King Charles III, his Life of Service

10/28/19

"Prince Charles adds a new pony to the Royal Stable.....you know you’re important when Elon Musk’s brother Kimball personally delivers your new Tesla Model S."
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Part of my opinion is based on her treatment of Princess Diana. (And admittedly, my knowledge of any of this is largely based on what I've seen in the movies and all the TV shows about them.)

But what does come through, to her credit, is that she seems to have the ability to learn from her mistakes.
 
Sunny said:
Part of my opinion is based on her treatment of Princess Diana. (And admittedly, my knowledge of any of this is largely based on what I've seen in the movies and all the TV shows about them.)

But what does come through, to her credit, is that she seems to have the ability to learn from her mistakes.
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Does it give any indication why he may have become a cheating SOB to his wife Princess Diana. Didn't even have the decency to be disgreet about it. I'm glad their children favor her more. Guess you can tell I'm not a fan. 😖
 
My only knowledge of Charles is from watching The Crown so my opinion is not worth much but based on the show he seems like a pompous ass who had a Peter Pan syndrome. LIke I said, my opinion of him is only based on a TV show and so it is skewed but I hope he has matured some since his marriage with Di.
In fairness, it probably isn't fair me to judge someone who grew up in such a situation. I am not sure how anyone in that family can be "normal" with all that goes on with them. Not blaming the mother at all either, just the way the system.
 
I can't imagine growing up like that. They probably never got to have any fun. I can't see the queen letting them run through the sprinkler in their skivies when they were little or anything childishly fun. They probably had to spend a lot of time being prim and proper. Ugh!
 
hollydolly said:
Please.. the Crown is absolutely not true to life in any way. People mistake it for a biographical account of the royal family. It most certainly is not , so please don't judge the individuals characters in this tv show as honestly portrayed
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I try not to. On a side note, I have a new respect to the position of the Queen (or King) and the importance of that position because of the show. I do assume that the show does a fairly good job representing that role @hollydolly ?
 
MarkinPhx said:
I try not to. On a side note, I have a new respect to the position of the Queen (or King) and the importance of that position because of the show. I do assume that the show does a fairly good job representing that role @hollydolly ?
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Yes the roles of King or Queen are honestly represented, but the personalities by and large are not. This is a show that without exaggeration and yes lies.. .. would have little interest...and the producers and writers knew this ...

I know for a fact..yes, really.. a fact.. that the Royal family themselves are very upset at the way they've been portrayed .

In days of yore, these people would be in the tower for treason.. :D
 
I have read a few biographies of members of Britain's royal family, and it seems that we get our idea of Charles have been treated roughly by his father, from him. Also his feeling of separation from his mom also from him. While it can be noted that his mother and father were very busy people, traveling and representing their kingdom, promoting goodwill, the children are seemingly ignored. Yet in the books written, they were involved with those kids very much. Perhaps there weren't the hugs, etc. present, but one must remember, Philip and Elizabeth were primarily German and not accustomed to outward displays of affection. That is changing since Charles and his siblings all married true British born citizens. Their children have been following suit, so the dynamic has changed a bit. We really don't know how they all behaved with one another privately and still do. But for sure, the royals do bring in money to the UK from the tourists.
 
I have to agree largely and wholeheartedly with what you say @Lewkat , .. but just a small point.. The Queen Mother was born in London and raised just a few minutes from where I live, ( altho' biographers like to state that she was Scottish, she wasn't)... and although King George ( Bertie) was from a long line of German stock.. he was in fact the most demonstrative of the 2 of them when it came to his children Elizabeth and Margaret..

Further.. Prince Philip was born in Greece, to a Danish family and ancestry . (although his sisters married Germans, he's not from a German bloodline)

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/11/prince-philip-goes-back-danish-roots-new-portrait/
 
The attention paid to British royalty (especially by people in the US) is truly puzzling. I watched an episode of The Crown last night (my wife controls the remote) and I just kept thinking that these were among the least interesting people on earth. I would much rather watch a Seinfeld rerun than have to suffer the travails of these leeches.
 
Laurie said:
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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This post caught my attention and I did some searching.

Everything I've found said that the British monarchy uses a vertical order of primogeniture.

Definition of vertical order of primogeniture: the monarch's eldest son (before 2013) and his descendants take precedence over his siblings and their descendants.

If Charles dies before the Queen, he will always be her eldest son; it's not like he just evaporates upon death as though he was never there. Nowhere can I find the word "living" as a qualifier before eldest son.

If there is a statute that qualifies the heir as the "living" eldest son, could you post it, @Laurie ?
 
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hollydolly said:
I have to agree largely and wholeheartedly with what you say @Lewkat , .. but just a small point.. The Queen Mother was born in London and raised just a few minutes from where I live, ( altho' biographers like to state that she was Scottish, she wasn't)... and although King George ( Bertie) was from a long line of German stock.. he was in fact the most demonstrative of the 2 of them when it came to his children Elizabeth and Margaret..

Further.. Prince Philip was born in Greece, to a Danish family and ancestry . (although his sisters married Germans, he's not from a German bloodline)

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/11/prince-philip-goes-back-danish-roots-new-portrait/
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I'm glad you have made that clear, hollydolly. Too many people still think of the royal family as being German. They do have German blood in their veins, but a lot of English too. I do wish people would check their facts before making sweeping statements, especially when it involves those of another country.
 
JimBob1952 said:
The attention paid to British royalty (especially by people in the US) is truly puzzling. I watched an episode of The Crown last night (my wife controls the remote) and I just kept thinking that these were among the least interesting people on earth. I would much rather watch a Seinfeld rerun than have to suffer the travails of these leeches.
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There's absolutely no need to come into this thread to abuse the monarchy of this country and Canada among many other countries... WE don't publicly abuse your President here..
 
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hollydolly said:
There's absolutely no need to come into this thread to abuse the monarchy of hthis country and Canada amoong many other countries... WE don't publicly abuse your President here..
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You should feel free to do so. I don't care if you have "royalty", just saying I don't find them particularly interesting.
 
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