Prince Charles will only become King when Queen Elizabeth II, now aged 92, abdicates, retires or dies. Royal resistance to cultural fads made Charles’ investiture celebration all the more significant as a symbol of the monarchy’s role, namely to embody the sanctity and continuity of Britain. There must be no ambiguity about the gender of a child who might conceivably become the British sovereign one day.
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The palace rarely responds to rumors but it has been at full throttle to squelch a story it considers inimical to the character of the monarchy.
Last week, for example, Vanity Fair reported that the Duchess of Sussex, Megan Markle, planned to raise the child she is expecting with the Queen’s grandson Harry as “gender fluid.” The monarchy itself isn’t immune to cultural fads.
Last week, HRH Queen Elizabeth hosted a celebration for Prince Charles on the 50th anniversary of his investiture, as a personal, Constitutional and cultural statement.įor more than a millennium the monarchy has been the cornerstone of British culture, and the continuity of ancient traditions is a counterweight to the modern tendency to despise the past and reinvent the culture according to the whim of the moment. The upcoming third season of the popular British TV mini-series The Crown will commemorate the 1969 investiture of Prince Charles as heir to the throne, a ceremony that anticipates coronation – the sanctification of the British sovereign.
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