King Charles III's time is up

[gosub]

I was just looking up some London history...Mayfair, Grosvenor Square, all owned by the

Duke of Westminster - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

An inherited position of course, we are currently on duke #7, mans worth 9 billion.

Check out the cheeky fuckers family motto:

VIRTUS NON STEMMA
Virtue, not ancestry

They take the living piss

When the previous one was asked by one of his tenants , the US Government, whether they could buy the building they were using as an embassy in Grosveor Square , he offered them a swap for getting Virginia back, apparently some tea wasting upstarts have been squatting it for a while now

 

[pseudonarcissus]

I am sure, on behalf of us all, we wish Ray Charles III a happy birthday more Orr less on his official birthday. I was proud to represent U75 at the KBP in Rio

(That’s the second in command of the Brazilian navy, the Ambasador, the consul general and the deputy consul)

 

[Elpenor]

Killing protected birds at Sandringham

Royal estate linked to many deaths and disappearances of protected birds

Cases linked to king’s Sandringham estate in Norfolk include alleged poisoning and shooting of some of UK’s rarest birds of prey

www.theguardian.com

 

[weepiper]

Edinburgh has fully had it with this shit.

 

[equationgirl]

Edinburgh has fully had it with this shit.

They can fuck their lavish ceremony too. And their new sword.

 

[PR1Berske]

The combination of all that pomp and ceremony soundtracked to chanting is brilliant, it's like a real time Adam Curtis documentary

 

[pbsmooth]

Crown estate triples pay of CEO in three years to nearly £1.6m

King Charles’s property manager’s pay rise comes despite pledge to use income for ‘benefit of the nation’

www.theguardian.com

 

[Pickman's model]

Crown estate triples pay of CEO in three years to nearly £1.6m

King Charles’s property manager’s pay rise comes despite pledge to use income for ‘benefit of the nation’

www.theguardian.com

You haven't seen the dirt he has on charles iii

 

[pbsmooth]

I'd imagine Charles "owns" the dirt based on everything else he owns

 

[Pickman's model]

I'd imagine Charles "owns" the dirt based on everything else he owns

Maybe he does. But the only cause for such a massive pay increase i can see is yer man's successful blackmail of the king

 

[platinumsage]

Except the king has nothing whatsoever to do with the remuneration of employees of the Crown Estate corporation, that's the remit of the
Remuneration Committee of the Crown Estate Commissioners following the remuneration framework agreed with HM Treasury.

May as well blame the current government's actions on the queen for opening parliament before she died.

 

[Artaxerxes]

King Charles to receive huge pay rise from UK taxpayers

Details published by Treasury show royal family’s grant is expected to increase from £86m to £125m in 2025

www.theguardian.com

On that note

We're paying for the fuckers houses and you bet he didn't complain about that golden clause

The spokesperson did not dispute that the sovereign grant would be £124.8m from 2025. However, she said that the increase would be “temporary, only for the financial years of 2025-6 and 2026-7” and would be used to complete renovation works at Buckingham Palace.

The modernisation of the royal palace has long been used to justify increases in the sovereign grant, which was just £31m when it was first introduced in 2012-2013. Under a so-called “golden ratchet” clause in the Sovereign Grant Act, the amount of money handed to the monarch can never fall, even if the crown estate’s profits decrease.

 

[Elpenor]

King Charles to receive huge pay rise from UK taxpayers

Details published by Treasury show royal family’s grant is expected to increase from £86m to £125m in 2025

www.theguardian.com

On that note

We're paying for the fuckers houses and you bet he didn't complain about that golden clause

Passed his probation period so gets a bump

 

[Chilli.s]

This is exactly why workers should reject derisory pay rises and strike or take some other sort of industrial action

 

[ElizabethofYork]

If only the royal family would.go on strike.

 

[Chilli.s]

If only the royal family would.go on strike.

Well... they might well do if they only got a pay rise of 6% over the last 10 or 15 years

 

[rubbershoes]

Passed his probation period so gets a bump

That last monarch we had was a woman so wouldn't have needed as much money as this one. Make up doesn't cost as much as a shed does

 

[Artaxerxes]

 

[Tanya1982]

I clicked on this article, purely because out of the corner of my eye I thought it was a pisstake of Nicholas Witchell, but it’s an actor playing someone in a Wagner opera…

‘The most dangerous stage I’ve ever been on’: the wildest performances of Wagner’s Ring

Gods! Dragons! Horned helmets! Swords! Valkyries! The 15-hour apocalyptic epic is about to explode onto the Royal Opera stage. But what’s the best way to tackle ‘the ultimate opera’?

www.theguardian.com

 

[Winot]

I clicked on this article, purely because out of the corner of my eye I thought it was a pisstake of Nicholas Witchell, but it’s an actor playing someone in a Wagner opera…

‘The most dangerous stage I’ve ever been on’: the wildest performances of Wagner’s Ring

Gods! Dragons! Horned helmets! Swords! Valkyries! The 15-hour apocalyptic epic is about to explode onto the Royal Opera stage. But what’s the best way to tackle ‘the ultimate opera’?

www.theguardian.com

Ah excellent - I’m seeing it next week. Thanks for the link.

 

[bcuster]

1 year after Queen Elizabeth's death and King Charles' ascension, how has Britain's monarchy fared?

Support for Britain's monarchy appears to be declining, and King Charles III's first year on the throne has been marked by some challenges.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[UrbaneFox]

He's showcased his new kilt.

 

[teqniq]

Well I am not in the least surprised:

British TV ‘allowed monarchy to censor coverage of king’s coronation’

Royal spin doctors imposed ‘extraordinary restrictions’ on covering King Charles III’s accession, says ex-head of Sky News

www.theguardian.com

 

[PR1Berske]

From today

 

[Pickman's model]

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back around 1993 class war mobilised to oppose the queen's speech. you can see how nicely the liberals from republic are being treated; we weren't so well accommodated

 

[stavros]

Do we know how much all the "traditional" bollocks of the Lizard's Speech costs the public purse? That's not the cost of keeping the people involved running throughout the year; just the pomp and circumstance of the day itself. I can't find anything from a quick search.

 

[8ball]

I clicked on this article, purely because out of the corner of my eye I thought it was a pisstake of Nicholas Witchell, but it’s an actor playing someone in a Wagner opera…

‘The most dangerous stage I’ve ever been on’: the wildest performances of Wagner’s Ring

Gods! Dragons! Horned helmets! Swords! Valkyries! The 15-hour apocalyptic epic is about to explode onto the Royal Opera stage. But what’s the best way to tackle ‘the ultimate opera’?

www.theguardian.com

Neil Kinnock being throttled by the dread hand of Blairite Neoliberalism?

 

[WouldBe]

From today


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Not as good as the film.

 

[Nine Bob Note]

From today


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Looks like Santa's sleigh after he's come to an agreement with the Wagner Group.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Neil Kinnock being throttled by the dread hand of Blairite Neoliberalism?

Neil Kinnock is really short - I walked past him on a station platform after the labour conference years ago. I was just travelling for work, and presumably all the politicians were heading back home after their shindig had finished.