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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Why you say that?
They made her a dame and she writes that?
Mantel is an interesting author but somewhat a ding bat.
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.
Don’t bet big money on it.
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?
Tourists are money
Lots and lots of money.
Finally so good news about British royals.
“Royal” parasites if you ask me.
If William lives as long as his grandfather he would rule until 2080.
That’s a long distance to be making predictions about.
And Brits will become citizens, not subjects. Sure ok.
This smells like Markle and Sunshine Sachs.
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.
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.
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.
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