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Britain’s Prince Charles determined to succeed to throne
2018-12-05
[PRESSTV] Because the Brits have had such good luck with King Chucks...
Posted by:Fred

#16  Legally, I believe that the deal is that if the Parliament stops paying the monarch a set income, they resume gathering the income from their Crown Lands, which include a great deal of extremely popular tourist traps throughout the country and places like Bermuda and the Channel Islands. They would become private citizens, but probably also the wealthiest people in the UK, and the British Government would lose all right to use their property for any reason without paying them, like any other property owner.
Posted by: Vernal Hatrack2366   2018-12-05 22:11  

#15  Bwahahaha....Glad to see your sense of humor has not been degraded by recent earth-shattering events, AP!
Posted by: Bobby   2018-12-05 16:14  

#14  The way things are going Charles will not become king, but rather Head Mullah.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2018-12-05 14:17  

#13  Not sure why Prince Charles is complaining about his 70+ years paid internship.
Posted by: Airandee   2018-12-05 11:33  

#12  Technically Sam, the queen could disband Parliament and remove the Prime Minister. But historically when the monarchy has done that there has been Civil War.

It seems she and the others are happy with just keeping things the way they are where the royals enjoy the life of leisure without all that government and country running bollocks.
Posted by: DarthVader   2018-12-05 10:43  

#11  not being snarky - legit quesiton... are they not just figure heads now? They dont really have any control or power, so is it just a ceremonial position for tradition?
Posted by: Yosemite Sam   2018-12-05 10:32  

#10  white farmers

Farmers, um, farmed.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2018-12-05 10:25  

#9  The Brits are one Labor gummint away from abolishing the monarchy.

Treat them like the white farmers in South Africa?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2018-12-05 09:55  

#8  It may be best if when the Queen gets ill, Charles takes a very extended holiday in a private place for the rest of his life.

Even though his sons have show some spirit in their lives, some of their recent actions are pure Charles and the line of Windsor is in serious trouble.
Posted by: DarthVader   2018-12-05 08:57  

#7  Long live the Queen!
Posted by: Procopius2k   2018-12-05 08:23  

#6  The Brits are one Labor gummint away from abolishing the monarchy. Like Brexit, they'll draw it out interminably and call it anything but what it is, but the end result is a lot of toffs suddenly at a loose end.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2018-12-05 07:35  

#5  Charlie is as thick as a plank.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2018-12-05 06:09  

#4  Well, he ain't exactly Bonny Prince Charlie
Posted by: Cheaderhead   2018-12-05 05:16  

#3  ...Her Majesty isn't leaving Buckingham Palace any way except feet first, and apparently there's considerable speculation that she may be the first sitting monarch to crack 100 (She's 92 now, her mother made it to 101).

If that happens, Charles will - and hear me out - be deserving of some sympathy. At that point he'll be almost 80, and given Prince William's popularity, most people will simply be waiting for him to shuffle off this mortal coil before Wills takes over. He'll be remembered as an asterisk in British history.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2018-12-05 04:30  

#2  Ah yes... prince up-chuck. The prince who married his horse.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2018-12-05 01:24  

#1  Just a feeling, but I kinda suspect his Mum would strangle him with her bare hands before that would happen.
Posted by: SteveS   2018-12-05 00:56  

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