Posted on 10/25/2006 11:26:14 PM PDT by Eurotwit
I thought Freepers were supposed to be healthily sceptical about uncorroborated stories in the newspapers?
Only one article would be deemed unbelievable, absolutely, but over the years there have been a lot of different newspaper and magazine coverages which are written largely without cross-referencing each other, a TV series, and a lot of antedotal evidences from the Prince of Wales's own engagements as well. The probability stacks up to much more than just a mere speculations.
No matter how bad he is, from his work done so far Prince William of Wales seem to be relatively tame on the same scale with respect to his own father. So it will be a try-everything Babyboomer compared with an "anything goes" Gen-Y-er.
You know, this will affect the national course the United Kingdom takes into the future, which in turn has national security implications for the United States of America. So Americans are entitled to say on this issue. ;-)
How about giving Bonnie Prince Foppy a good swift kick in the ass signalling the end of that ridiculous, inbred monarchy.
There has always been something on the constitutional side of the British monarchy that our American friends miss. Perhaps it is due to different perspectives - the British royal family is just a curious foreign tourist attraction to them, but it hss (at least nominally) a degree of national foundations significance to us in the countries where her mother's portraits still appears on our coins and government buildings, the police and many other government services still have insignias with symbols representing her, and each time an oath is still sworn in her name.
Very true. In the Commonwealth, the greatest support for the Monarchy comes from Conservatives. However, I do think that Charles is right to want to diminish the connection between church and state, which he would embody if he were to become King -- and therefore also the Supreme Governor of the Church of England. Americans were right to sever those links.
Well excuse me from living and breathing....
Well, seeing how well George III did, this sounds like a great idea.
Heck, the monarchy should (if it doesn't already) be able to generate enough revenue - tourism etc, to make up for any tax costs it incurs.
Also, it's retro, and most conservatives like retro.
That should be enough for us - we don't need Charles to come along and ruin the improvement in the Georges - inevitably, there will be another one at some point. Let's wait for someone worthy to be George VII.
Regards, Ivan
"God Save the Queen, 'cus tourists are money!"
I have high hopes for William - largely because he does not want the job. The best kings are those who do not want the job. George VI was a leading example.
William IV was also a good example of a quiet, economical King - for example, he insisted his coronation cost 1/10th that of his predecessor. A worthy ancestor for William V to follow.
Regards, Ivan
What a loser!
Almost as high, indeed, as the probability of Charles's imminent conversion to the Greek Orthodox faith, following all those confident stories a few years ago; as high, come to think of it, and reported by an equally authoritative source, as the probable and lamentable outcome of his delightfully shocking dabbles with Wicca....
For William's sake, I hope he doesn't abidicate. It would be an enormous burden for him to take on. AS for Charles, I don't think he's so bad. He turned to mysticism through the influence of a girlfriend after Lord Louis Mountbatten was assassinated by the IRA.
Ah you know [switching the clock back to 1930], Britain is a world power of unrivalled prestige while the United States is just an upstart regional power. Of course this means that Britain ranks higher than the States in world importance and thus they are entitled to have more say on world affairs including the internal affairs of an ex-colony. ;-)
(Seriously, there is still an unconscious sense among many Britons that they are still the premier world power and history is predominantly shaped by them. This is why they feel they are entitled to say in US internal affairs)
I was looking for my Charles' multifaith/multicultural hat collection (feathers, fez, et al) but alas, I don't have the links handy on this computer.
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