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Britain
Britons want William, not Charles as next king: poll
2010-11-22
[Pak Daily Times] Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton should be Britain's next king and queen, not the heir to the throne Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, two polls has shown.

An ICM poll, published in Britain's News of the World newspaper, showed that 64 percent of people wanted William and his future bride as next in line to the throne, while a YouGov poll in the Sunday Times found the majority of Britons thought William would make a better king than his father Charles. Charles, 62, is currently next in line to the throne, now occupied by his mother Queen Elizabeth, 84.

The British public has no say in who should be their next king or queen, a largely symbolic role in a country run as a parliamentary democracy. The ICM survey also found that fewer than one in five people wanted the crown to pass to Charles and Camilla. The YouGov poll showed that 44 percent of people thought Charles should make way for his son to become the next king, against 37 percent who thought he should not.
Posted by:Fred

#13  Caligula/Incitatus 2012!
Posted by: Broadhead6   2010-11-22 21:58  

#12  well, Caligula brought his horse in, it's only natural Charles drags Camilla in
Posted by: Frank G   2010-11-22 21:05  

#11  I understand now why my ancestors left England. What a piece of work Charles is.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2010-11-22 21:03  

#10  Prince Harry wants to have fun and be a soldier, like his Uncle Andrew. Prince William will work hard to do a good job at being a figurehead beloved of his people. Besides, what's abnormal about a man meeting the woman he'll be happily married to all his life his freshman year at university? I met Mr. Wife at my freshman orientation, and his employer seems to find him a steady sort. And unlike his son, Prince Charles seems about as intellectually gifted as both his previous and current wives, whereas it appears both Princes William and Harry have tended toward the mean.
Posted by: trailing wife   2010-11-22 20:54  

#9  IMHO they have become more political than Regal in the past 50 or so years. But that is the case with almost all the royal families in Europe. Charles married probably the only women in England he hadn't slept with. William is wrapped securely around Kate's little finger. Harry is about the only normal person (maybe Fergie too).
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2010-11-22 18:07  

#8  Harry would make a good King, and he would fit the mold Shakespeare made for a king called Harry -- "Once more unto the breach, dear friends!"
Posted by: Shieldwolf   2010-11-22 14:12  

#7  Harry for king
Posted by: 746   2010-11-22 12:29  

#6  The British Crown hasn't had very good luck with the Charles'...
Posted by: mojo   2010-11-22 11:25  

#5  William should be Heir. He fought for that Crown.
Posted by: newc   2010-11-22 09:48  

#4  "broken marriages and philanderers"

Actually, it was Queen Victoria and the Elizabeths who were the exception to the long line of Tudors, Stuarts, Hanoverians, and Windsors, that set the 'gold standard'. The rest have been pretty much a randy group. Though Mary and Anne seem also to have been an exception. I detect a pattern here. It's that terrible consequence of droit de seigneur they can't seem to get out of their lower brain stem group.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2010-11-22 08:42  

#3  It will be Queen Elizabeth and the Queen Mum who decide what head the Crown rests upon next. I don't think Elizabeth will let Charles take the throne, for many reasons including his overt sympathies for the Islamic hordes.
Posted by: Shieldwolf   2010-11-22 03:47  

#2  Queen Kate?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2010-11-22 01:40  

#1  The Bishop of Willesden had some uncomplementary things to say about the entire Royal Family recently: he likened the Prince and his fiancée to “shallow celebrities”.
He said the Royal Family was full of “broken marriages and philanderers” and expressed disappointment that the wedding would cost the public “an arm and a leg”. “I managed to avoid the last disaster in slow motion between Big Ears and the Porcelain Doll, and hope to avoid this one too.”
“I give the marriage seven years.”
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2010-11-22 01:40  

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