"Is King Charles III a Foreigner Too?" Controversy Erupts Over Far-Right Party Leader's "Ethnic Classification" Criteria in UK

"White Britons Will Be a Minority by 2063"


King Charles III's Father, Prince Philip, Was a Greek Prince

A controversy has arisen over the classification standard for a "White Briton" set by Rupert Lowe, leader of the newly established far-right British party, the British Reclaim Party.

King Charles III of the United Kingdom. The Asia Business Daily DB

On August 7 (local time), appearing on the BBC's "Today" program, Lowe cited a report released last year by Matt Goodwin, a senior fellow at the University of Buckingham affiliated with Reform UK, asserting, "Britain is becoming Islamized," and adding, "It is true that, at the current pace, White Britons will become a minority by 2063."

Lowe is a politician who left Reform UK, the right-wing party leading in polls, to establish the British Reclaim Party. The report he referenced projects that White Britons will become a minority in the United Kingdom by 2063, and by 2079, "foreign-born individuals and their direct descendants" will constitute the majority.

According to Professor Goodwin, the analysis is based on data from the Office for National Statistics in the United Kingdom. The Office for National Statistics is known to have collected data by subdividing racial and ethnic groups through self-identification, including "White English/Scottish/Welsh/Northern Irish," "White Irish," and "Other White."

The BBC Today host asked Lowe whether he thought King Charles III of the United Kingdom—whose father was foreign-born—should be considered a "White Briton." King Charles III’s father, Prince Philip, was born a royal in Corfu, Greece, and held the titles "Prince of Greece and Denmark." He became a British citizen upon marrying Queen Elizabeth II, who was then the heir apparent, in 1947.

Lowe dodged a direct answer, stating that "interpretations vary depending on the individual," and there is growing controversy over his refusal to classify King Charles III as a "White Briton."

The Daily Telegraph pointed out, "According to Rupert Lowe’s classification, the list of those who would not be considered British includes Winston Churchill, George Orwell, Harry Kane, Queen Victoria, and J.R.R. Tolkien."

In fact, former Prime Minister Churchill’s mother was American and he himself was born in New York to American parents. The parents of George Orwell, the author of "Animal Farm," were British, but Orwell was born in India. England football star Harry Kane’s father is an Irishman who immigrated to the United Kingdom, and Queen Victoria's mother was German. Additionally, "The Lord of the Rings" author Tolkien was born in South Africa to British parents.

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