In a special documentary - My King, My Country? - airing at 8pm tonight, SkyNewsNiall travels across the nation to find out what people think about the future of the monarchy
I travelled to Edinburgh to speak to Tommy Sheppard, an SNP MP and prominent republican north of Gretna Green. In something of an irony, his constituency has not one but three royal palaces within it.
For Kehinde Andrews, Professor of Black Studies at Birmingham City University, there is an almost visceral dislike of both the institution and its figureheads. "What that does psychically, what that does emotionally, is to put whiteness on a pedestal. That's the role. So if you're serious about it, you have to say we have to abandon this role."King Charles III and the Queen Consort in the Blue Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace, London. Pic: Hugo BurnandYet for every Graham, Tommy and Kehinde, the clear majority of those who spoke to me around the country were far more positive about the monarchy as an institution.
"Well, you take people as you find them," purrs Kathy."You know, princes are supposed to be charming and he is charming. It's a similar tale in my own part of the world, where Charles's saving of Dumfries House has been warmly welcomed by locals .
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