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Re: Should Prince Charles abdicate?
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Tue, 1 Mar 2005 03:19:49 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mark Bellis wrote:
> This raises several questions:
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> Q1. People from the rest of the world seem to like our Queen, and as such she is
> an asset for UK tourism. However, do they really care whether Prince Charles
> will succeed her?
We can always use a good laugh. :-)
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> Q2. Is it the duty of the monarch (or for that matter President!) to give a
> moral lead to the nation, or should they reflect the state of the nation?
It's amusing that a religion founded on the principle that the King of England
can divorce (or behead) his wife gets antsy about Prince Chucky's antics. (see
"We can always use a good laugh" above)
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> Q3. If the answer to Q2 is to give a moral lead, is the breakdown of Prince
> Charles' marriage and his unfaithfulness to Diana indicative of his level of
> commitment to the country, and should he therefore abdicate on moral grounds?
How the heck are tabloids gonna drum up sales if Charles can't fool around?
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> Q4, If not on moral grounds then should he follow Edward VIII in the 1930s, who
> abdicated because the constitution said that he could not otherwise marry Wallis
> Simpson, also a divorcee?
My personal bet is that Chucky will get away with it because Camilla is at least
a brit, rather than some common American like Simpson.
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> Q5. Is the excuse of potentially calling Camilla "Princess Consort" rather than
> "Queen" sufficient to permit Charles to take the throne?
I doubt it matters - I suspect his mother has every intention of remaining Queen
until she is 100. She'll probably outlive him (just to spite him, at the very
least).
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> Q6. Given Charles' record, should he abdicate on the grounds that he could not
> fulfil the role of "Supreme head of the Church of England" (the Anglican church
> in the UK), which requires the person to give a moral lead to the nation?
Wellllll, he is giving a moral lead, just not a lead that religious
conservatives agree with. ;-)
-->Bruce<--
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