King Charles III, his Life of Service

Meanderer said:
Prince Charles, the multi-million pound artist

New figures released by the Royal household show the Prince of Wales has sold £2 million worth of lithographs through his shop at Highgrove, making the heir to the throne one of Britain's most successful living artists.

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The Prince of Wales photographed in 1998 painting a watercolour near a Buddhist temple during a visit to the Tiger's Nest Monastery in the Bhutan Himalayas

"All the money raised goes to The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Foundation, which awards grants to a wide range of good causes. "
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As is his father, Philip is a very talented artist....
 

40+ Photos That Show How Much Prince Charles Loves Animals (LINK)
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"Wherever he goes on his royal duties, Prince Charles seems to come face to face with animals. Over the years, the future king has been photographed with all kinds of wildlife, from lizards to lobsters, and that's before all the inevitable encounters with farm animals and pets, like the many pooches he meets at the Sandringham Flower Show. The royal family are known animal-lovers, and Charles is no exception. He's partial to Jack Russell Terriers (Camilla adopted two from Battersea Dogs Home a few years ago), he's a keen horse rider and polo player, and he also has pigs, sheep, and cattle on his organic farm. On his travels around the world, he's encountered penguins, koalas, camels, and one particularly memorable bald eagle."
 
Poor Her Maj..this hasn't been her year at all..

First prince Philip and his car accident, and the injuries he caused to the other driver , ... and then his illness which meant being hopsitalised. ..

Then, the big problem with her favourite son Andrew and the Epstein scandal...

Then Harry and Meghan renouncing their royal duties, and leaving the country...

...and now.. Her eldest Grandson Peter Philips, sister of Zara and son of Princess Anne, has announced his impending divorce from his Canadian wife of 12 years ... ( we all thought that marriage was solid ) ...
 

Very sad news they are a beautiful family.

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All of these things remind me of the Queen's comment about 1992 and the year is just getting started.

"1992 is not a year on which I shall look back with undiluted pleasure. In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents, it has turned out to be an annus horribilis."
 
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The Queen Thinks Prince Charles Will Be a "Brilliant King," Insider Says (LINK)
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"One palace insider told me, "Charles was the steadying force during the chaos. He was brilliant at sorting it out and now he's just getting on with it. Her Majesty is fully confident that the Prince of Wales will make a brilliant king."

"The Prince of Wales means to modernize and streamline the monarchy. That much has been made clear," my insider said. "In the past three years, there may have been some reluctance on the Queen's part to make those changes because of its effects on the family, but she understands and supports Charles' decision in order to secure the future of the monarchy."
 
Prince Charles playing polo in Cirenster, England in 2005.
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"Charles holds the reins in a different way. "Most people have four reins here, then thumb on top. He puts the reins in between each finger. So I learnt that as well. I love that." - Josh O'Conner
 
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"Critics call Prince Charles a hypocrite"

"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle aren’t the only royals being called hypocritical. Prince Charles is another royal who keeps getting called “phony” for claiming he cares about the environment while exploiting natural resources more than the people he’s preaching to."

"Former government minister and Parliament member Norman Baker recently published an expose called …And What Do You Do?: What The Royal Family Don’t Want You To Know that called into question some of Prince Charles’ biggest controversies. Baker accuses the future monarch of tax evasion, greed, private jet usage, fakery, and perhaps worst of all, of being completely oblivious to all of it because he’s so entitled. But whether he realizes it or not, millennials are not in love with the monarchy like older generations were. A YouGov poll found that only 41 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds believe the monarchy should still exist."

When thinking about the popularity or otherwise of the UK monarchy it is well worth reminding ourselves of the level of support and approval it receives compared to any other politician or government department might receive. Royalty these days is about what is called "soft power" isn't it, and goes way beyond our shores.
 
Meanderer said:
@Laurie If Charles should die as heir, William will become heir. Hopefully Charles will recover fully!
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We've been down this road before.

The heir to the throne is the eldest son of the monarch, no ifs, no buts, simple primogenitor, parent to son.

If Charles is no longer around that becomes Andrew (edited).

William can only inherit the crown from his father, and if Charles doesn't have it when he dies he can't pass it on to his son.
 
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Laurie said:
Meanderer wrote:
"@Laurie If Charles should die as heir, William will become heir. Hopefully Charles will recover fully! "

Laurie wrote:

"We've been down this road before.

The heir to the throne is the eldest son of the monarch, no ifs, no buts, simple primogenitor, parent to son.

If Charles is no longer around that becomes Edward.

William can only inherit the crown from his father, and if Charles doesn't have it when he dies he can't pass it on to his son."
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If what you were saying were true, then when a line of the royal family dies out, there would be a major problem wouldn't there(?).

When Henry the eight's ligitimate children came to the throne, they were in order of succession, nine year old Edward the fourth, who died in 1553 aged sixteen, then Mary, Edward the fourth's half sister succeeded him, followed by Elizabeth the first, a half sister to both of them. When she died, and of course hadn't married or had any children, the crown went to the Stewarts, (the Scottish kings line, hence the two nations were united).

None of these occurrences could have been possible following your reasoning.
 
grahamg said:
If what you were saying were true, then when a line of the royal family dies out, there would be a major problem wouldn't there(?).

When Henry the eight's ligitimate children came to the throne, they were in order of succession, nine year old Edward the fourth, who died in 1553 aged sixteen, then Mary, Edward the fourth's half sister succeeded him, followed by Elizabeth the first, a half sister to both of them. When she died, and of course hadn't married or had any children, the crown went to the Stewarts, (the Scottish kings line, hence the two nations were united).

None of these occurrences could have been possible following your reasoning.
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Let us not go back to Henry VIII. "The past is a different country".

Royal families do not "die out". As I'v recorded before, the Comte de Paris is still King of France, Georg Frederick, Prince of Prussia is still the Kaiser, Prince Nikolai is Czar of all the Russias. The Scottish Pretender is still in sanctuary in France, and the true Prince of Wales, descendant of Llewellyn, lives in Chester.

Though it probably no longer applies in these days of mass immigration, when I was in school we were taught that each of us, like all British citizens, had a place in the line of succession.
 

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