'Charles' or 'skin rash'? - Maori MPs go off script while swearing oath to King

Credit: Sky News- Published on December 5, 2023
Maori politicians in New Zealand went off script during their swearing-in ceremony while pledging their allegiance to the King - sparking a debate over whether they called the monarch "Charles" or a "skin rash".

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