Queen Elizabeth II died in her beloved Balmoral Castle in Scotland and the coffin was moved to the Palace of Edinburgh on the 11th. Queen Elizabeth II has inseparable family and historical ties with Scotland, the country that makes up the United Kingdom.This final return trip to London is inevitably steeped in politics: with the transfer of the monarchy, Scotland has once again raised its voice of independence.
The 2014 Scottish referendum on independence from the UK was rejected with half the votes and the current ruling Scottish National Party (SNP) supported another referendum after Brexit in 2016. Despite the political distance between Scotland and the London authorities, most Scots attribute the same value to the monarchy as the British and share a shared history. When news of the Queen’s ill health broke on the 8th, SNP leader and Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon first expressed concern. Sturgeon advocated secession from the United Kingdom but wanted to keep the monarchy. He tweeted: “Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth’s death is a time of deep sadness for the UK, the National Association and the world. The Queen’s life has been a life of extraordinary devotion and service.”
However, sporadic republican voices are still emerging at this time of monarchical power transfer and constitutional tension. On the front page of Scotland’s Herald on Sunday, next to a photo of the new King Charles III, the resounding headline: “Savior of the United Kingdom, or the Last King of Scotland?” Wherever she lives, she often wears a kilt, and even after her marriage to Princess Diana, she chose Balmoral for her honeymoon.
Charles III and Queen Camilla on the 12th received condolences in the upper and lower chambers of parliament, they told members of the public that her mother had taken an oath to serve the country and the people since she was a child, and she practiced it with “dedication. peerless. “” He set the example of selfless fulfillment of duty and, with God’s help and your advice, I am determined to follow his example faithfully. “Later, Charles III and Camilla went to Scotland to a traditional ceremony, where he met Sturgeon for the first time in time.
In addition to the shock that the Queen’s death brought to the UK, the continuation of the British Association was also put to the test. The Caribbean island nation of Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua and Barbuda) Prime Minister Browne (Gaston Browne) told British “ITV News” after a ceremony to confirm Charles III as head of state in the country on the 11th that the transformation into a republic has been “completed”. Independence to guarantee a last step towards becoming a truly sovereign state “, a referendum could be held in three years, but stressed that it would not be an” act of hostility “towards Great Britain and would not lead to the abandonment of the British Association.
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