King Charles' visit on Owain Glyndŵr day is 'insensitive to the point of insulting' says Michael Sheen!
Well to Michael Sheen I say. The Royals have no place in wales and quite frankly have never treated the welsh very well.
The Royals no longer have the power that they once did, and this example of Charles stomping all over welsh history further demonstrates how this colonialist structure exists in an era where it no longer belongs and is out of touch with the new world that we live in.
As well as marking the first official visit to Wales by the new King Charles III, Friday was also Owain Glyndŵr Day, he said. Owain Glyndŵr is one of Wales' most notable historical figures and is known throughout the nation as the last (self-proclaimed) native prince of Wales.
Every year, people gather in the town square in Corwen to mark Owain Glyndŵr Day on September 16 - the date on which Glyndŵr's proclamation took place in 1400. Usually, the event consists of a procession and wreath laying ceremony by the statue of Glyndŵr right at the heart of the town, before a service is carried out at a local church. But this year, part of the celebrations were canceled in the name of King Charles' visit to the Welsh capital.
Sheen said he was adding his voice to the many others who have noted the irony of celebrations for Owain Glyndwr's day being canceled because of the visit of an English monarch. He added: "I hope it's not a declaration of intent because that would be very concerning."
Sheen acknowledged the Queen's death as an "emotional era-defining period of time" and lamented the loss of "so much history and tradition" as well as great "sadness and grief". He offered his condolences to the Royal family and said: "For people who are proud of their Britishness, the queen is very much a symbol of that."
But then he continued by saying there was "more than one story in these isles". "There is more than one tradition, there is more than one history," he said.
He continued: "Today is a very important day as well because September 16 is the day that many people in Wales celebrate Owain Glyndŵr, who was the last native prince of Wales (self-proclaimed)...Owain Glyndŵr led a rebellion, which went on for 15 years but he was eventually crushed and that was the last time Wales had a native Prince of Wales."
It was King Edward I who began the tradition of creating the Prince of Wales by naming his own son Prince Edward Prince of Wales in a "sort of symbolic act of rebuke or punishment and humiliation", said Sheen. It was intended to "stop the Welsh nation developing and emerging which was the dream of Owain Glyndŵr", he added.
Owain Glyndŵr day and the King's visit are "obviously connected" according to Sheen, who said: "Because of course to choose September 16 to come to Wales having only a short time ago proclaimed that he had created his son William as the new Prince of Wales and to choose this day September 16 to come here as his first visit as King seems full of meaning."
If it had been chosen deliberately, "it seems insensitive to the point of insulting," Sheen said before continuing: "If it was done without realizing the significance of the date then one does wonder what being Prince of Wales for so long actually meant if you're not aware of what that day means."
From....https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/michael-sheen-king-charles-owain-25044976
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