After plans to spend £8 million to hang a picture of King Charles in Scottish public buildings including courts and schools were revealed, The…
, after the UK Government reportedly asked the Scottish Government for an “exhaustive” list of buildings that would qualify for a portrait.
First Minister Humza Yousaf said at an event in Glasgow on Monday:"I just think that it is not the appropriate use of public money from the UK Government, to demand that we spend time and effort giving them details of every single school, I think they asked for, so on and so forth." Scottish Ministers have since responded formally to the Deputy Prime Minister’s request making clear that it would fall to UK officials to undertake work on portraits of the King.' constitution spokesperson, told The Telegraph that it would be"petty" if the plans were to be blocked.
He said: “It has always been entirely normal for schools, hospitals and government offices to have a picture of the monarch. And no one is being forced to take one, they’re simply being given the option.”“Portraits in this day and age … we’re not living in the 1800s anymore,” he said incredulously.
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