To think the monarchy will end at Charles?

[freudien]

I've just noticed a lot of republican talk recently (prompted by the other thread on the earth shot prize, also generally twitter and recent republican stuff happening in Wales) and I wonder whether it's because I'm in an echo chamber? Or is MN also an echo chamber? Either way. Are you a royalist or a republican?

Personally I feel the royal family is worth the money spent but should be kept out of politics. Kind of like other european monarchies.

But then on the other hand by dissolving the aristocracy wouldn't we be solving the problems of inequity in society?

@480Widdio

I have no respect for the Queen,,the way she is protecting Andrew is despicable.

I hope the Monarchy ends,there is little support for it now.

I completely agree with this. Prince Andrew has hired a “hot shot” legal team to try and prevent Ms. Giuffre’s Civil Case, saying that the deal she had with Jeffrey Epstein should “shield” him from civil action. Who else thinks this is the action of a guilty man? If he really is innocent, why is he hiding behind Epstein’s deal? The Queen should be insisting that he goes over to the US, to fully cooperate with the authorities and if guilty take whatever punishment is decided. She won’t though, because he is the favourite son, and as far as the Royal Family are concerned, the law doesn’t apply to them!

With this and the Harry and Meghan fiasco, we need to get rid of the Royal Family. The Queen requesting a new Royal Yacht, while the Country is in its current state and millions of people are struggling to just survive, shows just how little she cares about her “subjects”!

Anyway, why would the OP as a clinical psychologist be interested in this?

Perhaps try to dig into 'people's' psyche looking for an angle to understand how to best agitate so as to precipitate a downfall or what?

The Royal famy gas nothing to do wit my identity. How sad that anybody thinks they are.

Internationally having a royal family seems anachronistic and quaint.

The Royal family gas nothing to do wit my identity

How do you know? You may be related

Internationally having a royal family seems anachronistic and quaint

According to whom exactly? There are many countries that have a reigning royal family and profit massively from it

@mustlovegin

Anyway, why would the OP as a clinical psychologist be interested in this?

Perhaps try to dig into 'people's' psyche looking for an angle to understand how to best agitate so as to precipitate a downfall or what?

Not everything is about agitation.

I think it's funny how people don't understand about the Crown Estates.
One of the first things Charles has to do is sign a document agreeing to let the Govenment continue to manage the Crown Estates in return for an income. That is Because he owns the Crown Estates .
They look after 100s of miles of coastline that no one else would, as it isn't profitable.
From the income Parliment is also funded and many Govenment builds are used rent free.

That is Because he owns the Crown Estates

No he doesn't

From the Crown Estates faqs

But it is not the private property of the monarch - it cannot be sold by the monarch, nor do revenues from it belong to the monarch.

The CE belong to a legal entity called The Crown, they are not private property of the Windsors in any way.

So it's funny how people who think they understand the Crown Estates and are keen to tell others they don't know, actually have no clue themselves.

I've no huge issues with the monarchy - but when suffering and economic devision and poverty exists in the extreme it does now, how can it be justified for the taxpayer to continue funding them, and their lifestyle?

And yes ok there's the argument for tourism generation yada yada but I think coronavirus has shown that that's never guaranteed either.

Some people's emotional attachment to the RF is clouding their logic

It very often does, and that's when you get the "67p a week" and "they bring in more than they cost" nonsense. As I've said before it's almost like verbal tics, which may be why there's never a sensible answer when people query any of this