Countdown to the coronation of Carlos IIIa historic ceremony that starts this Saturday in London and that could cost the British up to 100 million of pounds, according to estimates collected by ‘The Guardian’.

An exorbitant cost, at a critical moment for the country’s economy, which raises controversy in the United Kingdom, after also learning that the monarch’s fortune would amount to about 1,800 million, according to the same newspaper. Thus, according to one you gov survey held two weeks before the coronation, more than half of Britons would be against financing the ceremony with public money.

This, in a context in which the Support for the British monarchy is at a low historical, according to a recent survey by the National Center for Social Research cited by ‘Guardian‘. According to another YouGov poll for the ‘BBC‘, the majority of Britons – 58% – continue to prefer a king over an elected head of state, but among the youngest, support is reduced to 32%.

The colonial past of the monarchy, very present

It is not the only controversy surrounding the ceremony this Saturday, as the colonial past of the british monarchy will be very present, represented in the jewels of the scepter and the crowns that Carlos and the queen consort, Camilla, will wear, extracted from a south african diamond looted when the country was in the hands of the British.

In fact, Several countries are considering leaving the Commonwealth of Nations British, the Commonwealth, due to the reluctance of the United Kingdom to assume its responsibility for the atrocities committed during the colonial period, and they refuse to keep the new king as their head of state. Thus, Belize or Jamaica consider electing their own heads of state.

Precisely, organizations from a dozen countries have signed this week, on the eve of the coronation, a letter in which they urge Carlos III to “recognize the terrible impacts and legacy of genocide and colonization of indigenous and enslaved peoples”. In the letter, they call on the United Kingdom to extend a formal apology and initiate a process for the contemplation of reparations.

A coronation without the emeritus

Meanwhile, Felipe VI and Letizia travel to London this Friday to attend the coronation ceremonies, where the emeritus kings will not beso the image of the reunion that did leave the funeral of Elizabeth II will not be repeated.

For the ceremony, 2,200 invitations have been issued and among the attendees there will be around a hundred heads of stateincluding French President Emmanuel Macron and other monarchssuch as the King of the Netherlands Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima, or the Kings of Belgium, Felipe and Matilde, as well as Prince Albert of Monaco and Princess Charlene, among others.