At a time when statues are so controversial, why are we in Wales raising a new one for one of our conquerors?

There will be a whole tribe of interlopers whose statues will disappear in our independent Wales, Victoria springs immediately to mind. While we are at it we can dump the biggest and highest bridge sign in the world into the. Severn.

He went to knight school...

It seems as if the school for the insensitive & slightly insane have scored another victory! Unless……the idea is to furnish disenchanted patriots in Penfro with an easy target for paint balloons & glued on traffic cones.

A bit like a Ukrainian town raising a statue to Vladimir Putin or the general of a Russian Army unit that that captured your town.

William Marshal served 5 kings of England ‘loyally’. His avarice knew no bounds. He certainly was no friend to the people of Wales. This statue does not belong in Wales.

Statues are not cheap; so I wonder who is paying for this. I went to the web-site of the PHS, but there is no mention of the statue at all. Very odd.

But what about all those 'Welsh' castles, which more often than not were built to keep the Welsh down or out? They are nevertheless promoted by the Welsh tourist industry, and probably earn a significant amount of money for the Welsh economy.

Bronze? Hmmm? £4,000 plus per ton for scrap. Interesting, very interesting. There's another statue of Henry there as well and for the life of me I can see no CCTV coverage.

Has any medua approached the Pembroke and Monkton Historical Society for a reason. I really would like to hear the "logic" behind their mad, crass and ignorant decision

Would a statue of paedophile Jimmy Savile be hoisted aloft in celebration of his charitable endeavours for the English NHS in full knowledge of his abuse crimes? No! So why celebrate a man like William Marshal who like Vladimir Putin was party to war crimes and ethnic cleansing of the Welsh. Yes, we should learn about these tyrants and their crimes not celebrate a monster.

I’m sure he has some descendents

This town is an embarrassment. Nobody knows anything about history. The town guide is so badly sycophantic and one-sided it is literally what drove me to the pro-indy movement. The castle and its draw to tourists and their view of our history is the only thing these "historians" or the town council care about (the current canvasing material has been a minor cringe-fest for me). It is shameful, humiliating, and needs some serious attention from outside eyes. I feel like I'm the only person who was annoyed at the proposal of this farce when it popped up in their shop window in Main Street, most people don't care so these fools get to carry on regardless and turn our town into a self-hating, grovelling, brown-nosing joke because nobody pushes back for fear of seeming like a kill-joy or an extremist. It sucks. I don't want to cause trouble or identify myself but I brought this up with another company with friendly ties to the castle and its owner about this figure being chosen for a new product name and label that obviously mirrors the statue selection so far (another being Henry VII) and told him he needs to know more history and pick better people. I don't think he'd even considered it, or will. It's seems they are all just grasping for any relevant names to make statues of and market off, "historical town, have you seen the castle", all for the good of promoting the castle (and it's owner's pocket by proxy) and that's good enough. Nothing else is considered. That Michael Sheen quote is so apt for this town it is heart-breaking. It's like the Iron Ring statue on a smaller scale but nobody cares to notice... I can't I need to move.. I don't belong here. 😪

Sheen got it wrong - assimilate, assimilate, assimilate is more in tune with what is going on right now. The Anglo Brit establishment is undergoing a bit of symbolic hand wringing over what its ancestors did to various ethnicities when conquering large tracts of other newer continents and thus a few statues will be destroyed or stashed away in dark rooms. However the same establishment has no qualms about rejoicing in its ancestors' ravishing of our country and will carry on digging out and erecting all sorts of crap as it continues to celebrate its ascendancy.

This is akin to raising a statue of Adolf Hitler in London to commemorate the Blitz.

Whatever one makes of a statue to William Marshal, the idea that he was totally alien to 'Welsh Wales' and can be equated to Hitler is absolute nonsense. In reality one of Marshal's granddaughters married Prince Dafydd ap Llywelyn, his son Richard was a staunch ally of Prince Llywelyn the Great, and another granddaughter was mother to Rhys ap Maredudd, lord of Ystrad Tywi. Thus, far from being some ghastly interloper, Marshal was ally and common ancestor to two of the three major ruling princely dynasties of Wales! None of which means a statue to the guy is necessary, but we desperately need some proper perspective on the complex realities of medieval Welsh history and society. The alternative is hatred and bile and total misunderstanding. Which in turn suits certain parties very well, of course.

Typical ! What is wrong with these people and just after the Pembroke Ice cream fiasco. There is something amiss with those in charge down there. Note I did not say leadership.