Sometimes there's only one way to take the temperature of a nation,

and that's to get out there and stick your metaphorical thermometer wherever you can.

So that's exactly what I've been doing.

In the weeks leading up to Charles Coronation,

I left the cozy confines of the podcast studio and travelled the length of the country,

all an attempt to gauge the resilience

of the monarchy's popularity.

The reason, well, with the death of Charles' mother and the end of the second Elizabethan

age, it does feel like the House of Windsor is at something of a crossroads, or perhaps the edge of a cliff.

No one would argue that Charles possesses even close to the affection enjoyed by the late Queen.

And so there is now a debate, a genuine debate, over the family's relevance in the 21st century.

And I went to listen.

I'm Neil Patterson, and this is the Sky News Daily.

I take it you've come here to see Charles today. Yes. So what do you think of the man? I think he's doing a good job.

It doesn't matter who he is. It's the fact that we have a monarchy. There's a group over there called Republic. And I started my journey in York at the cathedral there called York Minster, in fact. Charles and Camilla arrived in blazing sunshine for the Monday Thursday service. Part of our heritage and our history. And thousands were there to meet them. If you choose to be here, he is the king of this country and if you choose to be here, then that's what you've chosen to be part of if you don't like it there are always options we live in a free world i don't like football so i don't

go going to be protesting out the coronation in london on may 6th come down and join us but of course

not everyone is a fan a small group of protesters gathered with placards reading, Not My King. This is the anti-monarchy

group Republic. Their CEO is Graham Smith. Well, I've always been opposed to the monarchy. I remember

I was 12 years old the year that Andrew and Sarah Ferguson got married and I objected to the idea

of having to sit in the classroom and watch the wedding. And as I got older it, it just made more and more sense that this is not appropriate in the democratic society.

Charles needs to pay his inheritance tax.

He needs to stop protecting his brother.

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