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Prince Charles: 'I'm running out of time'
Telegraph ^ | 24 Nov 2012 | Roya Nikkhah

Posted on 11/24/2012 6:23:31 PM PST by george76

In a series of remarkably candid comments, Prince Charles hinted that he feared his legacy as king would be cut short.

During a visit to Dumfries House, the stately home in East Ayrshire which the Prince helped save for the nation, he joked about his reputation for pursuing projects with notorious vigour but made a poignant reference to his mortality.

He said: “Impatient? Me? What a thing to suggest! Yes of course I am.” He added: “I’ll run out of time soon. I shall have snuffed it if I’m not careful.”

The comments, which were recorded for a film on the Clarence House website about the Prince’s involvement with Dumfries House, will fuel ongoing speculation that Prince Charles, 64, is more eager than ever to take the throne after 60 years of waiting.

In 2008, he became the longest-waiting heir to the throne in British history, overtaking his great-great grandfather, Edward VII.

While royal aides insist that he is fulfilled by his current role as heir apparent, supporting the Queen and being actively involved with the Prince’s Trust and his numerous other charities, many royal commentators have suggested that he feels frustrated his reign has not yet begun.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: princecharles; royals; unitedkingdom
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To: george76
Long live the Queen!
41 posted on 11/24/2012 8:41:46 PM PST by Huskrrrr
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To: verga

Nope. The succession rules are set out in the Act of Settlement of 1701. Any changes must be ratified by the Parliaments of Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.


42 posted on 11/24/2012 10:02:07 PM PST by Squawk 8888 (True North- Strong Leader, Strong Dollar, Strong and Free!)
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To: passionfruit

He wasn’t invested as Prince of Wales until he was 10.


43 posted on 11/24/2012 10:04:39 PM PST by Squawk 8888 (True North- Strong Leader, Strong Dollar, Strong and Free!)
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To: passionfruit

He wasn’t invested as Prince of Wales until he was 10.


44 posted on 11/24/2012 10:05:04 PM PST by Squawk 8888 (True North- Strong Leader, Strong Dollar, Strong and Free!)
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To: Squawk 8888

Wrong. He was invested as Prince of Wales at age 21 in 1969.


45 posted on 11/24/2012 10:34:09 PM PST by Catmom
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To: george76

He added: “I’ll run out of time soon. I shall have snuffed it if I’m not careful.”

Hey Chuck, We all have expiration dating. However, there are some people that don’t belong here anymore.


46 posted on 11/25/2012 2:50:32 AM PST by Artie (We are surrounded by MORONS)
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To: george76

Long live queen Liz!


47 posted on 11/25/2012 5:45:42 AM PST by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Jonty30

Actually, for all his quirks, Charles is well liked by most of the British public. And we, whilst not agreeing with everything he says, agree with some of his statements (his attacks on 60s UK architecture for example are very popular)

I have little time for the Charlie-bashers, as too many are just silly women with fetishes about the blonde bimbo he was married to.

I have met Charles and Camilla, and they were a very charming couple. And Charles a charming and intelligent man.

BTW, I am NOT a royalist. I simply like the man as an individual.


48 posted on 11/25/2012 7:57:01 AM PST by the scotsman (i)
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To: cripplecreek

Except he is not the next in line after Charles..


49 posted on 11/25/2012 7:57:44 AM PST by the scotsman (i)
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To: GeronL

I agree.


50 posted on 11/25/2012 7:58:09 AM PST by the scotsman (i)
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To: CORedneck

Can’t.


51 posted on 11/25/2012 7:58:47 AM PST by the scotsman (i)
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To: the scotsman

I’m sure he is a likable guy. However the queen is not obligated to stay until she dies, but she is doing so and she is doing so for a reason.


52 posted on 11/25/2012 8:04:31 AM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
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To: Little Ray

Charles has his foibles, his mistakes, but I and many British people think he will be a very good King. And frankly his ‘disgraces’ are nothing in comparison to earlier monarchs.

He didnt murder, rape or abuse anyone. He was an adulterer, but then SHE didnt waste any time being so either. Of course, now the silly bimbo is dead, she’s a bloody saint.

Funny how the same people here bashing him, are the same people who happily voted for a man who was an alcoholic, and turned his life around. Where is the Christian forgiveness?. Where is giving people a second chance?.


53 posted on 11/25/2012 8:05:42 AM PST by the scotsman (i)
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To: KC_Lion

Yes, because almost no monarch abdicates.
Its damn all to with what she thinks of Charles.

She will die Queen. Its that simple.


54 posted on 11/25/2012 8:07:23 AM PST by the scotsman (i)
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To: ElkGroveDan

Sorry, but thats rubbish.

For a start, the line of succession means Charles MUST take the throne. Secondly, you dont know what the Queen thinks. This idea she deliberately wont give him the Crown is gibberish. The Queen wont abdicate simply because the vast majority of monarchs die, they do not abdicate.


55 posted on 11/25/2012 8:11:19 AM PST by the scotsman (i)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I hope Dirty, Rotten Scoundrels was on the recent “Name your Funnest Movies” thread, ‘cause that one ranks right up there. Especially this scene :)


56 posted on 11/25/2012 8:11:46 AM PST by EnquiringMind
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To: Jonty30

Yes, because she is still fit and wont give up the throne.

Its damn all to do with this silly idea that she ‘dosent want’ to give Charles the crown.


57 posted on 11/25/2012 8:13:36 AM PST by the scotsman (i)
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To: george76
When King George III of England heard that George Washington was going to retire as the commander of the Continental forces, he reportedly said, "If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world."

Of course, the American people called him back into service for two terms as President, which power he again willingly relinquished after two terms.

The American model, laid down by Washington, of willingly giving up power, is not the norm, historically.

58 posted on 11/25/2012 8:22:33 AM PST by EternalVigilance (America's creed: Our rights come from God, not men. Governments exist to secure those rights.)
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To: the scotsman
You’re right, but he didn’t have the opportunity to disgrace himself like earlier princes and monarchs. He just didn’t have enough power. Given real power, I hate to think some of idiocy he would have foisted on the Kingdom.

BTW, I don’t have any problems about Diana/Camilla thing. I DON'T think Diana was a saint. I think she was an idiot. Perhaps a good-intentioned idiot, but an idiot. My issues with Prince Charles have been with his political madness.

As for a second chance, he might find one in a monastery where he can't do too much damage.

59 posted on 11/25/2012 9:58:15 AM PST by Little Ray (I have VOTED AGAINST Obama in the General.)
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To: the scotsman

That’s sad.
If I were a monarch and had a realtively young, competent successor, I’d be out of there... It’s just not work living a life so circumscribed by ritual and tradition. And it cuts cost on the state funeral...


60 posted on 11/25/2012 10:01:31 AM PST by Little Ray (I have VOTED AGAINST Obama in the General.)
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