That was the question I asked myself of the English royal who abandoned family and followed the coattail of an entitled American wife who cut him off from crown and home, and they became homeless. Harry was on a humiliating third row wearing a regular suit when his brother William was on the front row and playing a role. Harry was a bystander and spectator in his family day of glory. All because Meghan complained royalty was racist and did not treat her with respect. Harry collapsed rather than fight for his right in the home. He looked like a dud of a man at the ceremony. If royals were nasty, why did he not fight from within, and enlist the world? Rather he left the palace to its own infamy. Now, his children may not forgive him and Meghan for cutting them away from what might have been their rights. I am not a royalist, but a person must stand and fight from within. It is better to be a Gorbachev and wait for the moment to change things. It might not be him, but his son. Or it might even be William if he put much heat on his brother.
The other thing that struck one was the lie that British told themselves that, somehow, King Charles is a divine king. We have forgotten the era of the divine rights of kings. Even then, we saw slaughter in Europe that saw monarchs as neither divine nor kings. The evocation of scripture, application of anointing oil and wearing of the crown have no place in Christian doctrine. It belonged to the Old Testament, and every Christian is now king and priest. Christians cannot have a man anointed as king over them by another priest. It is subversion. There was no king in the New Testament, except Jesus. I enjoyed the spectacle and solemn grandeur. I hope the new king will look at the reparations agitation and pay Africa what they owe us for making them a wealthy empire and America great.
For us Nigerians, no one gave a prophecy that the day would not come. Or that the army would truncate the process. It happened in the past, though, in the days of King George IV, who said his wife Caroline, should not be allowed to appear in his investiture. He accused her of many offences, including adultery, but she made it and became queen. And she was popular with the people. So, Nigerian naysayers, take note.
NB: Sam Omatseye is a respected columnist with The Nation Newspaper.
