{"id":359167,"date":"2025-08-20T10:17:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T10:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/359167\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T10:17:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T10:17:15","slug":"snp-msps-bid-to-drop-holyrood-oath-of-allegiance-to-king-charles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/359167\/","title":{"rendered":"SNP MSPs bid to drop Holyrood oath of allegiance to King Charles"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n The motion, submitted by Kevin Stewart, SNP<\/a> MSP for Aberdeen<\/a> Central, states that MSPs should “pledge allegiance to the people of Scotland and not an unelected monarch”.\n<\/p>\n

\n Stewart filed the motion after the government and opposition in Grenada joined forces to drop the oath of allegiance<\/a>, amid growing calls to remove the monarch as the Caribbean island’s head of state.\n<\/p>\n

\n King Charles visited Holyrood in September 2024, where he met with the leaders of Scotland’s political parties (Image: Jane Barlow\/PA Wire) The Grenadian government said earlier this month\u00a0that the parliament had agreed bills to amend the country’s constitution in “a commendable display of national unity”.\n<\/p>\n

\n The change will remove the words “His Majesty King Charles the Third, His Heirs and Successors” from the pledge of allegiance and replace them with “Grenada”.\n<\/p>\n

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\n The full text of Stewart’s motion reads: “That the Parliament commends Grenada\u2019s reported decision to drop the oath of allegiance to the British crown and replace it with a pledge of allegiance to Grenada; recognises that the people of Scotland are sovereign, and believes that Scotland\u2019s Parliament should have the power to follow Grenada\u2019s lead and have its members pledge allegiance to the people of Scotland and not an unelected monarch.”\n<\/p>\n

\n The motion has been supported by SNP MSPs Karen Adam, Colin Beattie, James Dornan and Bill Kidd, as well as Scottish Labour<\/a> MSP Mercedes Villalba.\n<\/p>\n

\n Sharing the motion on social media, Stewart said: “Grenada has decided to drop the oath of allegiance to the king, isn\u2019t it time that Scotland followed their lead?\n<\/p>\n

\n “I\u2019ve lodged a Scottish Parliament calling for us to have the power to have MSPs pledge their allegiance to the people of Scotland and not the British crown.”\n<\/p>\n

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\n Grenada has decided to drop the oath of allegiance to the king, isn\u2019t it time that Scotland followed their lead?<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve lodged a Scottish Parliament calling for us to have the power to have MSPs pledge their allegiance to the people of Scotland and not the British crown. pic.twitter.com\/fozyQVgYFY<\/a>\n <\/p>\n

\u2014 Kevin Stewart SNP (@KevinStewartSNP) August 19, 2025<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n In Holyrood<\/a>, MSPs are required to pledge their \u201ctrue allegiance\u201d to the monarch.\n<\/p>\n

\n The last time this happened \u2013 following the 2021 election \u2013 then-SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon<\/a> prefaced her comments as such: \u201cThe Scottish National Party pledges loyalty to the people of Scotland, in line with the Scottish constitutional tradition of the sovereignty of the people.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n Meanwhile, Scottish Greens<\/a> co-leader Patrick Harvie<\/a> said: \u201cOn behalf of the Scottish Green Party, I would like to reassert that our allegiance lies with the people of Scotland, who elected this parliament and who are sovereign, and that we look forward to the day when they can choose their own elected head of state.\u201d\n<\/p>\n