Posted on 11/27/2019 11:17:58 PM PST by knighthawk
Andrew might like teen girls and is an idiot. Charles might well be the stupidest man on the planet. Check this out, Andrew has an appetite for ugly, middle aged, overweight women too.
I am with you. Queen Elizabeth has always put the duties of the crown first, before everything else. Diana just didn’t get that and had every intention of publicly humiliating the monarchy. From the beginning she and Fergie, with their late night romps around London were ridiculous.
Charles has said that when he becomes King he will shut up and no longer make speeches on political topics as he has done. If and that’s a very big if he holds himself to that he’ll be fine. Not sure I would take any bets on this though.
The Prince of Wales is no towering intellect - but he's not stupid and I believe he'll do his duty well when it falls to him whether that is as Regent first, and then King, or simply as King.
He's a decent man with a decent brain and a decent education. He's nothing special except for the accident of birth that puts him in this role - but he'll do it as well as he can.
That reminds me of the list from “Kind Hearts and Coronets”.
She is your Majesty , Queen Elizabeth
Your disrespectful ignance doesn’t matter
And while William shows every sign he'll be a decent King when his time comes, his father is far more experienced, and William also deserves the chance to have something as close as possible to a life of his own as long as possible.
Yes, the Prince of Wales is an environmentalist - but he's also a devout Christian, a patriot, and a staunch supporter of his nation's military and those who have served. We can't have everything, but overall, on balance, he's not bad.
While the Magna Carta is one of the most significant legal documents in Western civilization and forms the early basis of constitutional governance, King John while agreeing to it under duress and to avoid being disposed, it was only in effect for about three months until John ignored and annulled it. He reneged on the most crucial section of the document, now known as Clause 61, as soon as the barons left London. It was also not the first attempt at curbing the monarch’s authority. The Charter of Liberties was a written proclamation issued by John’s ancestor Henry I when he took the throne in 1100, which sought to bind the King to certain laws regarding the treatment of church officials and nobles and was in many ways a precursor to the Magna Carta.
After John’s death, his son and heir, Henry III, clinched a victory over the barons at the Battles of Lincoln and Dover in 1217. However, to avoid a repeat of the rebellion, the failed Magna Carta agreement was reinstated by William Marshal, the young Henry’s protector, as the Charter of Liberties – a concession to the barons. This version of the charter was edited to include 42 rather than 61 clauses, with clause 61 being notably absent ("clause 61", or the "security clause", a council of 25 barons would be created to monitor and ensure John's future adherence to the charter. If John did not conform to the charter within 40 days of being notified of a transgression by the council, the 25 barons were empowered by clause 61 to seize John's castles and lands until, in their judgement, amends had been made.)
I think it is correct to say that many English monarchs following John could be fairly described as “true autocrats”. Henry VIII would certainly count as a despotic and tyrannical king as would Richard III even as some claim he was much maligned.
As for the Hanoverians weakening the power of the throne by speaking mostly German, keep in mind that from the time of the Norman Conquest until the reign of Henry IV who was the first to speak English as his first language, the Kings of England exclusively spoke French.
I doubt it. Queen is a lifetime position. She knows her son is a weak puss.
I am with you. Queen Elizabeth has always put the duties of the crown first, before everything else. Diana just didn’t get that and had every intention of publicly humiliating the monarchy. From the beginning she and Fergie, with their late night romps around London were ridiculous.
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Completely agree!
Maybe she wants to retire so she can have time to watch “The Crown” on Netflix.
Anne comes after all her brothers and their kids. Charlotte is the first child in the line where sex doesn't affect the order of succession. The new rules weren't made retroactive.
But Andrew is still 8th: Charles, William, his 3 kids, Harry and his kid and then Andrew.
I don't know why I care about this. The rules of succession in the Bush and Clinton families have far more effect on us.
Disaster for the UK. Now would be the time to eliminate the monarchy.
“Prince Charles is a poofter.”
Although he had dreams of being Camilla’s tampon.
Yes,as Paul McCartney once said...”Her Majesty’s a pretty nice girl”. But I think she should hand over to Prince William...after having appointed Prince Charles as “The Prince Regent” or something like that.
Sam is going to be really, really pissed.
At least if she’s still alive, I guess.]
“If I were Charles I would avoid riding in helicopters and change my routine daily.”
Who knows what MM has in mind for Charles, and then William? Wasn’t there talk that “someone” had tampered with the food of Kate and her kids? And recently MM met with PIAPS, the queen of dastardly deeds.
Conspiracy theories galore!
Maybe the Prince Andrew kerfuffle has made her throw in the towel. The last straw so to speak.
I agree. That's not how old royals work. And she probably still remembers the abdication of her d-bag uncle. Not the same thing, of course, but still ...
“I am with you. Queen Elizabeth has always put the duties of the crown first, before everything else.”
I think there’s something to be said for a sovereign who answers to God alone — Elizabeth represents the transition from the divine right of Kings to the divine duty of the sovereign, a much healthier perspective on governance.
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