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British monarchy near its ‘end game,’ won’t outlast Prince William, expert says
https://pagesix.com/2021/05/03/british-monarchy-near-end-game-wont-outlast-william-expert/ ^ | May 3, 2020 | Lee Brown

Posted on 05/03/2021 11:15:38 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Britain’s royal family is likely in its “end game” — and will probably not “outlast” Prince William’s eventual reign as king, according to an award-winning UK author and dame.

“I think it’s the end game. I don’t know how much longer the institution will go on,” Dame Hilary Mantel told the Telegraph.

“I’m not sure if it will outlast William. So I think it will be their last big era,” predicted the “Wolf Hall” author, who was awarded the Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 2006 and then made a dame by Prince Charles in 2014. Mantel wondered if Queen Elizabeth II was now “the only person who really believes in the monarchy.”

“I wish the Queen had felt able to abdicate … I understand that she thinks of this as a sacred task, from which you simply cannot abdicate, whereas the rest of us think of it as a job, from which you should be able to retire,” the author said.

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TOPICS: United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: britain; monarchy; princewilliam; royalfamily; uk
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1 posted on 05/03/2021 11:15:38 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

BS...


2 posted on 05/03/2021 11:17:11 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Sacajaweau

Why you say that?


3 posted on 05/03/2021 11:20:07 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

They made her a dame and she writes that?


4 posted on 05/03/2021 11:20:48 AM PDT by gcparent (MAGA)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Mantel is an interesting author but somewhat a ding bat.


5 posted on 05/03/2021 11:21:34 AM PDT by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

The trouble with this idea is that if the Monarchy ceases, so does the entire hierarchy, all of them who owe their titles and their allegiances to the Throne.

You know, Dukes, Duchesses, Earls, Lords, Ladies, etc.

And I don’t think they will let this happen, even if they have to put Meghan on the throne.


6 posted on 05/03/2021 11:22:27 AM PDT by chaosagent (Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
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To: MinorityRepublican
Nah, the system and it's long arms generates millions.....and plenty of jobs,businesses and foundations...and activities on it's grounds.
7 posted on 05/03/2021 11:23:58 AM PDT by caww ( lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. Matt:24:12)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Don’t bet big money on it.


8 posted on 05/03/2021 11:25:17 AM PDT by Seruzawa (The political Left is the Garden of Eden of Incompetence - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: MinorityRepublican

I don’t know much about the Royal family and dukes and earls and all.of that. However, nowadays aren’t they mere figureheads, with no real authority?

Isn’t a title such as Duchess of Sussex something akin to being a Kentucky Colonel?


9 posted on 05/03/2021 11:25:51 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: caww

Tourists are money


10 posted on 05/03/2021 11:25:57 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Lots and lots of money.


11 posted on 05/03/2021 11:26:55 AM PDT by caww ( lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. Matt:24:12)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Finally so good news about British royals.


12 posted on 05/03/2021 11:27:45 AM PDT by Wuli ("")
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To: MinorityRepublican

“Royal” parasites if you ask me.


13 posted on 05/03/2021 11:28:10 AM PDT by dainbramaged (Sentries report Zulus to the Southwest - thousands of 'em.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

If William lives as long as his grandfather he would rule until 2080.

That’s a long distance to be making predictions about.


14 posted on 05/03/2021 11:28:28 AM PDT by Renfrew
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And Brits will become citizens, not subjects. Sure ok.


15 posted on 05/03/2021 11:29:09 AM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: Sacajaweau

This smells like Markle and Sunshine Sachs.


16 posted on 05/03/2021 11:29:13 AM PDT by jean michael
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To: chaosagent

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle refused to give their son Archie a royal title. So eventually it’ll just be Prince William and Princess Catherine and their kids. That’s the Royal Family.


17 posted on 05/03/2021 11:29:34 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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I have nothing really against the royal family, but it is a bit silly. When it comes down to it, what’s the point? Tourism? They serve no real purpose.


18 posted on 05/03/2021 11:31:54 AM PDT by strider44
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To: MinorityRepublican
Send the Kardashians over there, they can keep the royal silliness going for at least another hundred years or so.
19 posted on 05/03/2021 11:35:57 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (By stealing Trump's second term, the Left gets Trump for 8 more years instead of just four.)
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To: dfwgator

Ending the royal family wouldn’t necessarily end the tourism. They’d still have the buildings and the history and all that. Ending the royal family WOULD (if they do it right) end the payouts of stipends people get just for being the right spawn. Most of the royal family are really just welfare recipients.


20 posted on 05/03/2021 11:37:09 AM PDT by discostu (Like a dog being shown a card trick )
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