In Jamaica, the Prime Minister there has said, you know, he is not attending the coronation. He's too old to be king and I think they really, if they want to do something and get people interested, they should just have him step down and give it to the Williams. People in places like Jamaica thought well look how she was treated. Viciously attacked by the tabloids and not protected by the palace. Not only that, she contemplates suicide and ends up leaving the country and all of her royal duties. So this I think really tarnished Charles' reputation, particularly abroad and in the realms.
King Charles is struggling to get his subjects to care about the historic coronation this weekend. Professor Brooke Newman explains the complicated road to ditching the monarchy.
This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Serena Solin, Laura Bullard and Matt Collette, engineered by Michael Raphael and Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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