Posted on 02/08/2014 8:11:46 AM PST by rktman
Recently His Royal Highness committed a major faux pas by injecting himself into the political debate, and he has been called out by the one man with the intellectual AND social standing to do so. And a major plus is that he has the wit to perform this necessary task with devastating effectiveness. As many readers may have already guessed, that man is Christopher Monckton, also known more formally as Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, a man in possession of his own herald of high nobility.
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Didn’t Diana also say Chas was unfit to be king OR that he would never be king?
For being ‘paranoid loon’ she was correct in a lot of her statements..
Inbreeding has consequences. It’s pretty much a given that Prince Charley is a blithering idiot.
Needed clarification.
But could it go Elizabeth to Wills, or Elizabeth to Andrew?
"The British Constitution requires that succession passes to the oldest heir, male before female, of the reigning monarch. If there is no direct heir, the line passes through brothers or sisters of the Monarch, but excludes anyone who is Catholic or married to a Catholic."
In any case, it's really not worth wasting time pondering as Elizabeth would never renounce Charles and Charles will outlive Elizabeth.
It would be great if he abdicated to Wills shortly after being crowned though. The Brits may tolerate Wills and Kate and baby George... but how long will they be interested in supporting the crown while it rests on the heads of Charles and Camilla? Heh!
The real question is, will Charles stubbornly hold on to the throne even if he knows he is unpopular and it threatens the future of the monarchy? He just might! What do you think?
There would have to be Royal dying going on for Andrew to succeed. I think that he is currently 5th.
The Act of Succession has changed, birth order from the Sovereign is the only criteria, gender no longer matters.
Joe Biden vs the Prince: Both stupid but the Prince has no personality and is dry and boring where as Joe, the clown at least makes us laugh. Funny stupid seems better than boring stupid to me. LOL
From what I’ve read elsewhere, he’s equally ill informed about Islam.
Up Chuck!
I thought kings and queens stopped governing a long time ago and that it's been Parliament. I remember reading bios of Duke of Windsor, his dad George, etc. and at that time the royals were supposed to stay out of politics altogether.
What exactly do the royals do but cutting ribbon ceremonies and appearances?
UK just last year passed a law making succession by absolute primogeniture rather than male preference primogeniture.
IOW, whether a person is male or female will no longer play a role in succession.
Excluding Charles from the throne would require an Act of Parliament.
Certainly true, in fact exactly the point that I made in Post #26
That is of course the whole problem. Those holding Charles' view on this subject believe the issue is settled and so beyond party politics. It's like claiming belief in or opposition to the law of gravity is a party politics issue.
In fact, most liberals believe that all liberal views are not partisan political issues, they're just the way all decent people think. Only positions opposing them are considered partisan in nature.
This POV is, for most of them, entirely genuine. They really believe it.
Shouldn’t they just go back to drawing a sword from a stone?
That is of course the whole problem. Those holding Charles' view on this subject believe the issue is settled and so beyond party politics. It's like claiming belief in or opposition to the law of gravity is a party politics issue.Those remarks were rankly party-political
In fact, most liberals believe that all liberal views are not partisan political issues, they're just the way all decent people think. Only positions opposing them are considered partisan in nature.
This POV is, for most of them, entirely genuine. They really believe it.
Why wouldn’t they believe it? They are in the middle of a mutual admiration society; everyone they know agrees with them, and they agree with everyone they know. Going along and getting along with the propaganda media is their religion.
I think they call it “stark raving bonkers” over there.
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