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?

Yep, the Stop Gap King.

Nope. Just because Charles has been around for aeons, I don't think he is embedded into the nation's psyche in the way his mother was.

People genuinely admired QE for her stoicism and commitment to the firm. If you judged her purely on consistency she was a rockstar. I don't think anybody could say she was anything other than an institution (for better or worse).

Charles on the other hand is fairly insipid. I think people will be more excited to welcome William and Kate as the new monarchs when he dies than sad about his death.

No

I hope he lasts a few more years mainly so that Williams’s kids can have a child childhood without their father as king, but actually, I think when he comes to reign our monarchy will begin to feel far more aligned to the country. It will still be 1,000,000 miles away, but it will be that bit closer! Equally, I think it probably be good if William was king before his 50th.

Likewise in Wales, it was just a bonus bank holiday for most.

William has set up the Earth Shot prize

Yes, and once a year attends a glamorous event stuffed with celebrities.

That's exactly his and Catherine's idea of public work.

Most of the background work will be done by employees.

Even the Duchy of Cornwall now has a CEO to do the work Charles did when he was Prince of Wales. William's not doing the actual grafting.

Like I said, William and Catherine have exceptional PR.

Nope.

Most people dont like Charles, they see him as a weak, impotent, pathetic man who cheated on his wife and is generally as irritating as stepping on a lego.

Noone will care when he dies, despite the public hoopla they will obviously make of it via the media

His time is up next year based on the fortune tellers.

Really? this doesnt surprise me, he looks very purple and bloated

Couldn’t have put that any better myself!
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You're perhaps over-thinking this...

Honestly, if Charles wasn't with us this time next year, I wouldn't be the slightest bit surprised. QE was looking robust and healthy well into her late 80s/early 90s. Charles is already looking quite frail and tired. He doesn't have the light behind his eyes that his mother had.

I think in 100 years, he'll be the forgotten monarch. People will be saying, "Who was it after Elizabeth?"

Not his fault, obviously. But it's what happens when a short-lived monarch follows a long-lived one.

There won't be half the amount of fuss that we had when QE died. I think part of the interest around QEs death and funeral was that it was the first "really big and important" death and funeral in living memory for much of the UK population. People were interested in the pomp and ceremony as something novel and different.

I was genuinely sad when QE died. I was watching live when they announced her death, and knew I was witnessing a peace of history before my very eyes.

Your whole post is nuts. How old are you?

I for one don't give a shit about any of them whether they're dead or alive. And everyone around me are the same.

The line of succession is William. You do know the monarchy is just symbolic, they have no power to do anything.

YABU.

Edited as original post made it sound so though I agree with OP.

😭 yabu

I was sad when the queen died but it will not affect me when Charles goes

I will, however, feel happy when harry and meghan are welcomed back into the fold 🥰

I'm surprised he is still alive. I don't care. The monarchy is pointless.

In Turkey they got rid of their royals. The palaces and wealth are museums now, so they still get revenue from the monarchy, but now there is no royal family to drain money from the tax payers.

Perfect!

I would agree aboutvthe Princes Trust. Its an excellent organisation and Charles has done a lot for the environmental cause as PoW. I do have respect for that. William though? Building social housing in Cornwall? I wonder who will make a shit ton of profit from that? ( profit not subject to Corporation tax or Capital gains tax despite apparently being a commercial business when it comes to charging the State and charities rent). Maybe he should be spending some of his billions from the Duchy of Cornwall making existing housing habitable? Earthshot gives out £5m in prize money but spent £7m on expenses. Standing next to a big issue seller is not going to ' eliminate homelessness' Guess what will go a hell of a long way to reducing homelessness? Money spent on drug and alcohol treatment for a start. Money that comes from taxation- tax that his family had to be forced to pay in return for some extremely favourable terms in relation to inheritance tax and the Sovereign Grant, and tax that William now has decided is his private business and refuses to say how much he pays. He is all PR with nothing actually to see.
An̈drews daughters fluttered their eyelids innocently when thousands of ££ turned up in their bank accounts for no apparent reason andcare currently hawking their wares round the ME in the same way their parents did.

I wish you'd keep this shit in the "Royal Family" thread

This.

I think William and Catherine will be far better monarchs than Charles and Camilla.

No I will not be upset at the death of an old rich man I don't know 🤷

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

Reassurance and comfort, you have to be taking the piss 🤣🤣

If he lives as long as his mother he'll be on the throne for another 19 years.
If he lives as long as his grandmother he'll still be here in 2049.

No need to worry about the whole fabric of society crumbing just yet.

Lol. Who died and made you the thread police? (Light-hearted... Sort of)

Nobody much thought of the late queen's demise until she was past 90

In her seventies the queen was the picture of health and continued to look well until she was well into her nineties and very obviously ill.

Charles is in his seventies, is ill and looks ill. There's a big difference, and I doubt he'll get much past eighty, if that.

Except the fact that he has cancer. Might be life limiting.

So many of these weird ChatGPT-authored posts now. Who is harvesting opinions