The British Monarchy

Octavian said:
It’s not “everything” is it?

Everyone owns private property in this country
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That's the point - the crown once "owned everything", now they have used the country's resources over many generations to become fabulously wealthy - but the "profit" you're talking about doesn't come from their private property - it comes from property the state owns.
 
Saddleworth2 said:
Whilst I would probably be for inclusion of the royal family in any top down review of government and politics, my impression is that they are observers of the political process other than meaningless ceremony. If they are indeed heads of state and overall protectors of the nations values (Charles words yesterday) Who, if not they, should be capable of applying checks and balances to a government hellbound in driving U.K. off a very high cliff? The answer is not the House of Lords. It’s a moot Point as no review will take place and I fear we are doomed to diminish further.
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Agree, it’s an academic debate.
 
bluenova said:
That's the point - the crown once "owned everything", now they have used the country's resources over many generations to become fabulously wealthy - but the "profit" you're talking about doesn't come from their private property - it comes from property the state owns.
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I’m not sure that’s entirely historically accurate.

The crown could seize property and whack up taxes as much as they wanted but they didn’t directly own everything, certainly not post Norman conquest.
 
Paul1970 said:
Let’s not forget he is still grieving for the loss of his mother. All he we want to do is be with his family but royal protocol means he can’t . We are watching. History atm
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He’ll be in quite the juxtaposition of grieving and also nervous/excited that his entire raison d’être in life has finally begun alongside the duty of expectation and getting things right in all these ceremonies.

Let’s not forget that he’s pretty old too.
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
He’ll be in quite the juxtaposition of grieving and also nervous/excited that his entire raison d’être in life has finally begun alongside the duty of expectation and getting things right in all these ceremonies.

Let’s not forget that he’s pretty old too.
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He is looking his age and truth be told would rather not be the king but this is what he was born to do so he must now rake up the mantle .
 
remember arthur mann said:
Charles having a bit of a tant at St James's Palace, looks a bit pissed off with all the ceremony.
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To be fair, the table they used for signing the documents was far too small.

Ironically, placing the two decrees, fountain pens and ink wells on the table meant that the one thing you couldn’t do easily was sign the documents.

No need for him to suffer fools.
 
Octavian said:
I’m not sure that’s entirely historically accurate.

The crown could seize property and whack up taxes as much as they wanted but they didn’t directly own everything, certainly not post Norman conquest.
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So you're happy to debate the semantics of whether a King owned all his lands in the 10th Century, but still think the Royal Family are producing a profit due to the Crown Estates "ownership"?

"They" don't make the profit you're talking about.
 
Paul1970 said:
He is looking his age and truth be told would rather not be the king but this is what he was born to do so he must now rake up the mantle .
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I think he wants/needs to be king. As you say, this is what he was put on earth to do.

He probably wanted it 30 years ago or so, but he didn’t get to choose.

I do wonder how much travelling to the distant corners of the commonwealth et al will take out of him and how long he will last.
 
Brewster's millions said:
To be fair, the table they used for signing the documents was far too small.

Ironically, placing the two decrees, fountain pens and ink wells on the table meant that the one thing you couldn’t do easily was sign the documents.

No need for him to suffer fools.
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Totally agree, heads should roll.
 
That front row looked awkward.
Tony Blair doing a 180 degree next to Boris Johnson using G Brown as the buffeter.
Boris Johnson passing his number to the young photographer squashed betwixt them.
 
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