Friday, 22 Nov 2024

POLL: Should King Charles ban royal hunts?

Members of the Royal Family regularly enjoy hunting but some have said the tradition conflicts with King Charles’s passion for the environment, calling for him to stop the practice.

There was speculation that keen conservationist Charles would end the tradition when he ascended the throne, but the royals have continued hunting on their country estates.

During their upcoming stay at Balmoral this summer, members of the Firm will go out grouse hunting, with the King and Prince William sharing the pastime with Prince George for the past few years.

Royal expert Cristo Foufas believes that it will be the Prince of Wales who will bring an end to the practice. Host of the MAJESTEA podcast said earlier this month: “I think [hunting] will be fazed out, I really do think that will be fazed out at some point soon. I do, because I think that you can’t have conservation or nature being on the one hand and hunting on the other.

“Although some are bred to be hunted like grouse, stuff like that, so it’s not as simple as him going out and shooting endangered species but I do wonder how he’ll reconcile that moving forward.”

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Prince Harry was previously a keen hunter alongside his family but gave up the tradition after marrying Meghan Markle, as she reportedly doesn’t like it.

Royal author Pauline Maclaran told Express.co.uk that she doubts the Royal Family will follow Harry and faze out the tradition.

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She explained: “I think they will have to carefully navigate this potential conflict between conservation of nature and the hunting of animals.

“I doubt if hunting will be fazed out by the royals as it is very much a part of their lifestyle. However, they are likely to downplay their role in this sport and try to minimise the attention they receive when engaged in it.”

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