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2010-11-22 Britain

Britons want William, not Charles as next king: poll

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Posted by Fred 2010-11-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#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|| 2010-11-22 01:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Queen Kate?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2010-11-22 01:40|| 2010-11-22 01:40|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2010-11-22 03:47|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2010-11-22 08:42|| Front Page Top

#5 William should be Heir. He fought for that Crown.

Posted by newc 2010-11-22 09:48|| 2010-11-22 09:48|| Front Page Top

#6 The British Crown hasn't had very good luck with the Charles'...

Posted by mojo 2010-11-22 11:25|| 2010-11-22 11:25|| Front Page Top

#7 Harry for king

Posted by 746 2010-11-22 12:29|| 2010-11-22 12:29|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2010-11-22 14:12|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2010-11-22 18:07|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2010-11-22 20:54|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2010-11-22 21:03|| Front Page Top

#12 well, Caligula brought his horse in, it's only natural Charles drags Camilla in

Posted by Frank G 2010-11-22 21:05|| 2010-11-22 21:05|| Front Page Top

#13 Caligula/Incitatus 2012!

Posted by Broadhead6 2010-11-22 21:58|| 2010-11-22 21:58|| Front Page Top

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