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King Charles III's time is up

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Allegedly.
 
Of all the appalling, unscrupulous things our divinely appointed rulers do, I find it hard to work up any outrage about 'cash for honours'. The whole system is a ridiculous travesty of democracy anyway - why not drop the pretence that it's merit-based altogether and just flog them? Make it above board and they might have to put some of the money into some kind of charitable foundation instead of buying another gold-encrusted pen holder or piece of the countryside with it.
 
steveseagull said:
Oh dear oh dear
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This is the essence of conservatism

Upset about bribes? Oh please...
OECD rebukes Britain for dropping Saudi arms deal bribery inquiry | UK news | The Guardian
The government was rebuked yesterday by the world’s leading anti-bribery watchdog over its decision to terminate a major corruption investigation into Britain’s biggest arms company, BAE.
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billy_bob said:
divinely appointed rulers
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I think they used brute force...

Just get rid of inheritance of property and privilege.
Instead of making it tolerable.
 
His Grace the Duke of Norfolk has been banned from driving. He's organising the Carry on Nation and this will prevent him from fulfilling his duties. He's only worth £100 million so taxis are out of the question.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Duke of Norfolk banned from driving despite his argument of ‘exceptional hardship’

Edward Fitzalan-Howard had said he needed his driving licence because he had a pivotal role in organising the coronation of King Charles III
www.telegraph.co.uk www.telegraph.co.uk
 
tim said:
His Grace the Duke of Norfolk has been banned from driving. He's organising the Carry on Nation and this will prevent him from fulfilling his duties. He's only worth £100 million so taxis are out of the question.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Duke of Norfolk banned from driving despite his argument of ‘exceptional hardship’

Edward Fitzalan-Howard had said he needed his driving licence because he had a pivotal role in organising the coronation of King Charles III
www.telegraph.co.uk www.telegraph.co.uk
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Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk - Wikipedia
As hereditary Earl Marshal he had responsibility for arranging the 19 September 2022 state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II and the accession and coronation of King Charles III. He used that official role to have the public and the press excluded from his sentencing for a driving offence, which led to a 6 months suspension of his driving licence.
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Norfolk was appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) in the 2022 Birthday Honours
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The Royal Victorian Order
recognises distinguished personal service to the British monarch, Canadian monarch, Australian monarch, or New Zealand monarch, members of the monarch’s family, or to any viceroy or senior representative of the monarch.
The present monarch, King Charles III, is the sovereign of the order, the order’s motto is Victoria, ( ...) and admission remains at the sole discretion of the monarch
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The Royal Mint has revealed Charles' portrait for the new coins


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Royalty play the long game don't they?
There was the NotW scandal about hacking the phones of the Royal family.
And then much later Murdoch loses the paper - but related to something which got more anger from the public.
I sometimes wonder whether they were related.
Losing a paper was quite a price to play and Murdoch was indeed humbled.
 
Im curious to know if David shares his enthusiasm for the royal family. We have different views, he says. How can I put this? I think its an irrational system. And I think its a taboo subject in this country to talk about it. Its certainly a taboo subject for the BBC to talk about. I think its a very strange institution to have in the 21st century.
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David Dimbleby: ‘I’ve started smoking roll-ups and I don’t have a social life’ The Sunday Times
 
I'm hearing rumours from Ballater that the Queen took steps to protect resident/estate staff from any of Charles's attempts to slim-down the Royal Household. As personal employees of the Monarch, Balmoral staff exist in a sort of limbo between the Royal Household and normal estate workers.

The gist of it seems to be that all staff/estate workers who were in houses/tied accommodation at the time of her death have been given full tenancy/security rights and can remain for as long as they like.
 
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