How the Royal Family might change with Charles (then William) as Monarch?

The man who shouldn't be king

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Alexa

I think Queen Elizabeth has kept the family firm viable because of her morals and personality. There will never be another like her. She will be a hard act to follow.

I agree, she has been exemplary as a Monarch.

Anniebach

So lemon they all live in Buck House and all holiday in
Sandringham ?

That’s about it Annie ?

The British class system should be modernised so that nobody, including the Windsor family, is allowed to own an enormous lot of land. More to the point than the Windsor family, rich sheikhs and Russians not be allowed to buy Britain.

Yes Alexa she will, Charles will have a difficult reign, he is caught between the Queen and her many years and William who is young .

I think Queen Elizabeth has kept the family firm viable because of her morals and personality. There will never be another like her. She will be a hard act to follow.

I looked it up yesterday evening, his concerns of global warming, social deprivation , farming, architecture, he spoke publicly of these matters, I met him several times during the foot and mouth outbreak which badly affected the area where I live, a very caring and compassionate man.

Reminds me of what miners told me of the Duke of Windsor’s
visit to Merthyr during the depression, he saw the poverty and spoke out.

The "black spider" letters were finally released after much resistance from Charles and his advisers and several attempts for them to be disclosed, culminating in a Supreme Court decision in 2015. The establishment fought tooth and nail to keep them under wraps.

So lemon they all live in Buck House and all holiday in
Sandringham ?

Anniebach

lemon the queen owns Sandringham and Balmoral ?

Well ?it would be a good move ( say, on William’s part in the future) if he opted to give one of them to the NT to manage so that visitors could see all the rooms.The money would then be put to good use by them for so many houses and their upkeep for the nation.

No one is seriously talking about Britain adopting a US-style constitution. Republic proposes a parliamentary constitution, basically what we have now but made democratic top to bottom.

A government with too much power

A parliamentary system should put parliament at the centre, accountable only to the voters. In the UK parliament is weak in the face of government power, and that's largely because of the Crown and the monarchy.

The Crown gives the government huge powers to take decisions without parliament or to control parliamentary business, whether that's deciding when parliament will be running or having the power to ensure proposed laws they disagree with have little chance of getting passed.

Anniebach moles leak to newspapers. It was ever thus.

lemon the queen owns Sandringham and Balmoral ?

lemongrove

ixion

Just how much would Prince Charles and, increasingly perhaps, Prince William have to 'give up' in an attempt to modernise the Monarchy?
How 'like us' would we like them to become?

Interesting thought ixion ?
I think we would all have differing views on that, and a few on GN would like to see them queuing up at the chippy and waiting for a bus I expect.?
I would like to see modernisation from them to include only
Money from the public purse going to the immediate RF, as in
Charles and Camilla and William and family.Nobody else.
Two ‘great houses’ to be kept, one Buckingham Palace and then either Sandringham or Balmoral, any others to be transferred to the NT or similar, and preserved for visitors.
That would be a start.

Sheltered housing lemon??

No I don’t know jacqrose if I did I wouldn’t have asked

Anniebach good try, you have made me smile. I.think you know the answer to your question.

If the queen and Charles used their influence behind the scenes how is this widely known ? Behind the scene means in
secret

Just because some don't want to believe the reports it doesn't make them false.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_spider_memos

Am curious, what do those who want the royals slimmed down
mean ?

Stop Anne, Edward and Sophie from carrying out royal duties ?
or something more drastic. !

jacqrose

All the titles and honours they award themselves, it's so ridiculous. The monarchy is unlikely to change in any meaningful way until the media in this country becomes more independent and that seems unlikely too. So whether it's Charles or William doesn't matter. It suits those in power, the government and media, to keep the status quo. And they call this democracy

Agree Well Said

Lots of things are ‘reported widely’ but it doesn’t make them true.
What things do you suspect the Queen has been meddling in?
When Charles was younger ( maybe still ) he was very interested in the natural world and anything eco.Also in architecture.

The queen and Charles do get involved and use their influence behind the scenes, as has been reported widely.

We do vote as to who represents us politically.The Monarchy have no powers and cannot get politically involved.
As to money ( needed to maintain them) Parliament awarded them the amount, but the RF could choose to need less by slimming down if they wished to.

I think they should self fund - it is just ridiculous they don't, they produce enough to self support?

William and Catherine are of my generation and many of us have struggled to support our families or even buy a house (let alone the misery of private rentals)

lemon grove in a democracy the people get to vote on who represents them. In a democracy the laws made apply to everyone. The head of state should not be exempt. In a democracy the head of state shouldn't be able to decide whether they slim down or keep the "firm" as is.