By Staff
January 30th, 2025
BURLINGTON, ON
Perry Bowker loves that Canada is a Constitutional Monarchy and he wants the country to give King Charles III, the respect he deserves.
In a note he sent the federal government, he asked:
Overweight dork.
Scrambled eggs all over his chest
Dear Canada Ministry of Culture/Canadian Identity/Monarchy and the Crown:
Could we please have a proper official portrait of the King?
The current “official” portrait makes him look like an overweight dork! This official one in the UK is not bad. But all the scrambled eggs regalia is so 19th Century. We are a modern, diverse country!
King Charles III – a relatable human being.
King Charles III – Head of the Commonwealth
I prefer one that makes him look like a relatable human being, Head of the Commonwealth.
Please save our country from further embarrassment and change the official portrait.
Perry Bowker is an active member of the Lions service group; he lives in Burlington.
I do consider myself a visual Monarchist, I like the idea of having a ceremonial head-of-state with all its pomp and pageantry, but is that where we should draw the line, Mackenzie King 1940 signed the ‘Ogdensburg Agreement’ in New York that promised Canada could keep its nation status as long as it fulfilled certain obligations and the joint board of that agreement still meets today; The British Empire can no longer protect Canada and will never intervene in any domestic parliamentary disputes; an article by Andrew Potter: ‘Sovereignty is a verb’ states that ‘Somewhere along the line, Canadians decided their independence was something they had by right, not something that was fought and paid for at a very dear cost’.
https://www.readtheline.ca/p/andrew-potter-sovereignty-is-a-verb?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
King George III LOL
He died almost 200 years ago. Some (not me) might say King Charles III’s present like he has rigor mortis.
Editor’s note: It was a mistake – we corrected it. On 30 January, 1649 he was taken to a large black scaffold constructed in front of the Banqueting House, where he was to be executed.
Charles gave a few last words to Juxon, claiming an “incorruptible crown” for himself in Heaven, and put his head on the block. He waited a few moments, and after giving a signal that he was ready, the anonymous executioner beheaded Charles with a single blow and held Charles’s head up to the crowd silently, dropping it into the swarm of soldiers soon after.
Editor, you are describing the demise of Charles I. Not sure why? You had mistakenly referenced George III
It was an error that was corrected. Long Live the King!
And change King George III to King Charles III please.