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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Harriet Sherwood

Charles would find oath of loyalty ‘abhorrent’, says Jonathan Dimbleby

King Charles III
Dimbleby has been a close friend of Charles for about 30 years and is likely to have been speaking with the king’s approval. Photograph: MD/Newspix International

King Charles would find the idea of people paying homage to him “abhorrent”, his friend Jonathan Dimbleby has said while seeking to pin the blame for the proposal on the archbishop of Canterbury.

There has been a widespread backlash against the idea of a “homage of the people”, in which the general public is invited to swear allegiance to the king during the coronation on Saturday.

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