The Royals are on the Brink of Collapse - SHOCKING REPORT !

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As the late Queen said 'apres moi le deluge' and here we are 3 weeks away from a coronation in which only 9% of the population are highly interested.

Well the monarchy will go on day. Is there a link to the actual report or an article?

And here is that shocking report.

https://www.civitas.org.uk/2023/04/16/heavy-is-the-head-that-wears-the-crown-we-need-a-larger-royal-family-for-a-modern-civic-society/

It's the Express, every winter they predict we will be plunged into the next ice age FFS. It's all clickbait.

Having read the report, which is pro-monarchy btw it basically says they need to get off their arses and emulate Princess Anne as doing as much ribbon cutting and openings as they can stuff into their diaries and with the Queen and PP gone they have lost their biggest assets and maybe turn BP into a hotel and sweat their assets to pay their own bills.

Wow as many as 9 % of the UK population are interested in the coronation.

Still it's more people than those who believe a Daily Express headline.

or indeed significantly more people than read the Daily Express (0.4% of the population)

maybe they should stop publishing

Fantastic. Not a moment too soon. Is there anything more we can do to help them on their way?

I don’t think a slimmed down monarchy is actually a great idea. They need more going on; more royal duties, more people doing them, to keep them in the public eye.

The Excess as Private Eye love to call it majors on Brexit, Madeleine McCann and Lady Di conspiracies but are now owned by Mirror Group. They endorsed Liz Truss for PM. That said the report that they sensationalise is a friendly word in their ears. Reform of die basically. K&W will need to graft something they seem to have an aversion to. And skip the foreign jollies and concentrate on the home front. H&M would have been a key asset - but they have let that ship sail away.

They are a bit light on people who could go out and do engagements and of the ones they have, several (W&K) are workshy. So they are kind of screwed. Unless they pull their fingers out. Perhaps people will start to ask sensible questions about value for money.

I thought for ages that Queen Liz was the only one keeping the idea of the monarchy desirable. All seems a bit out of touch now unfortunately 😕

I suppose we'll have to wait to see if the coronation has plenty of people watching the parades and what the Uk viewing figures are to get an idea of the truth. Not to mention worldwide.

I have a group of friends flying in from the US just for the coronation, so I'll be meeting up with them later in the week.

We'll see.

Just to note - the Court Circular has listed Princess Anne's birthday in past years. Nothing else pencilled in for that day even though she's alleged to be the royal donkey at the wheel.

TBH I always thought the wheels would fall off the gravy train once QEII passed on. The only thing that surprises me is the warp speed at which it's happening.

I think that they misjudged the effect that the double whammy of both the cost borne by the taxpayer and the elevation of Queen Camilla which offends a lot of folks. Then mix in Andrew and the Harry brouhaha and you have a recipe for the perfect storm and all of that pomp and pageantry taking place against the backdrop of a darkening country and world.

Well not long to wait and we will know for sure, I’d bet rhe streets are mobbed with folks waiting and people watch it on telly.

we will see.

Exactly. Folk will be camping out for days & the TV viewing figures will be massive.

Wonder where the DE got their 9% figure from. Probably picked out of thin air with nothing to back it up.

Most people I know who might not be huge fans of the RF will be watching because for most of us it's the first in our lifetime.

I think the RF is far from the brink of collapse

i truly wish they were gone. Spoiled, arrogant, expensive, promoting mass stupidity & obsolete. GET RID OF IT!

Of course they aren’t close to collapse. If they were harry wouldn’t have been able to sell his book for millions, with millions paying good money to read his trash talk. And yes folks will be camping out in the streets and little else on the tv.

if there is one thing the uk does well, it’s Pomp and ceremony.

I do think it’s a bit too slimmed down now though. Personally I’d like to see them being a bit more inclusive.

the issue I think is Charles was prince of wales so so long it’s hard to really see him as king. He will find it impossible to have a fraction of the support the queen did. And in her later years she became a national treasure. Charles can’t fill those shoes. He’s not got long enough.

Charlie should never have been king. Should have skipped him and Camilla, and got the young uns on the throne, we don't want an aging useless King it would make so much more sense for the beloved Will and Kate to be our reigning monarchs. Young it all up a bit.
It's all bollocks at the end of the day though innit

I don't think as many people loathe Harry was they think.

I'm afraid the optics of all harrys treatment doesn't look good at all.
Charles should be the bigger person completly and constantly offering peace.
Eg if Charles's has made behind the scenes efforts why isn't that leaked eg " offered premium flats in windsor and bucks house with full protection whenever they want it.

@WordtoYoMumma.

Another pp on a different thread said Liz should have handed over to Charles much sooner.

I agree with that.

I don't think Charles is entirely useless either he's championed many good causes throughout his life. Rightly or wrongly.
I just think he's treated Harry badly and he's given trust funds to camilla children.
Camilla again rightly or wrongly destroyed harrys mum. I think the least she can do is bend over to make him happy.

Another pp on a different thread said Liz should have handed over to Charles much sooner.

That was me. I have said this for years. She should have handed over the monarchy in her 70s like Queen Beatrix of Netherlands did and her mother did to her. She did so for the right reasons with a very moving message about keeping the monarchy young and alive

We are now stuck with something set 70 years ago and no idea or will to change it, outdated and set in the past, an antiquated version of what we could have had

9% of people are interested in the coronation?

Amazing really..i don't know 9 people with any interest in it..

I suspect that a slimmed down monarchy will be the worst of both worlds for royal support. Charles planned that in another era.

People don't want money wasted, but we are much less sensitive to inequality and flaunting of wealth than we were in the 1990s. And so much of RF wealth is buried in estates and funds etc that it doesn't seem to bother people.

People do want glamour and nostalgia. QEII had a rough period between her glamourous youth and her years as the nation's granny. The RF wasn't all dull duty before the days of Meghan and Harry. People enjoyed (let's face it) the antics of Margaret, Diana, Fergie, the young princes. It's all a bit sanitized now.

I suspect Charles would be better off getting the two York princesses on board if they were willing, and Edward's kids eventually too. More appearances from Anne's kids and grandkids too.

The Yorks might cause a bit of an uproar. It would probably do no harm at all in the long run. No working Royals under 40 - and most over 70 - is no way to run a show. The Wales kids appearances are limited - good for the children I am sure - and intensely curated. So other young blood is needed.

I'm not a monarchist, so I don't mind what he does. But I suspect slimming down the monarchy - unless the plan is to follow through by slimming down its role - will backfire.

My apathetic cul de sac is organising a street party. I was surprised by It’ll be nice. Media love a bit of drama and daily express is vile.