Page 17 | AIBU in thinking that King Charles' passing will devastate Britain?

Enrichetta · 07/12/2025 17:37

Yes, in many ways the RF lead very privileged lives, but I bet most people would not want to trade places with them for any price. Imagine never being able to step outside your door without being stared at and photographed, always having to look immaculate and not being able to do what you really feel like.

It is well known that the king is a workaholic. Some people may think much of what he does is of little value or relevance, but he is the head of state and there are constitutional duties he has to perform. I’d rather it is him than some washed-up politician as president.

The current RF is already quite slimmed down and once William ascends the throne, there’ll be only him, Kate/Catherine (if her health allows) and their children, plus Anne, Ed and Sophie (for a few years - they are getting on…).

jumpingthehighjump · 07/12/2025 17:33

CatPawsAreCute · 07/12/2025 17:18

They don't do much ringing these days. If you're keen to be part of their polling, join the online YouGov site, and you'll have the opportunity.

1000 people seems to be a statistically sound number, by all accounts.

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However they are gathering their information for the poll, it is not representative AFAIC

on here 95% thinks the OP is unreasonable to think we are all going to be crying into our pillows when Charles dies.

HulaScoop · 07/12/2025 17:20

sprigatito · 07/12/2025 10:31

Eh? I couldn’t give two tugs of a dead dog’s cock about any of them. Inbred parasitical dimwits.

You have quite a way with words! Whilst I would not express myself this way, I think I relate to your sentiments a hundred percent!

CatPawsAreCute · 07/12/2025 17:18

jumpingthehighjump · 07/12/2025 17:11

Yeah... Yougov polls tend to pick between 1,000 and 1,500 people to ask out of a population of 33 million, they've never rung me!

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They don't do much ringing these days. If you're keen to be part of their polling, join the online YouGov site, and you'll have the opportunity.

1000 people seems to be a statistically sound number, by all accounts.

KTheGrey · 07/12/2025 17:17

jumpingthehighjump · 07/12/2025 15:59

£72 million a drop in the ocean?
Is the cost of the funeral £162million a drop in the ocean too?

Compared to the £2-£3.5 billion for ending the two child benefit cap? Yes, it’s a drop in the ocean. And I actively prefer the Royals to the government - at least nobody pretends they represent me.

eyeses · 07/12/2025 17:16

No.
QEII was the force of stability.
If it all falls apart it is because she has gone.
On the other hand, give them a chance. KC has been fine so far.
It takes a while for anyone to settle into any big visible role.

CatPawsAreCute · 07/12/2025 17:15

2dogsandabudgie · 07/12/2025 16:41

William and Kate are the most popular royals .In a recent poll 78% of people voted for them.

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They have great PR, and are young with a cute family. Of course they're popular.

Diana also had good PR, and two cute boys. Even back then some people wanted to bypass Charles and go direct to William.

jumpingthehighjump · 07/12/2025 17:11

2dogsandabudgie · 07/12/2025 16:41

William and Kate are the most popular royals .In a recent poll 78% of people voted for them.

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Yeah... Yougov polls tend to pick between 1,000 and 1,500 people to ask out of a population of 33 million, they've never rung me!

HelloPossible · 07/12/2025 17:04

I was upset when the Queen died but my family lived through the Blitz in the East End in London and the Royal family were a part of keeping moral up at the time by staying in London and I think my background and my parents attitude means I have a connection to them. My late father was a child during the war but stayed in London and witnessed the destruction. He always had huge respect for the late Queen’s parents.

WhatterySquash · 07/12/2025 16:54

I don’t think it will have anything like the same impact. While I’m not a royalist at all, the queen was there all my life and I thought she did a good job of it (aside from whether we need royals at all) and I liked her style. Charles has always been a slightly whiny and pompous presence - I do feel a bit sorry for him but he’s destined by her long reign to be a bit of a blip in the monarch sequence (of which there have been many through history).

LilacGardens · 07/12/2025 16:46

2dogsandabudgie · 07/12/2025 16:41

William and Kate are the most popular royals .In a recent poll 78% of people voted for them.

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They don’t have much in the way of competition really. It’s a low bar when you look at the rest of the family.

2dogsandabudgie · 07/12/2025 16:41

Bluebellysmell · 07/12/2025 14:50

Then we will end up with workshy William

I'd like to get rid of the lot of them

William and Kate are the most popular royals .In a recent poll 78% of people voted for them.

BeaTwix · 07/12/2025 16:40

Everytime I hear a reference to the Queen I think "but she is dead".

Not bonded to Charles as King or Camilla as Queen.
I think Royal Family needs to move to a much more european model i.e. less visibility, less state subsidy and more actual jobs.

2dogsandabudgie · 07/12/2025 16:35

MoonWoman69 · 07/12/2025 12:26

@2dogsandabudgie Ok then. You only have to do some research of your own, it's all out there.
I'll leave it there, there's no point carrying on a conversation with people who blindly worship and idolise the RF and won't have a word said against them.
Wishing you a great day.

You don't have to worship or idolise the Royal Family to see that the idea of the late Queen and Prince Philip going to Canada and abducting 10 children from an orphanage and for those children to never be seen again is preposterous. What were they supposed to have done with these children. I suppose you believe the Royals are really lizards too. Honestly!

Daygloboo · 07/12/2025 16:34

monrymeadows73 · 07/12/2025 10:28

If you remember back when Queen Elizabeth II died, how upset most British people were and how it caused some social insecurity as many British people saw her as a sense of strength and a rock due to her continuity and longevity, but with her gone, they weren't sure how Britain would fare. Hence, the large crowds of mourners and a lot of upset.

King Charles III - though not as admired as Queen Elizabeth was - also has longevity and a sense of continuity in a different way: not as monarch since he's only been in the role for three years, but as a royal figure, i.e. he has been in the spotlight since the 1940s and conducting royal duties since the 1960s. When he dies, will Britain finally feel as though the older generation of royals - who for so long have provided reassurance and comfort to the British people - have gone?

Will this lead to a lot of soul-searching about where next Britain must go and perhaps cause social tensions due to the insecurity of identity? Who will the British look to to guide the nation from then on? Who will be their new rock?

Im sure Charles is a nice man but i think hes a bit wishy washy as a king. I think William is more modern and will make it more relevant for 21st century.

Abhannmor · 07/12/2025 16:31

Just a reminder of our own mortality when someone who seemed like a permanent fixture passes on. I'm old enough to remember the Cherry Brandy episode. Charles was a young rebel for a fleeting moment.

Forestfire12345 · 07/12/2025 16:17

Ahahahahahaha ... are you serious tho?

IsawwhatIsaw · 07/12/2025 16:16

sprigatito · 07/12/2025 10:31

Eh? I couldn’t give two tugs of a dead dog’s cock about any of them. Inbred parasitical dimwits.

What a fantastic post

FinallyHere · 07/12/2025 16:14

Yeah. Right.

IsawwhatIsaw · 07/12/2025 16:12

I’m thinking this post is deliberately inflammatory!
Because this is a man who has lived an absurdly privileged life, latterly married his mistress. Rightfully neither are popular. The whole family come across as lazy workshy and entitled. They are completely irrelevant to me and I would like to see the whole edifice radially slimmed down or better, we become a Republic .

ginasevern · 07/12/2025 16:08

@LlynTegid " I appreciate the history it brings and like a part of public life without the grubbiness and all the nasty parts of politics."

There's a shed load of grubbiness and nastiness (to say nothing of unadulterated greed) in the Royal Family and has been for generations.

Doingtheboxerbeat · 07/12/2025 16:08

sprigatito · 07/12/2025 10:31

Eh? I couldn’t give two tugs of a dead dog’s cock about any of them. Inbred parasitical dimwits.

You are a poet and I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to use this in a sentence going forward because I'm totally stealing this 😁.

Also, I still call him Prince Charles out of habit 🫣 he's been a Prince for 50 years of my life .

Contrarymary30 · 07/12/2025 16:07

monrymeadows73 · 07/12/2025 10:28

If you remember back when Queen Elizabeth II died, how upset most British people were and how it caused some social insecurity as many British people saw her as a sense of strength and a rock due to her continuity and longevity, but with her gone, they weren't sure how Britain would fare. Hence, the large crowds of mourners and a lot of upset.

King Charles III - though not as admired as Queen Elizabeth was - also has longevity and a sense of continuity in a different way: not as monarch since he's only been in the role for three years, but as a royal figure, i.e. he has been in the spotlight since the 1940s and conducting royal duties since the 1960s. When he dies, will Britain finally feel as though the older generation of royals - who for so long have provided reassurance and comfort to the British people - have gone?

Will this lead to a lot of soul-searching about where next Britain must go and perhaps cause social tensions due to the insecurity of identity? Who will the British look to to guide the nation from then on? Who will be their new rock?

No ! I dont know anyone who was bothered about the Queen dying and certainly won't be about Charles .

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taxguru · 07/12/2025 16:05

Nope, what a strange thing to say. Also the comments re QE2 - yes it was sad when she died, but I can't remember being particularly bothered, nor was any friends/family. We watched the TV news on the day, watched a bit of her lying in state and watched a bit of the funeral, but other than that, normal life carried on.

When Charles dies, the same for us really, yes we'll watch the TV a bit for the various events but probably more interested in watching William and Kate ascend the throne as they're the future of the monarchy and I'm more interested in them than Charles.

stayok · 07/12/2025 16:04

I don’t mind the RF. I feel a bit sorry for Charles that he waited so long to be king and now he’s only going to get 5 minutes.

I think people will be a lot more excited about William and Kate than they are sad about Charles. It will feel quite different to have a young(ish) king and queen.

(Obviously I’m only talking about people who like the RF here.)