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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The best thing Charles will do as king is have a short reign. That is what would be best for the monarchy as an institution. I think knowing the Charles was not very popular is the reason why the Queen never retired like elderly monarchs have been doing in the test of Europe.

Charles is 74. The former King of Spain retired at 76 and passed on the throne to his son. Queen Beatrix of Netherlands retired at 75 and passed on the crown. William is much more popular than his father and in his prime at age 40. Hopefully Charles has the sense to retire by age 80. That would make William 46. [/quote]

He’ll be the last king. William isn’t that popular, Kate is but she’s just a princess. If William’s tour of the Caribbean hadn’t been such an unprecedented disaster then there would be hope that he could save the monarchy  and pressure on Charles to truncate his reign. William is stupid and lazy though so it will limp along with the Charles and Camilla parade of having eggs or tomatoes thrown at them. [/quote]

Sure, we believe you. Lol[/quote]

Camilla is still disliked. Charles is at best seen as an odd duck and at worst as a petty and weak. William is perceived as being angry and less than competent. This isn’t going to last long. [/quote]
+1

There's a reason why the Queen's reign was popular and it's partly because the Queen conducted herself very well and was neither weak nor self-indulgent. (Although I wouldn't have blamed her if she had divorced Philip - he was cheating on her and he was jealous of her position, and she put up with it in part because she didn't want the scandal of divorce.)

It's hard to understand how to maintain a monarchy these days. It's always been kind of toxic, and they'll always have a weird relationship with the Press, and they have lost clout steadily since WWII. Charles being kind of weak and annoying doesn't help. Being married to his mistress doesn't help either. Oh well.[/quote]

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