John Oliver, known for his investigative journalism with a comic touch, while participating in the activity, broadcast a highly incisive episode on the function of the British monarchy and reminded the audience of their involvement in colonialism and the slave trade.
Oliver explained that he started the blows by saying, “In the UK, the argument has been that, in the aftermath of the Queen’s death, this was not the time to criticize her or the monarchy in general. That would be impolite.” “But two months have passed since then, and Charles is king now.”
Keep criticizing Queen Elizabeth II’Serious Silence arguing that her “inclination toward silence—she didn’t really know what she thought of anything,” would excuse her from explaining whatever was going on.
Oliver questioned the functions of kings
While trying to explain why a king was needed, he compared them to Mickey and Minnie Mouse “Think of royals like Mickey and Minnie at Disneyland—they don’t run the rides, but they’re mascots for the whole operation, and people kind of like having their pictures taken with them,”
He also talked about the money it costs to support the royal family
He later explained that the crown’s function is to “focus on national identity, unity and pride” which “gives a sense of stability and continuity”.
“But this comes at a price,” he stated, which will cost a total of $100 million ($117 million).
Oliver also compared them to an appendix
He hit hard and said the royals were “like a human appendage. We evolved long in the past and we need it and there’s a compelling reason to surgically remove it.”
Kenya colonization
He went on to speak of the Crown’s colonial efforts as “one of the most brutal acts ever committed by the British” when they tortured or maimed nearly 90,000 Kenyans when they took over their land while also managing to detain 160,000 in barbed wire camps.
“We don’t know what the Queen knew — what she is briefed on is kept secret, very conveniently — but we do know what has been done in her name, by her government, that if you are a symbol of a country, you represent what it does.”
Britain’s involvement in the slave trade
He later went on to tell how the royal family was a direct descendant of the Duke of York and had a great deal of involvement in the slave trade, putting brands on ointments that were sent all over the world, including the United States.
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