I’m feeling sick

I didn't realise asking someone where they were from was racist. I've been asked it a lot.

I frequently ask people where they or their families came from because I'm interested! People are interesting and if they have some sort of exotic background they are even more so. The alternative is to avoid anybody who looks at all "different" in case you say the wrong thing.

Of course Charles is the man for the job after all he is:

His Royal Highness The Prince Charles Philip Arthur George,
Prince of Wales,
Earl of Chester,
Duke of Cornwall,
Duke of Rothesay,
Earl of Carrick,
Baron of Renfrew,
Lord of the Isles,
Prince and Great Steward of Scotland,
Royal Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter,
Extra Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath,
Member of the Order of Merit,
Knight of the Order of Australia,
Companion of the Queen's Service Order,
Member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council,
Aide-de-Camp to Her Majesty
Field Marshal in the British Army,
Admiral of the Fleet in the Royal Navy and
Marshal of the Royal Air Force

With all that on his CV, I'm sure he will find running the Commonwealth a doddle.

I too am pleased that Charles has got the job, in fact I can't think of anyone better suited. He's had a lifetime observing what it entails and I think will be as dedicated to the job as his mother has been.
And as for the "racist comments"..... utter codswallop.

He will not be running the Commonwealth. He will merely be the figure at the head. Since it is the Commonwealth leaders themselves who made that decision, why should we question it unless we have information that the head of commonwealth do not have do not have that shows that Prince Charles is unfitted for the job.

Dunno M0nica; best ask OP. Perhaps when she's feeling less billious she'll tell us.

Granny 23 . It is quite ludicrous isn't it.

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What a thoroughly nasty childish post Brid . I’m not bitter and twisted and you have no damn right to post such a personal attack
Judge not lest ye be judged

Would anyone else's adult son be happy for their mother to tout for a job in public for him? I wonder why he was confirmed in the position so fast...couldn't be because they dont want to offend his mama could it?
Its a totally ridiculous situation to put people in,but thats what royalty is all about isn't it...they could hardly say no !

they could hardly say no.

Well, they could if they'd have felt as strongly about it as you and the OP paddyann, but clearly they didn't. Hence they said "yes". So that's all there is to it.

I think he will be good in the job, and after all he has plenty
Of knowledge of what it entails.The Commonwealth Heads are obviously happy with it.

It isn't a job .

paddyann you seem to think everyone in any position in any country anywhere is in awe of the Queen. I very much doubt that any of the various PMs would vote for PC just because his mother would like it if they didn't consider him up to the job. They need a figure head. Someone who will be well received and be prepared to host conferences and the like, but have not be from a Commonwealth country.

Your idea about what the place of the Royal family is in this country and how they are perceived and treated by others, harks back to the days of Empire. Not the 21st century.

True annie it’s a position.

I have no idea why my deleted post says:
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It was rather a long post explaining about The Commonwealth and wondering why Scottish posters who wish for independence would be so worried about who the next Head of the Commonwealth will be. As so many countries are happy to belong and more wish to join, I think they are the ones who may be interested and that the views of Scottish Nationalists or anti-royalists would be of little interest to members of The Commonwealth

Sorry if you are having a bilious attack maryeliza but I doubt you will get over it any time soon because you are vastly outnumbered.
Take some Rennies.

Ah, I did wonder what you'd done to deserve deletion Jalima. I've occasionally asked for one of my posts to be deleted and seem to recall the comment has been "post deleted at writer's request"
I have never been a great fan of Charles but as we were teenagers and young people together, I've had a bit of empathy for how tough it must have been to be him when the rest of us were growing our hair, talking about how easy world peace would be to achieve if only people all thought like we did. I'm sure his mother wouldn't have recommended him if she hadn't believed he shared her affection and commitment for the Commonwealth.

I don't see what the fuss is about to be honest. Charles will succeed his mother and become King and I assumed in that position he'd be head of the Commonwealth as well.

I imagine it was a matter of courtesy to inform rather than ask Heads of Commonwealth countries, but I imagine if anyone did have doubts it would have been raised already with the Queen. There's been no riding roughshod over the Commonwealth. This is a fuss about nothing, isn't it?

Jalima, advice to the OP to take some Rennies

Ah, I did wonder what you'd done to deserve deletion Jalima. I've occasionally asked for one of my posts to be deleted and seem to recall the comment has been "post deleted at writer's request"
It has happened once before Iam64 - I asked for a post to be deleted (too much personal information) and got the same message! That was also at a weekend. Has this happened to anyone else?
Perhaps I should let them know.

I'll put on a couple of links instead:

thecommonwealth.org/about-us
thecommonwealth.org/our-work

There are 2.4 billion people in The Commonwealth and more wish to join.

jalima You said to maryeliza that she is "vastly outnumbered" with regard to her view of the royal family and Charles and the Commonwealth.

Yes, she is, and so am I. But throughout history the majority have been supportive of, or too scared, to challenge the status quo.

Once upon a time if a person had disagreed with the concept of the divine right of the king/queen to rule, they would have been executed. Practices that were commonly accepted in the past, such as buying and selling black people, are no longer morally or legally acceptable.

Things have moved on quite a bit since then and may well continue to move on in the future, despite the vast amount of propaganda that the TV, radio and newspapers churn out with regard to the royal family.

Just because someone takes a view that the majority disagree with, doesn't mean that that view is any less valid or that it is going to remain a minority view in perpetuity.

I think the fact that new countries who had nothing to do with the old Empire want. to join the Commonwealth speaks volumes. Perhaps countries see it as a safe institution, run in a non political way with a serious, committed totally non biased person as its chairman. If the Commonwealth heads of state had any doubts about Charles, they would for certain have made this known. It's not the same as the 'Divine right of Kings' when there was no choice, it this instance the leaders have had choice despite what the Queen recommended, which they could have respectfully overridden.

Maybe The Queen was actually, politely, showing the public that she has faith in her son. It will have been sorted previously in private so she didn't have to say anything at all.