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Polly Hennessey

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21. Why do you care?

Reply to edhopper (Reply #17)

Sun Sep 11, 2022, 11:40 AM

Sep 2022

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.

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Will Charles set a different tone [View all] edhopper Sep 2022 OP

70 million people in the UK probably care quite a bit. Ocelot II Sep 2022 #1

I truly doubt that edhopper Sep 2022 #3

The huge turnout of people along the route from Balmoral Ocelot II Sep 2022 #5

Large crowds are hardly an indication edhopper Sep 2022 #6

Exactly PJMcK Sep 2022 #12

If one in four want the monarchy abolished, it means three in four don't. Ocelot II Sep 2022 #22

This is very true for us. edhopper Sep 2022 #23

60% is still a lot of cares Polybius Sep 2022 #26

I didn't say nobody cares edhopper Sep 2022 #27

Hopefully he's as good as his mother. She handled the job brilliantly jimfields33 Sep 2022 #2

Some changes maybe Mz Pip Sep 2022 #4

Well... Mike Nelson Sep 2022 #7

Well, Queen Elizabeth had class, style and a sense of history PJMcK Sep 2022 #8

The royal family is pretty harmless - our bullshit, not so much. Ocelot II Sep 2022 #9

True enough PJMcK Sep 2022 #11

Apparently you care enough to ask. onenote Sep 2022 #10

I thought edhopper Sep 2022 #15

We'll put you down as another BlueIdaho Sep 2022 #13

It's a Parlimentarian Democracy edhopper Sep 2022 #17

Why do you care? Polly Hennessey Sep 2022 #21

Whatever dude. BlueIdaho Sep 2022 #25

I think the UK will have more problems with Liz Truss, a Thatcher wannabe, Ocelot II Sep 2022 #14

Exactly true edhopper Sep 2022 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author Happy Hoosier Sep 2022 #18

From the Lounge----Here is his tone: Kingofalldems Sep 2022 #19

That is brutal edhopper Sep 2022 #20

Always wondered why the Queen never handed the crown over to him.... HipChick Sep 2022 #24