The coronation of King Charles III will take place at Westminster Abbey on May 6 this year, and Buckingham Palace recently invited some famous local singers to sing on stage for the coronation. But according to the US media "Page Six" reported on March 2, many big-name stars, including Adele, Elton John, Harry Styles, Spice Girls and Robbie Williams, have rejected this opportunity to perform, which makes King Charles very embarrassed.
Page Six quoted Rolling Stone magazine as reporting that all but 75-year-old pianist John, who revealed that he could not attend the coronation due to scheduling problems, declined to respond to their requests for comment.
Industry insider Simon Jones believes that this is not unrelated to the scandals of the royal family in recent years, and no one wants to perform for them, because any performance has to consider the consequences, including whether it will be opposed by fans.
Meg, the head of another well-known music company, also said that for the already famous stars such as Adele and Styles, it was not good to "ally" with 74-year-old Charles at this time, "Although his mother Elizabeth II is charming, he has not added any legacy to the royal family." ”
According to the report, due to the negative image of some royals in recent years, coupled with the death of the queen, many stars want to distance themselves from the royal family.
Among them, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's successive revelations about the royal family have made the royal family lose a lot of good feelings, whether it is "William's irritability" or "Kate's indifference", or "Charles's selfishness" or "Camilla's evil", all of which let people see some of the shortcomings of the monarchy.
And the recent series of operations by King Charles is even more shocking, he first expelled Harry and Meghan from the Frogmore cottage that the Queen gave them, and then gave the house to his second brother, Prince Andrew, but in fact, let Andrew move out of Windsor Castle in disguise.
However, Harry and Meghan have already settled in the United States, and they have no plans to return to the UK to live, so it doesn't matter if the cottage is taken away by Charles, but Andrew is very unwilling, after all, it is difficult for anyone to accept letting a person move from a royal estate with 30 bedrooms to a cottage with only 5 bedrooms, let alone the 63-year-old Duke of York.
So there is news that the Duke of York is ready to fight the king to the end, and in any case, he will not move out of Windsor Castle.
(Frogmore Cottage)
Charles's move is also considered to be contrary to the original intention of the late Queen, who is said to have wanted Andrew to stay at Windsor Manor while Harry could still live in Frogmore Cottage. But after all, "one mountain does not allow two tigers", which is also a common thing in the power struggle of successive dynasties, so some experts believe that it is a small matter to drive Harry out, and to drive Andrew out is a big thing, which is the ultimate goal of the king.
Royal expert and historian Dr. Tessa Dunlop said in an interview with The Mirror that "the late Queen worked hard to keep Prince Harry, and she was also tolerant of Andrew", "but Charles, in order to consolidate his rule, undermined these efforts by confusing the issue of Harry and Andrew through Frogmore Cottage, which is very bad." ”
Tessa believes that from an international point of view, Charles's move has weakened the monarchy, adding: "In fact, our king is more concerned with his brother who has fallen out of favor than with his son and foreign daughter-in-law."
What Tessa said also makes some sense, and now the influence of the British royal family is indeed not as good as before. Then again, it is not only the aforementioned music stars who "snubbed" the British royal family, but also some political figures.
Recently, an unnamed White House official told Time magazine that their president, Joe Biden, should not attend King Charles' coronation, but will send a delegation to attend in his place.
A few days before the coronation, at the end of April, US President Joe Biden had other arrangements for him to travel to Ireland for a six-day visit, according to the Irish Mirror.
Source: Page Six, Bing