young Brits aren’t fanatical about the monarchy

Saturday, September 10, many people were gathered in front of Buckingham Palace. If all generations were present, the presence of young people was particularly noticed. “Many young people who, since Thursday, have been telling us, Queen Elizabeth was like a grandmother, a reassuring and comforting presence. They have only known her since they were born. Will the new sovereign Charles III will win the same membership?”, wonders Stéphanie Perez, live from London. Because of all the British, the youngest are the least favorable to the monarchy. However, they crowd in numbers around Buckingham Palace on Saturday afternoon. Rather than a dated concept, for these, the monarchy is above all an object of national pride: “It makes us unique, it gives us values ​​in which we can believe and differentiate us from other countries.”

The emotion aroused by the death of Elizabeth II still does not manage to eclipse a basic trend. 41% of Britons aged 18-25 would prefer to have an elected head of state. A figure constantly increasing, according to a survey renewed each year, which reflects the gap between the concerns of new generations and royal pomp. “When there is an increase in precariousness and inequality, and there is a family that owns such a percentage of land in the country, I tell myself that it could be better used”, explains one of them. Most struggle to define themselves as monarchists or republicans. The neutrality of the new monarch is perhaps the best argument to convince young people who are losing interest in political life.