The Daily Mail has said that supporters of Welsh independence will use the accession of King Charles to "pile on the pressure" to break up the UK.
In the paper's editorial comment on September 13, it said that the death of the Queen was a "moment of peril" and that those "who want for coarse political reasons to splinter this country will be re-energised". It went on to say that: "Separatists in Scotland and Wales will seek to exploit the fact there is a relative novice on the throne to pile on the pressure for independence. Nationalists in Northern Ireland will clamour more loudly for Irish reunification."
The decision of Charles to gift William the title of Prince of Wales with no consultation within Wales has led to a debate about what the future of the title should be. A petition to end the use of the title has gained almost 20,000 signatures.
