King Charles III became the new head of state after Queen Elizabeth II died. Changes have led to renewed scrutiny of the monarchy's history.
John Oliver broke down everything from the amount of money the monarchy costs UK taxpayers to the Royal Family's past connections to slavery during the latest episode of Last Week Tonight.
John Oliver pushed back against the idea that the monarchy is symbolic before discussing the countries looking to leave the Commonwealth.
The Royal Family says that these countries are free to leave if they so choose, but they don't think about why they might want to do that. They've worked hard to be seen as a symbol, but never took responsibility for what that symbol excused. The calls for true apology and compensation were ignored.
Oliver pointed out that Sky edited out jokes about Queen Elizabeth II in a previous episode of Last Week Tonight in the UK.
He wanted to know if this segment would air on Sky TV in Britain. I'm not sure. Maybe it isn't. They may want to think about why if they cut it out for being disrespectful. Why they and everyone else are working so hard not to offend a family whose name was branded into people's skin and who sit atop a pile of stolen wealth. If there is an answer to that, I want to hear it.
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