To think prince Charles isn't that bad

[Julia2016]

The princes trust does good work. Yes he didn't treat Diana well but she also manipulated the media and they were an odd match from the start.

Take the other night, why did Charles not meet Obama? Or was this William picking a job he liked doing?? It looks to me like Charles is being sidelined, perhaps there are plans to bypass him in the line of succession. Or maybe the media are not bothered about him.

I kinda like him.. 😌

[chilipepper20]

The Canadian head of state is the Queen of England, opinions appear to vary rather less.

the HoS is the queen, but the de facto head is the GG. There would be no tolerance for the queen butting in if I had to guess (Quebec, in particular, has no particular fondness for the queen). in fact, the entire office is rendered essentially useless because of the whole queen/GG system.

In canada, the GG is appointed by the PM, and is more a position of honour then anything else. The GG steps in rarely (2008 was the last time I think), but mainly followed the advice of constitutional experts.

In any case, both provide models of powerless HoS very similar to ours, but without a hereditary head of state. No need to look to france or the US.