AIBU in thinking that King Charles' passing will devastate Britain?

[monrymeadows73]

If you remember back when Queen Elizabeth II died, how upset most British people were and how it caused some social insecurity as many British people saw her as a sense of strength and a rock due to her continuity and longevity, but with her gone, they weren't sure how Britain would fare. Hence, the large crowds of mourners and a lot of upset.

King Charles III - though not as admired as Queen Elizabeth was - also has longevity and a sense of continuity in a different way: not as monarch since he's only been in the role for three years, but as a royal figure, i.e. he has been in the spotlight since the 1940s and conducting royal duties since the 1960s. When he dies, will Britain finally feel as though the older generation of royals - who for so long have provided reassurance and comfort to the British people - have gone?

Will this lead to a lot of soul-searching about where next Britain must go and perhaps cause social tensions due to the insecurity of identity? Who will the British look to to guide the nation from then on? Who will be their new rock?

Gosh no

I think he should have been skipped - all in bad taste with Camilla being queen even though we were promised that wouldn’t happen

bring on king William 5th..

The only thing about the queen that I was anxious about was the fact our road was blocked for 3 days as we were living in Windsor at the time - so we went away for 3 days- I think you overestimate how many people really care deeply over and above the superficial fact that it’s everywhere on the news.

Could not give less of a shit.

He has also shown backbone over Andrew which is something I thought they would brush under the carpet

About time! His mother brushed it under the carpet for decades
I think he took more note of public opinion than she did so he had to do something

Couldn’t have said it better 😂

Urgh William Prince of Pegging? No thanks, just abolish the whole sorry mess of them,

I really don’t think it will. He is not a popular royal.

Mmm …. Nah!

Now this is a really sensible idea. If any British monarch really cared for ‘their people’ they would look at the state of the economy, the NHS, housing etc, and chose to massively scale back the monarchy, put their fortunes into a People’s Wealth Fund then sit back and feel deep joy at the difference they had made to the lives of everyday ordinary folk.

He has shown backbone over Andrew?

Seriously?

I beg to differ!

If Lownie hadn’t written his book, Andrew would still be walking to church with them this Christmas.

Not that much has changed in reality for him even now. By all accounts he is off to live a very nice life in Bahrain to avoid being extradited.

Pretty much.
Sad for the direct relatives and close family.
However the passing of someone I don't know won't affect me.
The concept of royalty is ridiculous anyway. Centuries ago, someone won a battle, said God told them they're in charge and everyone kowtowed to them and their descendants.

I totally agree

Two words for why I have very little respect for C: Michael Fawcett

@monrymeadows73
If you remember back when Queen Elizabeth II died, how upset most British people were and how it caused some social insecurity as many British people saw her as a sense of strength and a rock due to her continuity and longevity, but with her gone, they weren't sure how Britain would fare.

‘Most’ people were upset?
I must have missed this! 🤷‍♀️😂 Most people didn’t give a fuck. If I remember correctly there were a record number of complaints to the BBC about the relentless coverage of her death and funeral. The royals are an absolute laughing stock and are becoming increasingly irrelevant in today’s society. I‘m sure there will be the usual nut jobs queueing to see a body of a man they didn’t know, hysterically crying over the death of a person they’ve never met. They will definitely be in the minority though and to think it will be ‘most people’ is batshit!

It did go on a bit @Onbdy! I have heard people say they went to observe RF weddings and funerals because of 'history' not because they are particularly invested. Not enough of reason for me to go to any of it though!

Agreed ,I'd think that's a shame for his family.
That would be it.

I think we'll manage. You seem to think we was much more upset as a nation than we actually were at the passing of the Queen, sure it was a bit sad but it didn't cause social insecurity and it'll not be any different with Charles.

This 👆 perfectly put @CathyorClaire

Very much dependent on what his made up feelings about Paddington are so the media can pretend he's just like normal folk.

What the heck? 😨
Er nope. 👎
A lass from Northen England here 👋

Now most people who I know, cannot wait for William to be King. 👑
Most people haven't forgiven Charles for being a cheating twat to Diana, and saying he wanted to be his mistresses tampon (in tampon gate) 🤢
Most people see Camilla as a chain smoking, adulterous, horse faced cow 🐎 despite the new (ish) wedding vows 🫩

Those are not my views, but most of the people I know of 'oop North' of England. 🙃
Personally, I thought Harry was a top guy that you could go out for a pint with, then he met his wife, who showed a lot of promise.🤞

Next thing you know, the media were awful to Meg, and then she (rightly or wrongly so) went on Oprah, and then lo and behold... Markle the debacle, took the piss out of curtseying to the queen (his Gran, a.k.a the head of the firm) and it all went downhill from there 😫

Will Charles be missed?
Nope, not as much as Diana was 💯
And definitely not as much as the queen 🇬🇧
@monrymeadows73

If you look at the other posts on this thread, I think you’ll find that the disinterest and/or distain isn’t confined to Irish Nationalists!

I strongly suspect there were also sorts of administrative hurdles, not to mention familial hurdles to overcome to get to that point. Especially when the person in question was Mummys favourite.

People are always saying the King and Princess Ann work so hard/are workaholics. Can anyone provide actual evidence of this? Three engagements a day isn’t evidence, unless you can show they aren’t brief phone calls or an audience that lasts 15 minutes.

No, it's because she isn't a sycophantic twat who believes that the Royal Family are special and better than us simply due to an accident of birth.

Without their Royal titles and the sycophancy with which they are treated by the media, they would be just ordinary human beings who don't seem to be particularly blessed with intelligence, beauty, humour or compassion.

I agree with this.

Spending on this level is insane.

This country is fucked. I had botched NHS surgery in 2017 that I needed two revision surgeries to put right. A procedure that was never appropriate for me. I got the first in 2022 and the second this summer. I have lost eleven years of my life to this condition and I am still struggling every day to get well and yet this level of money is spent. I've worked since I was 15 and had a 45 year career that ceased abruptly. If I treated a dog like I have been treated, I would expect to be prosecuted.

Some old inbred dude gets to wear cloth of gold and be driven in a gold coach with a woman he cheated on his wife with and yet we are treated with distain by the country. If the balloon went up, we would be expected to fight though.

Sickening.