Our new King, Charles

[Brideandpredjudice]

How awful it must be for him to lose his mother and then immediately take on this role. He's had his whole life to prepare, but can a person ever really prepare for something like that?

I hadn't until you mentioned it- cheers.

Oh, damn you @Ladyof2022 now I’m going to have to Google Charles and tampon.

Don't do it.

Unless you like the sensation of bleaching your eyes afterwards.

I always had a niggling suspicion that Charles might die before his mother... guess I got that wrong. Oh well, King Charles III it is. I wish him all the best- he has big boots to fill.

overcame a lot of hurdles to be with the woman he loves

Hurdles like his wife, you mean?

Eurgh, I didn’t listen @OnTheRunWithMannyMontana and now I need to throw up.

@MaryLennoxsScowl I tried to warn you!

He served in the Royal Navy. And how come being Monarch is a job but being prepared for that role is not?

this. He is an adulterer.

I’m a silly bugger I cried when I read she’d died I do pity Charles though lost mum and now on display as soon as.

comments about Charles’s deep grief over his 96 year old mother are ridiculous. She was ancient, people die, he knew it was coming, he’ll miss her sometimes

My mum was 97 when she died. I was devastated.

So it’s ok that she spent years shagging at least 4 married men? What about Will cArling - she wasn’t married to Charles but Will was married to his wife. Not exactly some sweet innocent lamb IMHO. It’s either OK to have affairs or it’s not - you cant have the double standard

YES! I used to have two Cavaliers...that's my excuse anyway 😆

*4 men when she was married (and AFAIK 2 of those men were married themselves)

Yes, I thought Boris's statement this afternoon was in very poor taste . He couldn't resist inserting himself into the situation and undermining Liz Truss. Even the death of the monarch had to be All About Boris. His wording was eloquent but in a show-offy way. Truss (of whom I am no fan) had the decency to keep hers simple and restrained.

An arranged marriage, basically

We could always be Charlatans.

I like Charles. I don't believe all the rubbish and emotional clap trap written.

I like that he has always loved the natural environment and cares about it.

She, nor any woman, is not responsible for a man deciding to cheat on his wife

Charles III is the oldest king to take the throne at 73, the previous was 64

Why couldn't you just end the miserable marriage before jumping into bed with somebody else? I presume you weren't being held against your will although do correct me if I'm wrong.

It really grinds my gears when people trot out the "my marriage was miserable so I cheated" line as though it absolves them of judgement.

That's what all the philandering men tell their OW's, oh how miserable their marriage is.

Do better.

Yes, also the longest heir apparent, beating Edward VII.

Ive reported your post, you're making a personal attack on another poster, its none of your business and completely irrelevant to the thread anyway

I doubt he's bothered about your opinion. I think there comes a time when you have to stop getting worked up over something that happened between people you don't know more than 30 years ago.

Well, yes, Just as they did back in 1952.