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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/14/redundancies-king-charles-staff-clarence-house-mourning-period-heartless-union

Looks like he’s firing 100 staffers now that he’s been promoted [/quote]

He's straight up and idiot.[/quote]

The British voters who have a legitimate opinion on this -- unlike some former colonial -- have been urging the Queen to reduce staff for decades.  She has been quietly doing this as technology has taken over.  If you saw the coach load of Prince Philip's staffers arrive for his memorial, you would see that most were quite old.  A lot of the loyal staffers to Prince Philip and the Queen were hanging on until they died.  Many people were be retired while many more will be made redundant. That is what the British people want. Everyone has been urging Charles to cut back on the royals, and he is doing it.  The British are also in a serious economic time as winter approaches and heating bills will rise because of the war in the Ukraine.  On this board, people have been calling for Charles to cut back and now that the does, you call him an idiot.    He's is not the idiot.  [/quote]

Trimming staff is fine, but the timing is not great. It's especially awkward that people are trying to excuse any of CIIIPO's behavior by saying he's grieving while also saying, "Look, he's got to fire people right now! Don't be sentimental!"

It's certainly better than Elizabeth cutting staff pay because times were hard during the peak COVID times. [/quote]

Also the snide remark that “former Colonials” have no legitimate opinion is not just snobby by ignorant. The head of the British monarchy is technically head of state for many former colonies who are part of the Commonwealth. This raises constitutional issues when powers intended to be symbolic for the British monarchy are taken literally (such as  in Australia in 1975 when the Queen’s appointed Governor General sacked the democratically elected prime minister.

Aside from that non trivial fact, many former colonial citizens would prefer a clean cut from the monarchy. Many were biding their time in respect to her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. It is not that their opinions are not legitimate, but many Commonwealth citizens simply have no opinion on whether royal staff should be reduced per se. They are not thinking about how best to rearrange royal furniture according to modern minimalism but how to do their own home renovations. 
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The "former colonial" to whom I was referring was posting on a United States message board and highly likely to be a resident of the United States, a former British colony  which cut ties with England in 1776.    There was even a musical written about it, if you don't know the history.   But do prattle on about what current colonial citizens want.  [/quote]

Current colonial citizens want nothing to do with them. [/quote]

That is correct for some but not for all.  Sweeping generalizations do not bolster your arguments. [/quote]

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