camilla are crowned at westminster abbey marking the beginning of a new era for the british monarchy. tens of thousands of people descended on london for a day of ceremony, tradition and pageantry, despite the wet weather. our first report is from our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. may 6th, 2023. coronation day. in the abbey church at westminster, where these things have been done for nearly 1,000 years, a congregation to represent the britain of today had come together, with honoured guests from the wider world. the flags of the realms, the 1a other nations of which the british monarch is also head of state, were borne in procession. god save the king! at buckingham palace, the military detachments were drawn up. the only blemish the weather. as predicted, it left a lot to be desired. the king and the queen consort left the palace in steady rain. at the abbey, the king s family were taking their places, the duke of sussex making a brief visit to london, without
in a new era, for the realm. i m helena humphrey, great to have you with us. a historic day in the united kingdom as king charles and queen camilla are crowned at westminster abbey marking the beginning of a new era for the british monarchy. tens of thousands of people descended on london for a day of ceremony, tradition and pageantry, despite the wet weather. our first report is from our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. may 6th, 2023. coronation day. in the abbey church at westminster, where these things have been done for nearly 1,000 years, a congregation to represent the britain of today had come together, with honoured guests from the wider world. world. the flags of the realm, the 1a other nations of which the british monarch is also head of state were borne in procession. god save the king! at buckingham palace, the military detach.s were drawn up. the only blemish the weather, as predicted, it left a lot to be desired. the king and the queen consort left th
When the late George Tupou V surrendered the Executive Power to the Prime Minister in 2010, did it mean he wanted to remain only as a ceremonial and symbolic monarchy without any political power? Why did he appoint the Lords? Without a proper assessment of the answers to those two questions, the present leaders of the PTOA (Paati Temo Otumotu Anga’ofa) movement do injustice to
of the monarchy, the personalities involved. the constitutional issues involved and so forth. having that debate is just human and so forth. having that debate isjust human nature. it also presents an important opportunity for some research and some thoughtfulness and education on the whole civics question of, what is involved in a democratic constitutional monarchy? what do you get with that kind of government? what are the benefits of that kind of constitutional structure? the answer obviously, the separation between head of state and head of government for the head of government, that s where the politics is done. that s where you see the controversy and the divisiveness. forthe controversy and the divisiveness. for the head of state, which is the monarch, that s where you get the
symbols that s where you get the symbols of unity, cohesion, there s a deep intrinsic value having those two functions separated. so the head of state is not the head of government in the head of government is not of state. i think that leads to a kind of stability and continuity in a higherfocus a higher focus on values and the things that pull people together than when you have circumstances where it is embodied in one of the same person, that s a difficult act to perform. this discussion will take place in canada. and people are certainly entitled to raise questions and to protest if they wish and so forth. but i think you will also find after the reflection very significant and strong support for the principles of a democratic constitutional monarchy. democratic constitutional monarchy- monarchy. canadian high commissioner monarchy. canadian high commissioner to - monarchy. canadian high