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

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ixion Wed 14-Apr-21 13:49:49

As many here will, hopefully, live to experience the reign of Charles and possibly even William, how do you see the Monarchy and the Royal Family changing, adapting, innovating?
Do you envisage much change?

Oopsadaisy1 Sun 18-Apr-21 19:14:29

Grannypiper a documentary seems to disagree with that, if Paul Burrell is to be believed PC also has his shoe laces ironed, I imagine that Burrell was there when Diana was alive and saw it for himself.

Alegrias1 Sun 18-Apr-21 12:57:49

I did offer up Charles Annie, but only under certain circumstances smile

Anniebach Sun 18-Apr-21 12:05:16

Sorry Alegrias1 I thought you meant someone from the royal
family after the post which said the poster would choose Anne.

grannypiper Sun 18-Apr-21 11:33:27

Oopsadaisy1 He only had toothpaste put on his brush when he broke his wrist.

Alegrias1 Sun 18-Apr-21 11:30:00

Well now Annie, maybe you know what I'm going to say. Or you think you do wink.

If she stood, I'd choose Jocelyn Bell Burnell. Said that before, so sorry for repeating myself.

Assuming she didn't want it, maybe Prof Anne Glover. Sir Tom Hunter. Sir Ian Wood. Wow, they are all Scots! We can run the world if we try. wink

Or maybe even Charles, if he promised to stop funding his extended family with public money and just turned up to smile, wave, and sign the documents when we needed him to.

Anniebach Sun 18-Apr-21 11:21:27

Who would you choose Alegrias1 ?

Alegrias1 Sat 17-Apr-21 19:42:10

If only there was some way of deciding who we want to be HoS, instead of it just going to the next person in line.

Oh, hang on..grin

GagaJo Sat 17-Apr-21 19:40:30

Daisend1

I would like to have seen Princess Anne on the throne .

Yes. She would be the best of a bad bunch.

Alegrias1 Sat 17-Apr-21 19:00:30

Do we need a symbol for Berwick on Tweed? Still belongs to Russia, I believe, depending who you ask.

smile

Bridgeit Sat 17-Apr-21 18:46:46

I think Princess Anne’s response to that would be ‘Naff Off’?

Callistemon Sat 17-Apr-21 18:32:35

Casdon

No Alegrias1 it’s the kingdom of Hay on Wye, which is a subset of the subset that is Wales.

Oh!

I thought it was Monmouthshire, neither in England nor Wales.

Anniebach Sat 17-Apr-21 18:24:53

Casdon I didn’t know Richard had died , King Richard of
Hay-on-Wye.

Daisend1 Sat 17-Apr-21 18:14:08

I would like to have seen Princess Anne on the throne .

Casdon Sat 17-Apr-21 17:46:39

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Booth This is why.

Casdon Sat 17-Apr-21 17:44:34

No Alegrias1 it’s the kingdom of Hay on Wye, which is a subset of the subset that is Wales.

Alegrias1 Sat 17-Apr-21 17:24:28

Oh, I dont know. Brutish kinda fits.

Is the triangle Gibraltar?

Anniebach Sat 17-Apr-21 17:23:35

indespensableme whether you like it or not, the English are
a subset of being British , nothing changes that .

Callistemon Sat 17-Apr-21 17:15:47

British not Brutish, but substitute as you wish
???

Callistemon Sat 17-Apr-21 17:14:43

A set A is a subset of another set B if all elements of the set A are elements of the set B. In other words, the set A is contained inside the set B. The subset relationship is denoted as A⊂B.

For example, if A is the set {♢,♡,♣,♠} and B is the set {♢,△,♡,♣,♠}, then A⊂B but B⊄A. Since B contains elements not in A, we can say that A is a proper subset of B. Or if I1 is the interval [0,2] and I2 is the interval [0,1], then I2⊂I1.

Substititute Brutish, Welsh, Scottish, English, Northern Irish as you wish if it makes it easier to understand.

Casdon Sat 17-Apr-21 16:22:53

I think you forgot to mention indispensableme to use your words, that the English and Northern Irish are also ‘subsets’ of being British. That way of putting it is designed to put our backs up in Scotland and Wales. Why do that, it’s certainly not going to win friends and influence people?

Galaxy Sat 17-Apr-21 16:02:25

I cant imagine why you want independence Alegrias grin

Alegrias1 Sat 17-Apr-21 15:45:27

Ohh, thanks indespensableme. That makes us feel wanted.

It would be nice if you didn't refer to us in the third person, we can read you know.

I take it that was a typo in the last line? grin

indispensableme Sat 17-Apr-21 15:33:57

lemongrove

You can be Scottish and British you know Alegrias. In fact you already are, as is the Queen.

Whether the Scots and Welsh like it or not they are first and foremost British, Scots, Welsh, are all subsets of being British, just because they have some devolved power does change that.

indispensableme Sat 17-Apr-21 15:27:05

Calendargirl

I don’t think Charles will be a ‘traditional’ king necessarily.

I believe he has already stated he intends to be ‘defender of faiths’ rather than ‘defender of the faith.’

I think we will see a more streamlined, modern monarchy, more appropriate for nowadays, and even more so with William. More ‘hands on’, less formal.

I hope to live long enough to see both Charles and William crowned.

?

Charles has been light years ahead in much of his thinking re things like inclusivity with Defender of Faiths, green matters, organic farming etc. Many people derided his views which they now fall over themselves to espouse.

Grany Sat 17-Apr-21 15:19:09

After watching this video of Charles (if you did, a real eye opener) do you think he should be king or William for that matter ?

I bet William can't wait to get his hands on the Duchy money which should go to the treasury.