{"id":86618,"date":"2026-03-19T16:28:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T16:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=86618"},"modified":"2026-03-19T16:28:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T16:28:48","slug":"king-speech-sparks-backlash-as-monarch-avoids-mentioning-christian-persecution-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/03\/19\/king-speech-sparks-backlash-as-monarch-avoids-mentioning-christian-persecution-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"King speech sparks backlash as monarch avoids mentioning Christian persecution in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1YW0dY.img?w=534&amp;h=343&amp;m=6&amp;x=342&amp;y=0&amp;s=76&amp;d=68\" alt=\"King Charles | Source: GETTY\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A diplomatic row erupted on social media tonight following King Charles III\u2019s speech at a State Banquet hosted for Nigerian President Bola Tinubu at Windsor Castle.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/world\/king-speech-sparks-backlash-as-monarch-avoids-mentioning-christian-persecution-in-nigeria\/ar-AA1YW4VC?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&amp;cvid=224c73fcf56b4309aaeb437bad4bc9f4&amp;cvpid=69bc22fbc6614b5994cf4ad62b206ff4&amp;ei=30\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>A diplomatic row erupted on social media tonight following King Charles III\u2019s speech at a State Banquet hosted for Nigerian President Bola&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":86619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-86618","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Tinunbu-and-Charles.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86618"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86620,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86618\/revisions\/86620"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}