[elcid1970]

Might add that the Queen has little leverage to decide who her successor will be, other than living to be 150 or so. She may want Prince William to wear the crown someday but that’s a wish & nothing more.

Charles is an enviro nutjob who likes to dress up like Sheikh of Araby, but he is the future King. No telling which way palace politics will go when that happens. Royals have utterly forgotten their purpose and are acting out in unpredictable ways. Harry’s military service may have been the high point in his public life.

I thought we learned this over two hundred years ago. Recall that saying that you can choose your friends but not your relatives? In Britain you can choose your friends but not your head of state, outside of violent revolution.

[Ann Archy]

If Charles veers away from how his wonderful mother has handled herself, the monarchy will be DEAD and GONE in no time!

[jmacusa]

Yes, the Queen. I'm sure The Old Girl secretly longs for the old days when some offending, impertinent young upstart and pretender could be dealt with by simply saying , in Markle's case, “Off with her head!’’.