details ironed out but the 6th of may, the king and queen consort will be crowned. 50 may, the king and queen consort will be crowned. , may, the king and queen consort will be crowned- may, the king and queen consort will be crowned. it - be crowned. so it is a saturday. it is the saturday be crowned. so it is a saturday. it is the saturday before be crowned. so it is a saturday. it is the saturday before eurovision. i is the saturday before eurovision. oh, my word! is the saturday before eurovision. oh, my word! what a week that is auoin to oh, my word! what a week that is going to be! oh, my word! what a week that is going to be! uk. oh, my word! what a week that is going to be! uk, prepare - oh, my word! what a week that is i going to be! uk, prepare yourselves! leaders of the g7 industrialised nations have pledged to continue to provide ukraine with military and financial support for as long as it takes. it comes after president zelensky called for further help, followi
graham smith, the chief executive of campaign group republic, joins us now. good morning to you, thank you very much indeed. i wonder, as a leading member of the public, what do you think when you get initial details and the date for the coronation? i mean, there s no need for a coronation, that s the key point. charles is already king. there is no constitutional or legal reason to have a coronation, other countries got rid of them years ago. the swedish king in 1867! think it was said there is no need for these things any more. they are out of date. we are facing huge economic and financial pressures, seeing more cuts to public services, people having to use food banks in greater numbers and see charles spending tens of millions of pounds of public
there are lots of accusations and allegations relating to the duchy of cornwall while he was duke of cornwall, and the monarchy is repeatedly being shown to lobby and demand exemptions and laws to spend public money on themselves. charles is going around lecturing on the environment whilst flying by helicopter as a routine means of transport. there are lots of reasons why we should be discussing who charles is and whether he should be monarch, whether we should have a monarch, whether we should have a monarch, and those people who say he is demonic and is a great monarch and whatever, he is the monarch. so lets put him in front of a camera to properly challenge them and then see if you still think that and if you do there maybe have a boat and see whether he winds. that s the sort of debate, the level we should be aiming for, not the wall to wall
we need a coronation in the first place, some say? so the mood music from the palace is this will be a small ceremony, not the 8000 people in westminster abbey as there were in westminster abbey as there were in 1953. shorter, nota in westminster abbey as there were in 1953. shorter, not a three hour ceremony is 1953. and more diverse. the king has already talked about his intervention to celebrate the different communities and fates of the united kingdom, sol different communities and fates of the united kingdom, so i think we will see a multi faith element even though the ceremony will remain anglican. we don t know if there will be a bank holiday because the coronation is on a saturday, and will there be a huge procession through the streets of london as there was in 1953? we know the dates but there are many more details which will be released between now and the 6th of may next year. we will wait to hear them, thank you. we ve got a remarkable picture
conversation you are wanting. well, i mean. i would conversation you are wanting. well, i mean, i would say conversation you are wanting. well, i mean, i would say the conversation you are wanting. -ii i mean, i would say the experience of the last two weddings, two jubilees and more recently the accession of king charles shows that the public debate is pretty poor not least because of broadcasters who largely exclude the opinions around a quarter of people, the population, almost entirely, the occasional exception 5uch almost entirely, the occasional exception such as interviews like this, but the debate is not being taken seriously, not being properly addressed. you know, we should be addre55ed. you know, we should be having serious discussions about who charles ayers, why he isn t answering tho5e allegations, why we had report not long ago of him accepting 3 million euros in cash from someone who has links with al-qaeda. last year i reported to the police on suspicion of cash