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Liz Scarlett

British politician lands himself in trouble for sharing Rainbow's Kill The King on social media days after the coronation

Ronnie James Dio of Rainbow

A Welsh politician has upset royalists after sharing a link to Rainbow's 1978 track Kill The King on Facebook, five days after the coronation of King Charles III.

Dave Jones, a Labour Party Councillor and an elected member of the local authority of Conwy county, North Wales, angered some of his constituents with the post, which includes the lyrics "Kill the King, Tear Him Down, Kill the King, yeah, Strike him Down." The post was then shared on Twitter by an aggrieved constituent, who tagged Labour leader Keir Starmer in the tweet.

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