Gwynedd says no to new Prince of Wales – authority votes against another investiture, says title should be abolished
Gwynedd says no to new Prince of Wales – authority votes against another investiture, says title should be abolished
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Haven’t they already announced that there won’t be an official investiture for William?
So the council member Elfed Wyn ap Elwyn said “The people of Wales should be free to make our own choices and be free of any symbolic shackle placed upon us.” Fair enough. However, the council have then voted against the investiture without allowing the people of Wales to “make our own choices”.
If this was stipulated as something that would be pushed for when the council members were elected then fair enough – but if not then they should have put it to a referendum.
This doesn’t stop an investiture taking place elsewhere in Wales of course – if it is decided to have one in the future.
I reckon if it went to a vote, then they’d vote to keep it. And if that happened the Welsh Nationalists would blame it on English pensioner “immigrants”.
I mean even if you are going to have a Prince of Wales as the titular Head of State of Wales then you really should make it someone the people of Wales choose, not some random guy from West London.