The King is recycling a chair used by King George VI for his Coronation
where people watching the Coronation will be invited to join a "chorus of millions" in the first Homage of the People.
However, this has been described as "offensive, tone deaf and a gesture that holds the people in contempt" by a campaign group. "This kind of nonsense should have died with Elizabeth I, not outlived Elizabeth II," said Republic spokesman Graham Smith. More than 200,000 seed packets will be sent to state-funded primary schools, under the scheme run by the Eden Project and the Department of Education.
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