A BID to drop the oath of allegiance to King Charles in Holyrood has been lodged by an MSP.
The motion, submitted by Kevin Stewart, SNP MSP for Aberdeen Central, states that MSPs should "pledge allegiance to the people of Scotland and not an unelected monarch".
Stewart filed the motion after the government and opposition in Grenada joined forces to drop the oath of allegiance, amid growing calls to remove the monarch as the Caribbean island's head of state.
The change will remove the words "His Majesty King Charles the Third, His Heirs and Successors" from the pledge of allegiance and replace them with "Grenada".
The full text of Stewart's motion reads: "That the Parliament commends Grenada’s reported decision to drop the oath of allegiance to the British crown and replace it with a pledge of allegiance to Grenada; recognises that the people of Scotland are sovereign, and believes that Scotland’s Parliament should have the power to follow Grenada’s lead and have its members pledge allegiance to the people of Scotland and not an unelected monarch."
The motion has been supported by SNP MSPs Karen Adam, Colin Beattie, James Dornan and Bill Kidd, as well as Scottish Labour MSP Mercedes Villalba.
Sharing the motion on social media, Stewart said: "Grenada has decided to drop the oath of allegiance to the king, isn’t it time that Scotland followed their lead?
"I’ve lodged a Scottish Parliament calling for us to have the power to have MSPs pledge their allegiance to the people of Scotland and not the British crown."
Grenada has decided to drop the oath of allegiance to the king, isn’t it time that Scotland followed their lead? I’ve lodged a Scottish Parliament calling for us to have the power to have MSPs pledge their allegiance to the people of Scotland and not the British crown. pic.twitter.com/fozyQVgYFY
— Kevin Stewart SNP (@KevinStewartSNP) August 19, 2025
In Holyrood, MSPs are required to pledge their “true allegiance” to the monarch.
The last time this happened – following the 2021 election – then-SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon prefaced her comments as such: “The Scottish National Party pledges loyalty to the people of Scotland, in line with the Scottish constitutional tradition of the sovereignty of the people.”
Meanwhile, Scottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie said: “On behalf of the Scottish Green Party, I would like to reassert that our allegiance lies with the people of Scotland, who elected this parliament and who are sovereign, and that we look forward to the day when they can choose their own elected head of state.”
