@vera99
Their biggest problem is indifference.
I think this is spot on. When it does go be it in 20 years or 200 years it won’t be with a bang but with a “meh”.
The signs are already worrying for Charles. The Queen knew what the game was all about - doing nothing. The very occasional smile or witty comment, but otherwise just looking royal and nodding politely and carrying out her daily schedule with zero fuss and zero drama.
Sure, Charles is understandably under stress now, but he’s been caught on camera getting irritable and tetchy - looking all too human you might say - twice in a week. And we know that keeping his head above the fray isn’t in his nature. He wants to be leading on things like the environment. His personality is incompatible with this role on more than one count. But of course there’s no chance his reign will signal the end of the monarchy - as he’s simply too old. But there’s a chance that when William takes the throne his confirmation will get a much more lukewarm reception.
I expect we’ll still have a monarchy in 100 years, as the British see it as something “special” that, say, the French/Germans/Americans etc don’t have. And, especially with first past the post, it’s simply not an issue worth campaigning on for any political party.
But I expect it will be lower profile, none of the celebrity stuff anymore. Just as the most powerful Lords and Ladies used to be known to the masses but are now largely non-entities. Though, that said, if and when there is a real uprising against the particularly high levels of economic inequality in Britain, they may present an easy target.