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Who is the king? (Original Post) Kingofalldems Sep 2022 OP
Charles. nt LexVegas Sep 2022 #1
Apparently you! 🙂 Croney Sep 2022 #2
LOL! CrispyQ Sep 2022 #14
DUzy! NewHendoLib Sep 2022 #17
Elvis nt sarisataka Sep 2022 #3
I knew that was coming. Kingofalldems Sep 2022 #5
I tried to resist sarisataka Sep 2022 #7
The last time I saw Elvis was 1997 in Barstow, California. Emile Sep 2022 #19
Aegon, Second of his name. n/t Yavin4 Sep 2022 #4
I still don't see how he's not third of his name. Iggo Sep 2022 #42
But will he be called King Charles? Is that the question you're asking? Native Sep 2022 #6
Wiki entry says likely Charles III but he might go with George to honor his Grandfather. Thomas Hurt Sep 2022 #8
If it were me I'd be Charles The Conqueror. Kingofalldems Sep 2022 #11
I'm rooting for Ethelred the "I'm Ready Now" Retrograde Sep 2022 #32
I've read that he has a fixation on King Arthur Wicked Blue Sep 2022 #24
Isn't he pretty old too? Kingofalldems Sep 2022 #9
He's 73 I think Freddie Sep 2022 #12
Younger than President Biden. BlackSkimmer Sep 2022 #28
He's a year older than me, and I'm old as dirt. :) msfiddlestix Sep 2022 #29
Long live the King! jcboon Sep 2022 #10
Arthur is also one of his names, so he could be the Second King Arthur! Tanuki Sep 2022 #25
I thought they retired Arthur's jersey n/t BlueSpot Sep 2022 #52
Charleses ... Straw Man Sep 2022 #48
What will Camilla's title be? ALBliberal Sep 2022 #13
Good question. Kingofalldems Sep 2022 #15
Queen Consort I think. Frasier Balzov Sep 2022 #16
Queen Consort nolabear Sep 2022 #18
Her Majesty, Queen Camilla obamanut2012 Sep 2022 #22
She will be Queen Camilla Freddie Sep 2022 #30
Charles III and his Queen Consort Camilla obamanut2012 Sep 2022 #20
Queen Consort? Kingofalldems Sep 2022 #21
Her Majesty, Queen Camilla, and she is the Queen Consort obamanut2012 Sep 2022 #23
I heard somewhere that he would take another name to reign. patricia92243 Sep 2022 #27
It was discussed that he could, musette_sf Sep 2022 #50
I wonder if the former Prince of Wales gets a name change now that he is King? msfiddlestix Sep 2022 #26
He can if he wants to Freddie Sep 2022 #34
He's chosen Charles III. BlackSkimmer Sep 2022 #35
Good. Someone can tell his Royal Highness,this Queen approves and would like his audience please :) msfiddlestix Sep 2022 #38
Lol! BlackSkimmer Sep 2022 #39
edited version gets the win! hee, hee. msfiddlestix Sep 2022 #41
Charles Jilly_in_VA Sep 2022 #31
Wow, really? You can't imagine what their kids would have looked like? BlackSkimmer Sep 2022 #36
This message was self-deleted by its author NoRethugFriends Sep 2022 #37
No kidding. BlackSkimmer Sep 2022 #40
I don't like her Jilly_in_VA Sep 2022 #44
You're allowed to say what you like, meadowlander Sep 2022 #47
"I'm the king!" "No you're not!" Tommy Carcetti Sep 2022 #33
Did some watery tart fling a sword at you? No? gratuitous Sep 2022 #43
That question was asked in this movie. Earth-shine Sep 2022 #45
Anonymous. Didn't sign his name. usonian Sep 2022 #46
I have to say, one of the things I appreciate about being an American, Volaris Sep 2022 #49
Charles Meowmee Sep 2022 #51
Hmmm... WarGamer Sep 2022 #53
This guy is the King! AntivaxHunters Sep 2022 #54
Um, Charles mcar Sep 2022 #55

Emile

(42,289 posts)
19. The last time I saw Elvis was 1997 in Barstow, California.
Thu Sep 8, 2022, 02:24 PM
Sep 2022

He was driving a purpler Peterbilt coss country for Burlington Motor Freight. One crazy SOB. We followed each other clear across the country. Other truckers on the CB tried to get him to sing, but he never would.

Iggo

(49,927 posts)
42. I still don't see how he's not third of his name.
Thu Sep 8, 2022, 03:14 PM
Sep 2022

Unless he’s the second Second Of His Name, because the first Second Of His Name was Aegon The Uncrowned.

I know, I know…but still.

Native

(7,359 posts)
6. But will he be called King Charles? Is that the question you're asking?
Thu Sep 8, 2022, 02:17 PM
Sep 2022

He gets to officially choose his new name.

Thomas Hurt

(13,982 posts)
8. Wiki entry says likely Charles III but he might go with George to honor his Grandfather.
Thu Sep 8, 2022, 02:18 PM
Sep 2022

Retrograde

(11,419 posts)
32. I'm rooting for Ethelred the "I'm Ready Now"
Thu Sep 8, 2022, 02:41 PM
Sep 2022

Since then he'll go be EII that will save a lot of money, as they won't have to change all the post boxes and other things with Elizabeth's initials. And anyway it's high time the Hanovers or whatever they're calling themselves these days apologized for their ancestors' treatment of the Anglo Saxons.

As an American with no ties to Britain (other than having visited several times), I don't really care one way or the other. I'm just sitting on the sidelines watching the media circus.


Wicked Blue

(8,867 posts)
24. I've read that he has a fixation on King Arthur
Thu Sep 8, 2022, 02:31 PM
Sep 2022

and since that's one of his names, I'm betting he picks it.

jcboon

(348 posts)
10. Long live the King!
Thu Sep 8, 2022, 02:19 PM
Sep 2022

I predict he will opt to be known as George VII. George is one of his names.
The name Charles is not very lucky for English monarchs.

Tanuki

(16,446 posts)
25. Arthur is also one of his names, so he could be the Second King Arthur!
Thu Sep 8, 2022, 02:32 PM
Sep 2022

I don't think he'll do that, though.

Straw Man

(6,947 posts)
48. Charleses ...
Thu Sep 8, 2022, 03:53 PM
Sep 2022
The name Charles is not very lucky for English monarchs.

Charles I didn't fare too well, but Charles II did OK once he was restored.

Freddie

(10,104 posts)
30. She will be Queen Camilla
Thu Sep 8, 2022, 02:38 PM
Sep 2022

Same title as the Queen Mother, who was called Queen Elizabeth when her husband King George VI was living.

msfiddlestix

(8,178 posts)
26. I wonder if the former Prince of Wales gets a name change now that he is King?
Thu Sep 8, 2022, 02:35 PM
Sep 2022

Something about changing out the first names once ascending to the throne.

I'm sure we'll hear or read it any minute now.

Freddie

(10,104 posts)
34. He can if he wants to
Thu Sep 8, 2022, 02:42 PM
Sep 2022

Of course the Queen used her real name
Her father, George VI, real name was Albert (“Bertie”)
His father, George V, was actually named George
His father, Edward VII, was another Albert. Queen Victoria, his mother, really wanted there to be a King Albert in honor of her beloved husband. She never got her wish.

msfiddlestix

(8,178 posts)
38. Good. Someone can tell his Royal Highness,this Queen approves and would like his audience please :)
Thu Sep 8, 2022, 03:02 PM
Sep 2022

Jilly_in_VA

(14,371 posts)
31. Charles
Thu Sep 8, 2022, 02:41 PM
Sep 2022

Full name, Charles Philip Arthur George Mountbatten-Windsor, which is quite a mouthful for anyone. He gets to choose by what name he will reign, and most people think he will stick with Charles and become King Charles III, but he could go by any of his other names. Likely not Philip, as that would be a reminder of Philip of Spain, who was the husband of Queen Mary I ("Bloody Mary&quot and not very well liked to say the least. Arthur would be an interesting possibility, harkening back to legend and a Prince of Wales who was never king (Henry VIII's oldest son, who died young). George VII is another strong possibility; his grandfather, who he loved dearly as a young boy, was George VI. We'll have to wait and see.

There has never been a Queen Camilla. I suppose I could have got used to her if he'd been allowed to marry her in the first place, but I still can't stand her, even if she does make him happy. At least he had the sense to marry a pretty woman who produced handsome sons. I can't imagine what his and Camilla's kids would have looked like. And I wish some decent hair stylist would get her hair out of her face! That hairstyle does less than nothing for her.

 

BlackSkimmer

(51,308 posts)
36. Wow, really? You can't imagine what their kids would have looked like?
Thu Sep 8, 2022, 02:50 PM
Sep 2022

Glad he married a “pretty woman”.

Can’t believe I’m reading this here.

Response to Jilly_in_VA (Reply #31)

Jilly_in_VA

(14,371 posts)
44. I don't like her
Thu Sep 8, 2022, 03:35 PM
Sep 2022

I'm allowed to say that, and allowed to say what I don't like about her. What I don't like most about her is that she didn't have the decency to stay away once Charles was married. Yes, I know he strayed, but she could have stayed away and said no at any time and she didn't. So if I think she's a horse-faced hussy I'll say so, Queen Consort or not.

meadowlander

(5,133 posts)
47. You're allowed to say what you like,
Thu Sep 8, 2022, 03:44 PM
Sep 2022

we're allowed to comment on the appropriateness of you saying it in the context of a death in their family.

 

Earth-shine

(4,044 posts)
45. That question was asked in this movie.
Thu Sep 8, 2022, 03:40 PM
Sep 2022


There's only one answer.

Best friggin monster movie I have ever seen.

Volaris

(11,703 posts)
49. I have to say, one of the things I appreciate about being an American,
Thu Sep 8, 2022, 04:26 PM
Sep 2022

Is that after about a half a day of paying attention, I'm not required to care about Their Royal Nonsense. That said, QE2 was terribly respected, and I hope she passed peacefully.

WarGamer

(18,613 posts)
53. Hmmm...
Thu Sep 8, 2022, 05:58 PM
Sep 2022

Multiple choice test.

1) Prince Charles

2) Elton John

3) David Beckham

4) 007

5) Christian Bale

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