Following Buckingham Palace’s announcement earlier this week that King Charles would not be issuing a message this year, the Royal Family shared a social media post celebrating Easter Sunday.
Social media users and clerics had criticized the royal family over their decision not to deliver a message to Christians on their religious holiday, especially after King Charles had delivered messages to Muslims on Ramadan and Eid.
On Sunday, the office of the monarch issued a greeting for the public to mark Easter.
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“Wishing a joyous Easter Sunday to Christians celebrating in the UK, the Commonwealth and around the world today.”
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However, many Britons were not still not satisfied as they had all expected the King to personally deliver a message.
The British monarch is traditionally the Supreme Governor of the Church of England and “defender of the faith”.
RT reports: On Thursday, GB News quoted a Buckingham Palace representative as saying that King Charles would not issue an Easter message.
The announcement drew criticism from social media users, many of whom described the king’s Easter silence as “disappointing.”
“We are hurting as a nation, we needed a message of Easter hope,” one user wrote.
Some critics took issue with the fact that, in February, the Royal family posted a message on its social media accounts marking the beginning of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar.
“Wishing all Muslims in the UK, the Commonwealth and around the world a blessed and peaceful Ramadan,” the greeting read.
In March, as Muslims around the world celebrated Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the month-long fast, Buckingham Palace also published a post reading, “Eid Mubarak to Muslims celebrating in the UK and around the world.”
Several British Christian clerics criticized the Royal family’s initial refusal to do the same for the country’s largest religious community.
Gavin Ashenden, a former chaplain to the late Queen Elizabeth II, issued a statement in which he suggested that the King’s silence gave his subjects the impression that the monarch “is more sympathetic to Islam.” He added that this was particularly disheartening at a time when “Christianity throughout the West – but particularly in this country, and Anglicanism above all – is beginning to sink into decay.”
Bishop Ceirion H. Dewar similarly wrote on X that the Royal family’s silence on Easter was a “grave disappointment.”
On Sunday, the Royal family ultimately released a short message to wish “a joyous Easter Sunday to Christians celebrating in the UK, the Commonwealth and around the world.”
