Will Charles set a different tone

[edhopper]

in his figurehead job that has zero power in the functioning of the British government and is more of a tourist attraction than a monarch in any real sense?

And who cares?

[Ocelot II]

1. 70 million people in the UK probably care quite a bit.

But if you don’t, why do you ask?

[edhopper]

3. I truly doubt that

the entire British population cares that much.

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/young-british-people-want-ditch-monarchy-poll-suggests-2021-05-20/

https://www.republic.org.uk/more_than_1_in_4_want_monarchy_abolished_with_support_at_just_60

And you are including Scotland, which will soon vote for independence.

[Ocelot II]

5. The huge turnout of people along the route from Balmoral

and in front of Buckingham would suggest otherwise. Reminds me of what happened after JFK died. But you do you.

[edhopper]

6. Large crowds are hardly an indication

of the whole population.

[PJMcK]

12. Exactly

Ask Trump about crowds and real support.

[Ocelot II]

22. If one in four want the monarchy abolished, it means three in four don't.

However, it's not our circus and not our monkeys. We have our own, bigger problems, like a former president who might be a spy for the Russians.

[edhopper]

23. This is very true for us.

[Polybius]

26. 60% is still a lot of cares

Reagan got 59% with 49 states in 1984, so that precent isn't small.

[edhopper]

27. I didn't say nobody cares

I was responding to a post that says the whole of the UK population cares.

[jimfields33]

2. Hopefully he's as good as his mother. She handled the job brilliantly

I think Charles will have a tough time. William will step up like his grandmother when the time comes. He has Kate too which will be golden for him.

[Mz Pip]

4. Some changes maybe

I’ve heard he wants to scale back the monarchy so it’s not such a big financial drain on Britain.
We’ll see.

[Mike Nelson]

7. Well...

... I heard a couple reports that he will give up the personal "issue" he advocates - climate control. Sorry, but the planet's changing climate is much more important than anyone being a king.

[PJMcK]

8. Well, Queen Elizabeth had class, style and a sense of history

Charles is a spoiled brat. Sure he has some good issues (climate change, etc.) but I cannot imagine his mother making a crude comment like Charles did regarding Camilla. I cannot imagine the late Queen being a public embarrassment as Charles and his siblings have been.

One reason I like being an American is we don't put up with such bullshit as a royal family. We put up with other bullshit instead.

[Ocelot II]

9. The royal family is pretty harmless - our bullshit, not so much.

I'll take a powerless ceremonial hereditary monarchy over another president like TFG any day. We, unfortunately, are stuck with an antiquated, cumbersome, antidemocratic method of electing presidents that made the likes of Trump possible and might do it again.

[PJMcK]

11. True enough

The Electoral College is an historic relic that results in minority rule. That's not democracy.

You're also right that the monarchy is fairly harmless. Trump is an existential threat. King Charles, not so much.

[onenote]

10. Apparently you care enough to ask.

[edhopper]

15. I thought

the sarcasm was obvious? I guess it wasn't to everyone.

[BlueIdaho]

13. We'll put you down as another

Constitutional Monarchy hater then shall we?

[edhopper]

17. It's a Parlimentarian Democracy

no real power in the Monarch, they are a side show.

[Polly Hennessey]

21. Why do you care?

Perhaps a little latent monarchy envy. Perplexed why some people have such King Charles III and monarch animosity. We are not members of the United Kingdom, are we? So who cares how they choose to be who they are.

[BlueIdaho]

25. Whatever dude.

“The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the constitutional form of government by which a hereditary sovereign reigns as the head of state of the United Kingdom.”

[Ocelot II]

14. I think the UK will have more problems with Liz Truss, a Thatcher wannabe,

than they will with Charles III.

[edhopper]

16. Exactly true

which is why I said Charles style is irrelevant.

[Kingofalldems]

19. From the Lounge----Here is his tone:

Link to tweet

[edhopper]

20. That is brutal

Where are Monty Python when you need them?

[HipChick]

24. Always wondered why the Queen never handed the crown over to him....

and worked up to 2 days before her death...

Prob did not trust him not to fumble the bag...


He will always be compared to his mother and never live up to expectations...