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Princess Dianaās former private secretary has made it clear he wonāt be taking King Charles IIIās pledge of allegiance.
The public has been invited toĀ ācry out and swear allegianceāĀ to the KingĀ during his coronation on Saturday.
During the ceremony, Archbishop Justin Welby will call upon āall persons of goodwill in The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and of the other Realms and the Territories to make their homage, in heart and voice, to their undoubted King, defender of allā.
The order of service on May 6 reads: āAll who so desire, in the Abbey, and elsewhere, say together: All: I swear that I will pay true allegiance to Your Majesty, and to your heirs and successors according to law. So help me God.ā
But, despite a link to the monarchy, Patrick Jephsen has refused to take the pledge.
Appearing on Tuesdayās Good Morning Britain, he told Richard Madeley and Susanna Reid: āItās not a personal thing Richard, it just feels to me unBritish.ā
The public has been invited toĀ ācry out and swear allegianceāĀ to the KingĀ during his coronation (Picture: TOBY MELVILLE / POOL / AFP)
Princess Dianaās former private secretary has made it clear he wonāt be takingthe oath (Picture: Anwar Hussein/Getty Images)
āI agree with you,ā added Richard.
Patrick continued: āIt feels divisive, from now on, āDid you take it? Didnāt you?ā Immediately weāre on a divided foot.
āItās not really very unified.ā
āItās also a bit embarrassing, isnāt it?ā Richard said, adding: āTo sit in your lounge and say to the telly.ā
Patrick went on to explain: āThere are already thousands of people who serve the Crown without having to take any fancy oath of allegiance, they just get on with it.ā
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Patrick Jephsen explained why he wonāt be taking the āunBritishā oath (Picture: ITV)
āItās also a bit embarrassing,ā Richard Madeley agreed (Picture: ITV)
āWe donāt need people to tell us, āYouāve got to say thisā.ā
Patrick elsewhere spoke about having āmixed feelingsā about Camillaās role in the event.
He said: āI havenāt got anything personally against Camilla, Iām sure she does the best she can in the circumstances she finds herself in, my concern, and it is rather more to do wth relations within the monarchy and the media, if you look back at the history of Camillaās royal career, sadly it is buried in very unhappy roots, I know that better than anybody probably.ā
Patrick elsewhere said the late Queen had been āmisledā about Camilla (Picture: Chris Jackson-WPA Pool/Getty Images)
He continued: āI lived with her, because working for Princess Diana, of course you knew about Camilla and the effect Camillaās existence had on Princess Diana.ā
āWhat concerns me more, is the way in which, in order to reinvent Camilla, no longer the secret mistress, no longer Mrs Parker-Bowles, but her Majesty, the Queen, thatās a heck of a journey,ā Patrick added.
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He went on to say the late monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, had been āmisledā, saying: āI think the late Queen, like the rest of us has been, rather innocently misled about what Camilla was and about what she would be called and what her future role was going to be.
āIf you look at the history of it, it is a history of no doubt benign but very effective halve-truths.ā
Good Morning Britain airs weekdays from 6am on ITV1.
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