Will Charles abdicate?

[FawnFrenchieMum]

Just that really, do you think Charles will abdicate and pass to William?

They seem to be priming William & Kate to take on the roles and are much more public then Charles

YANBU - yes he will
YABU - no he won’t

The RF have access to money, and the absolute best health care (I can harsly see any of them waiting 6 months for an NHS referral letter to come through, with an actual appointment a further 13 weeks down the line).

Due to technology and healthcare, people in general are living longer - the RF will live longer than most.

Charles will be King, and I imagine that he may well live into his 90s, like both his parents. Thos will mean that William won't reach the throne until he is in hos 60s (at which point George will be almost 30). If William also lives a long life, then George will also be 60 - 70 by the time he ascends to ...

You get the picture - the future of our monarchy is old, white men (at least for the next three generations).

Exactly. You become monarch until you die. Edward was an unusual case.

She's not "holding onto the job", she's just doing the job so to speak. It's supposed to be for life.

I don’t think Charles will live as long as his folks

I don't think Charles has the good health of his parents, both his Grandfather's died quite young.

I very much doubt that William will reign into his 90s, other European Monarch are becoming more modern and passing the crown on, we even have a retired Pope. Unheard of before. He will retire at some point and pass the crown on. To make the Monarch survive it cannot be a run of old grey haired one foot in the grave men.

I hope not. I'm actually keen to see what he'll do. I like him, and I hope he'll pave the way for William to make some strong decisions and changes.

Of course not. In a thousand years, there has been one abdication, recently enough that the Royal Family absolutely will not want to go through that again. I do think, however, that the Queen might make Charles her official regent fairly soo, and I suppose it’s possible that Charles might do the same for William, whenever he becomes incapacitated.

No way. He has waited his whole life to start the job. Why would he pass it up?

Why do people keep asking this question as if he has suggested for one moment he might abdicate.

Most other European nations do not apart from the Netherlands.

So are you saying that the royal family will follow suit of the Pope @Dinoteeth ?

Not looking likely so far to be fair...

I very much doubt Charlie’s ego would let him apart from anything else.

No. That's not how it works.

Or King Kevin. He doesn't have to use one of his birth names. But I think he will be Charles III.

Of course not. Ridiculous to even suggest it. He’s spent his whole life training for the job.

Why would he do that, he's spent his whole life waiting for it.

I quite fancy a Young King again.Let's have both!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_the_Young_King

Not a cat in hell’s chance. He would see it as a dereliction of the duty he was born to fulfil and a dishonour. Abdication is very rare and it’s viewed extremely negatively by the royal family.

I doubt he'd choose 'Philip' the last one wasn't popular.

The last 2 monarchs were not expected to be king/queen when they were born and named, Charles is, and I'm sure some thought went into his name.

But he can call himself what he wants so he could go with 'Rainbow Unicorn' if he feels like it.

Pretty much not Charles though but I do think William will 'retire' at some point, either in his 70s or 80s. But that also depends on if George is in a good place to take the reign. And if we don't have a revolution and abolish the monarchy.

There is little point in having a Monarchy if the top dude is too old to actually work. HMQ was incredibly young, but her father was also a young King. People are already saying Charles is too old should stand aside, which he won't. But it is a bit crazy to be taking on the top job when you are already years beyond pension age.

The Queen managed

@MistyRuins the queen didn’t parent her children

How the Queen raised her children isn't really the point.

The point is that, just like the Queen back in the day, they have every resource they could possibly need to make it work for them, should they find themselves in the position that Charles abdicates and William takes the throne. They would make it work.