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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Archie Mitchell

BBC slammed over Chinese-made wristbands for Royals at King’s coronation concert

via REUTERS

A row has erupted over Chinese-made wristbands given out at the concert at Windsor Castle celebrating the coronation of King Charles III. The BBC, which organised the event, came under fire for buying the light-emitting wristbands because of China’s woeful human rights record and the ongoing Uyghur genocide.

Sir Iain Duncan Smith said the wristbands should not have been bought from a country “guilty of genocide and slave labour”.

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