Anti-monarchy group holds rally in London ahead of anniversary of king’s coronation

A 15ft dinosaur called “Chuck the Rex” was the centrepiece of a rally calling for the abolition of the monarchy ahead of the first anniversary of King Charles’s coronation.About 100 people attended Sunday’s rally in Trafalgar Square in central London, which was organised by the campaign group Republic, alongside parallel events in Edinburgh and Cardiff.

Graham Smith, the chief executive of Republic, said the group had brought the enormous puppet dinosaur to represent the anachronism of monarchy. “The fossilised remains should be in a museum where we can have a look at it and then we can enjoy actually living in a modern democracy,” he said.for taking part in a pre-agreed protest on the day of the coronation.

He continued: “We want a constitution and a system and a democracy that actually celebrates our very best principles and values. This won’t just be a matter of principle, it will change the way we govern ourselves and therefore change the society and the way that we see ourselves, not as subjects but as citizens.”

Smith told the Guardian that the first year of Charles’s reign had seen a surge in interest in the idea of abolishing the monarchy. “We have grown enormously in the last 12 months, we’ve got more money, more members, more activists. There’s no way we could have organised this two years ago. Charles is not the queen . I mean, the queen was the monarchy for a lot of people.

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