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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And the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands are in personal union with the crown, so they would become independent.
Normally a long-drawn out monarchy doesn't leave, unless it is evicted in a revolution -- as in the French monarchy (800 years) or the Russian (400).
the british monarchy nearly bought it in the 1600s, but it survived.
There's no reason a Republican government would do better in England.
well, with most royals it is like that -- if your "job" is dependent on your parent kicking the bucket, then there is that feeling. Of course some go to the extreme of killing their father to get the job as did the king of Oman...
No, the life of the royals is bound by a lot of rules set by the government. They basically can’t do much. They can’t hand over the throne to anyone else, they can’t object much to the PM etc.
well, the Royals officially trace their lineage to the kings of Wessex..., 400 years before Willie
well, most of the royal families of Europe are related to each other -- you know that the King of England, the Tsar of Russia and the Kaiser of Germany in WWI were all first cousins? All had the same grandma -- Queen Victoria?
And memebers of the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha's (the real name of the Windsor family) include Kings of Bulgaria etc.?
well, if Queen Liz II stays on until 2016, she’ll be the longest running monarch of the British isles — longer than Queen Victoria (1837-1901)
“God Save the Queen.....we MEAN IT, man.”
Didn’t know that one specifically although familiar with the practice of having royalty interwed across nations.
There is the also the issue of what essentially is a binding treaty with the other Commonwealth Realms that are fully independent and have their own monarchy as an institution, but using the same Royal Family to reign (example - Queen Elizabeth II is fully and independently the Queen of Canada or Queen of Jamaica) - all of them would have to agree to the changes I would think.
Sorry but it's not. Besides who really gives a damn what an inbred German family of ceremonial leaders of a Muslim nation actually does anyway?
Well, clearly you do, otherwise you wouldnt be in this thread.
And when you stop posting drivel like ‘Muslim nation’, we can have a sensible discussion.
p.s The Royals are on the throne because of their Scottish lineage. Not ‘German’/Hanoverian, which itself was part-Scottish.
If that were true, then why aren’t the Stuarts still on the throne?
No, she owes her position entirely to parliament and the 1701 Act of Succession proclaiming the Electress Sophia and her protestant descendents monarch.
Catholics are explicitly forbidden. Should that *finally* be lifted - their claim is entirely gone.
Hey, his grandmother lived to 101-1/2.
Good luck with that, Chuck.
he looks like and is as stupid as plugs biden
On the other hand, one has a one in 145 million chance of winning this week’s Powerball Lottery.
The Stuarts ARE still technically on the throne, albeit through the Hanoverian line.
When Anne died in 1714, they looked for her nearest (Protestant) Stuart cousin, and that was George I of Hanover.
It is a popular misconception that the Hanoverians had no link to earlier monarchs and were a new family on the British throne.
Why ‘german george’?. Simple.
His grandmother was Princess Elizabeth, and she was a SCOTTISH and STUART princess, she was the daughter of King James VI of Scotland/James I of England, Wales and Ireland.
She had married the King Frederick of Hanover, so her offspring were Protestant Stuarts and therefore heirs to the British throne IF Anne died childless, which is what she did. The Dutch line of the Stuarts (1688-1714) died and the Hanoverians took over.
The other (no-go) option was a native Scottish/British king, but that would have meant a Catholic on the throne.
So today’s Royals sit on the throne because of their Scottish lineage, the notion they are 100% German usurpers is a nonsense.
They sit on the throne, again, because the Act of Secession in 1701 excluded Catholics from the throne. Without said act, the Electress Sophia of Hanover and her descendents would not have came to the English throne. Not only are the Stuarts higher up on the chain, so are all the older brothers and sisters of the Electress, something around 17 different branches.
“that would have meant a Catholic on the throne.”
The senior descendent from James VII/II are the Stuarts. Not the Hanoverians. The Hanoverians are a cadet branch.
Actually I didnt deny the act of 1701, I was ‘clearing up’ the history for anyone reading who dosent know it. Particularly in the UK, the Hanoverian ascent and why are wreathed in myth and misconception. Most Brits in 2012 think the current Royals are 100% German, with no British/Irish blood in them.
The Act may be a historical embarrassment and obselete now, but frankly at the time it was understandable.
It was based on a lie, and like all lies, will eventually be corrected. We shall see.
I believe the German connection started with William of Orange.
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