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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Caroline Davies

Is King Charles a ‘white Briton’? Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe won’t say

Prince Philip and Prince Charles smile and laugh while talking closely at a public event
The then Prince Charles with his father, Prince Philip, in 2016. Philip was born in Greece. Photograph: Mark Cuthbert/UK Press/Getty Images

Rupert Lowe, the leader of Restore Britain, refused to say he believes King Charles can be classified as a “white Briton” in an extraordinary interview on the BBC’s Today programme.

Questioning Lowe, the MP for Great Yarmouth, over his claims that “white Britons will become a minority by 2063”, the presenter, Nick Robinson, noted that the forecast Lowe referred to defined a “white Briton” as someone whose parents were both born in the UK.

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