A new series of anti-monarchy billboards have been posted in Wales and starkly features the Prince of Wales with their messaging.
The billboards feature Prince Charles’s face with the caption: “Nad oes angen tywysog ar Gymru,” or “Wales doesn’t need a prince.” They are currently on display in Aberdare, Cardiff and Swansea.
The anti-monarchy group Republic is behind the billboards. They raised £25,000 in a crowdfunding campaign to put up posters around the United Kingdom to adervtise their campaign to bring the Monarchy to an end. The campaign is entitled ‘#EndtheMonarchy.’
At the time of billboards being displayed in places including Portsmouth, Birmingham, Stoke-on-Trent, Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle, Glasgow and Aberdeen earlier this summer, Republic’s CEO, Graham Smith, said: “We have been campaigning for the abolition of the monarchy for a long time, but now we are at a crossroads. As the Queen’s reign draws to an end, it is time to demand a say in who should be our head of state.
“The royals are on a collision course with British values. The 2020s should be the decade when we finally get to decide who we have as our elected head of state.”
However, the Conservative leader in Wales, Andrew RT Davies, told MailOnline, “As the Western Mail/Beaufort Research poll showed earlier this year, 70 per cent of people in Wales want to see Prince William made the Prince of Wales when the current Prince of Wales becomes King.
“The Royal Family are extremely popular in Wales, and that is because their presence provides guaranteed stability in the UK, and they are fantastic ambassadors for this country. This is a fringe movement, totally divorced from the people’s priorities and opinion.”
Republic has campaigned since the 1980s for the abolish of monarchy and the establishment of an elected head-of-state for the UK.
