Royal Maundy Service in Wales: Tradition Meets Controversy

0:00It's April 2nd. This is entertainment and celebrity news today, driven by AI, what everyone's talking about. King Charles and Queen Camilla hit St. Asaf Cathedral in North Wales today for the Royal Monde Service. This marks the first time in over 40 years the events touched down in the principality, only the second ever on Welsh soil since 1982. His Majesty hands out Monde money to 154 recipients, 77 men and 77 women from Welsh dioceses and nearby. English ones. Each gets two purses from the King himself, the white one packed with 77 silver pennies to match his age, the red holding a five pound coin. For Queen Elizabeth II's birth centenary and a 50 pence piece celebrating 50 years of the King's trust. The tradition stretches back to 1210 under King John, linked to Monde Thursday and Christ last supper. Since the 15th century, recipients massed the sovereign's age, honoring folks for Christian

1:00service and community impact. But tension bubbled up this morning when anti-monarchy folks graffitied, not our King, and bold red across the Cathedral Wall. Staff scrambled to scrub it and draped the tarp all in over the spot before the royals rolled in. With Welsh composed music filling the air and the processional cross of whales leading the way, the ceremony presses on, blending deep royal roots with. Bays, raw debates.