The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime should be barred from the coronation of King Charles III, British parliamentarians who have been sanctioned by Beijing have argued.
Charles, who became king after the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022, will be formally crowned alongside his wife at a ceremony to be held at Westminster Abbey on May 6.
Leaders and representatives of foreign states are customarily invited to attend the ceremony, but some British lawmakers have warned that China’s attendance would be unacceptable due to the regime’s crimes against humanity and the threat it poses to the UK.
Conservative Party MP Sir Iain Duncan Smith speaks in the chamber of the House of Commons, Westminster, London on Oct. 18, 2021. (House of Commons/PA Media)
Sir Iain Duncan Smith, a senior Conservative MP who was sanctioned by Beijing in 2021 for speaking out against the CCP’s abuse of Uyghur Muslims, told The Telegraph: “I object to it personally, because I’m sanctioned by them and I think they’re guilty of genocide and a whole litany of crimes against humanity.”…