We’ll be on the next King by then. Maybe Charles death will trump QE2’s after that as it would have recency bias.
Who has disrespected the Queen?I find it quite staggering how little respect some people have for the Queen and what she did over the course of her reign. In my humble opinion I am quite happy to go with the mourning period for arguably our grestest ever Monarch.
The eyes of the world are on the UK and the pomp and ceramony that go with this sad time.
Society has been decimated over the last 50 years with a lack of respect for traditions, values and doing the right thing. We wonder where things have gone wrong and then watch on as people belittle the history that is being played out before us.
He could well be pushing 60 himself when he takes over though.Wills coronation will do that IMO mate, the country will love a young shining new light and the ones who don't want to join in can have their own pity party online again ;)
He could well be pushing 60 himself when he takes over though.
He could well be pushing 60 himself when he takes over though.
You're right mate, I won't see a republic in my lifetime. But it'll happen, eventually. And maybe it'll be my great-great grandchild voting for, in modern democratic process, a president; and not being forced to bow down to a morally bankrupt, freeloading, unelected leader.
His philosophy is more 21st Century than Charles though, so I get what @mexico1970 was trying to say, I think.That's what I was thinking - he certainly won't be 'young'.
He could well be pushing 60 himself when he takes over though.
I don't think Charlie will last that long, but you never know.
On that matter I think he, Charlie and the Family have missed a huge opportunity, he should have let William become King, it would have been hugely popular.I don't think Charlie will last that long, but you never know.
We’ve already voted to get rid of the “unelected” European bureaucrats, it’ll only take one misstep from Charles and there’ll be debates on his suitability as an unelected Head of State.I don't know how old you are but I wouldn't rule out a republic in your lifetime.
The biggest factor in that is not the Royal Family, it will be the misdeeds of prime ministers exposing the need for a head of state who can intervene in political matters.
Abolishing the Royal Family will never be about removing them from their palaces or titles, it'll be about removing the "ceremonial" roles of being head of state (like controlling the PM and filling the house of lords) that many pro-monarchists claim are just symbolic anyway.
Maybe the news hasn’t reached Rammy yet. Too busy lobbing black puddings at yorkshires.What? It’s all anyone has talked about since Thursday morning. Have you left the house?
I don't know how old you are but I wouldn't rule out a republic in your lifetime.
The biggest factor in that is not the Royal Family, it will be the misdeeds of prime ministers exposing the need for a head of state who can intervene in political matters.
Abolishing the Royal Family will never be about removing them from their palaces or titles, it'll be about removing the "ceremonial" roles of being head of state (like controlling the PM and filling the house of lords) that many pro-monarchists claim are just symbolic anyway.
The Queen died 5 years younger than her mum.His parents lived to 99 and 96 and his grandmother 101.
I would not be surprised if he got into his 90s.
It is, but was never going to happen. Tradition has to be upheld.On that matter I think he, Charlie and the Family have missed a huge opportunity, he should have let William become King, it would have been hugely popular.
Although not sure it was constitutionally possible.
His philosophy is more 21st Century than Charles though, so I get what @mexico1970 was trying to say, I think.
That's probably true.
I think one of the biggest issues at the moment is creating a method of electing a head of state that doesn't appear to be essentially rigged to start with.
As an example, when Australia rejected independence most recently, the planned replacement was so horribly one-sided, that it was voted down.
Fuck sake, so we’ll have e to go through all this again!! Watch it coincide with us away at spurs…The Queen died 5 years younger than her mum.
Charles doesn’t look as healthy as his parents did at the same age.
He‘s got a ton of travelling and duties to undertake in the next few years.
You may be right and he lives until he’s 90, however it wouldn’t be a total shock to me if he died relatively soon.
Hopefully Klanfield and we get a point each!Fuck sake, so we’ll have e to go through all this again!! Watch it coincide with us away at spurs…
I'm 35 now, so it won't be my lifetime. But it will happen, eventually. Because, as sure as night follows day, progress happens.I don't know how old you are but I wouldn't rule out a republic in your lifetime.
The biggest factor in that is not the Royal Family, it will be the misdeeds of prime ministers exposing the need for a head of state who can intervene in political matters.
Abolishing the Royal Family will never be about removing them from their palaces or titles, it'll be about removing the "ceremonial" roles of being head of state (like controlling the PM and filling the house of lords) that many pro-monarchists claim are just symbolic anyway.