thread for KING CHARLES III (regnal name george vii)

a classic one for her sister though

BREAKING: Queen Camilla is taking a break from public duties for some "downtime", which means that NONE of the four most senior royals - King Charles, Queen Camilla, Prince William and Kate Middleton - are working right now.

All is not well with the Royal Family. 💁‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/2sgSrM0Otz

— Cillian (@CilComLFC) March 2, 2024

Workshy layabouts.

hope they can show the proper documentation so they can continue receiving benefits

"Have you done any work paid or unpaid in the last two weeks?"

The shortest-reigning monarch was Lady Jane Grey who ruled for 9 days from 6 July until 15 July 1553 (although she was only proclaimed queen by the Lords of the council on 10 July). Her husband Lord Guildford Dudley was her consort for the entire reign, making this the shortest tenure of the male consort of a female monarch. Note: Jane's reign is disputed.

The king with the shortest definitively known reign was Edgar the Ætheling who ruled for 2 months, 12 days in 1066 before submitting to William the Conqueror. Some records indicate that Sweyn Forkbeard reigned for only 40 days in 1013–4.[7]

Well he's got past all that at least

Can I just say Sweyn Forkbeard is a pretty badass name?

his son was a Cnut

Not for the last time either.

Æthyll do it

Sweyn Forkbeard is really not much different to being called Steve Mullet tbh

It's good to see Charles' latest spiritual advisor is (probably) not a paedophile

Dead yet?

the royal family is a gigantic bloodsucking organism which can never die, no matter how many limbs abscise

Gotta say this is the closest it's ever been to death. Queen gone, Charles dying, Kate possibly gone.

Whole it's called establishment for a reason these things can all be swept away quickly.

What if the end of the monarchy is just all of them kind of wandering off https://t.co/OC8kUeHmWq

— the federalist stinks!!!! (@rajandelman) March 3, 2024

you don't gotta hand it to qe2 except you kind of do: i don't believe the thing she was doing is something others will be able to do or will actually want to do

ie committing to the bit

Thank you Liz for showing us the way (by dying)

God help you all if these fuckos are no longer paraded around to be the center of attention at various “ceremonies” and shit

I'll take the risk.

Just get Ant & Dec in.

If you don’t appreciate essential workers don’t be surprised when they start leaving in droves

"The royals have got a youth problem. Or more to the point, a lack-of-youth problem. That was even more painfully visible this week without William or Catherine when the royals gathered for the memorial service in Windsor. They looked older and frailer. Not to say paler."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68446337

Paler, you say?

Nicholas Witchell is retiring this year

William is 41 btw.

Gotta say this is the closest it's ever been to death. Queen gone, Charles dying, Kate possibly gone.

Whole it's called establishment for a reason these things can all be swept away quickly.

― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 3 March 2024 17:28

https://i.ibb.co/58mgmKC/800px-The-Execution-of-Charles-I-of-England.jpg

(this is both a counter to your first point and a confirmation of your second)

how is there "a youth problem" ffs they keep breeding

I can't see the death of the monarchy at all within the next 25 years. There's no political will for it at all, it is key to all the main parties' ideology now, even the snp if it came to the crunch. If one of the main parasites dies or goes senile they'll just swiftly find another hamfaced cypher to fill their place, and the media will bow and scrape and call it the most important things that's ever happened in history etc. Since 1997 there has been a pact between the establishment, the general media, the press barons and the main parties through their security handlers about this, it's not going to change.

I suppose there's not many of them over 10 but under 40.

the "would you prefer President Johnson/Corbyn/Ant & Dec" argument is bullshit like all pro-monarchy arguments, but it probably doesn't hurt the cause of bootlickers that there are no figures in the UK's current political landscape that anybody would want to elect as head of state

"Since 1997 there has been a pact between the establishment, the general media, the press barons and the main parties through their security handlers about this, it's not going to change."

erm, one of the main parties did break with this for a while, and there was a referendum on breaking up the union. It didn't go the way a lot of us wanted but it's hardly like some sort of post-97 conspiratorial consensus at work here that can't be ever broken up. We are seeing the cracks all around us.

the "would you prefer President Johnson/Corbyn/Ant & Dec" argument is bullshit like all pro-monarchy arguments, but it probably doesn't hurt the cause of bootlickers that there are no figures in the UK's current political landscape that anybody would want to elect as head of state

https://news.stv.tv/politics/king-charles-to-be-scottish-head-of-state-as-long-as-people-desired-it-after-independence

https://www.thenational.scot/news/21401066.future-monarchy-scotland-independence-not-huge-question-says-minister/

On Monday, deputy first minister John Swinney told BBC Radio 4 that the SNP would continue to argue in favour of keeping the monarchy.

“It's what we argued in the referendum in 2014, and it's what we will continue to argue,” he said.

The closer any independence party gets to power the more likely it is they will keep the establishment line on the monarchy, imo.

in their origin days the SNP was more concerned with BE having a more Anglo-Scottish identity than anything to do with independence.

Edward VIII doesn't really count, and I don't reckon he's going to make it as far as William IV

https://i.imgur.com/31r5Sq3.png

what do the bookies say?

You could choose to elect some cunt or you could elect people like Mary Robinson or Michael D.

well sure, i guess what i'm thinking is the pantomime of being a monarchy is not conducive to producing those kinds of people

The closer any independence party gets to power the more likely it is they will keep the establishment line on the monarchy, imo.

There's stuff going on in Scotland re the monarchy that's unique to Scotland that the SNP has decided to tiptoe around for electoral reasons. Having a King of Scotland again would be quite amusing though.

Idi Amin apparently had 40 official offspring so plenty to choose from!

the Bolsheviks got a bit carried away with the spring cleaning at times, doing in their parasites in a messy cellar execution deserves top marks imo. One of the great moments of 20th c history that alas never happened in the UK.

So Kate’s uncle Gary is now in Celebrity Big Brother. Perhaps that’s why they’ve all gone to ground.

So Kate’s uncle Gary is now in Celebrity Big Brother. Perhaps that’s why they’ve all gone to ground.

So Kate’s uncle Gary is now in Celebrity Big Brother. Perhaps that’s why they’ve all gone to ground.

Oh ffs apols!

Katy’s uncle Gary has a Big brother Larry in five days from he’s gonna marry

If Charles croaks soon enough (odds look favorable) y'all will be rid of a wanker & crank notorious crank. That's great. But when his kid takes over the throne Charles is keeping warm don't be surprised if there's a much warmer response to his ascension than the synthetic enthusiasm the media drummed up for Charles. Because he's young and he will succeed Charles, who would make anyone look good by comparison.

Katy’s uncle Gary has a Big brother Larry in five days from he’s gonna marry

Prince William is set to take almost two weeks off from royal duties again with the royal diary showing zero engagements for William until the middle of March.

William, 41, made just one engagement last week after pulling out of two major events at the last minute over what Kensington Palace called a “personal matter”.

The last-minute scratching of engagements sparked a media frenzy and renewed concerns about his wife Princess Catherine’s health.

Since the Princess underwent abdominal surgery at the London clinic in January, coincidentally the same hospital where King Charles underwent the prostate surgery that showed he had cancer, the palace has provided little update on Kate’s condition.

here's an update: she's dead