King Charles has officially proclaimed Great Britain’s new monarch on Saturday at a ceremony in St. James’s Palace in London. The former Prince of Wales ‘Has become lawfully and rightfully Lord of Britain and Commonwealth’ on September 10.
Charles, 73, succeeded his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, immediately after her death on Thursday but an Accession Council met on Saturday to formally proclaim his succession, with his son and heir Prince William, his wife Queen Consort Camilla, and Britain’s new prime minister, Liz Truss, among those who signed the proclamation.
What are Charles’s views about Islam?
The new King of Britain on various occasions has expressed his admiration for Islam.
“These are not arbitrary limits, they are the limits imposed by God and, as such, if my understanding of the Quran is correct, Muslims are commanded not to transgress them,” said Charles during a speech at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies in 2010.
“We share this planet with the rest of creation for a very good reason – and that is, we cannot exist on our own without the intricately balanced web of life around us. Islam has always taught this and to ignore that lesson is to default on our contract with Creation,” he added in the same speech.
He also criticised the publishing of Danish cartoons and urged everyone to respect others’ beliefs.
“The true mark of a civilised society is the respect it pays to minorities and to strangers … The recent ghastly strife and anger over the Danish cartoons show the danger that comes from our failure to listen and to respect what is precious and sacred to others,” he stated.
Charles has occasionally addressed “misunderstanding” about Islam in the West. “If there is much misunderstanding in the West about the nature of Islam, there is also much ignorance about the debt our own culture and civilisation owe to the Islamic world. It is a failure which stems, I think, from the straightjacket of history which we have inherited.”
Queen Elizabeth II passed away on Thursday after becoming increasingly frail over the past year. In her last year of life, the longest serving monarch in United Kingdom’s history missed many official engagements,many for the first time. In her stead, the then Prince of Wales, Charles, took over many of her duties.
