matt Turnbull, another member of Republic who was arrested, said the straps being used to hold the placards had been "misconstrued" as lock-on devices.

Elsewhere on Saturday, climate activist group Just Stop Oil said about 13 protesters were arrested on The Mall in central London along with five others in Downing Street.

A Just Stop Oil spokeswoman said their plan was "only to display T-shirts and flags", adding: "This is a dystopian nightmare."

Concerns about the police's approach to the Coronation were also raised by Westminster City Council's cabinet member for communities and public protection over reports that volunteers with its Night Star programme had been arrested while handing out rape alarms.

Councillor Aicha Less said the authority was "working with the Metropolitan Police to establish exactly what happened" and was "in touch with our volunteers to ensure they are receiving the support they need".

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