Iluvbertie
Imperial Majesty
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So Charles's wish for the future of the royal family is partly based on public perception and economics, and partly based on him not being that close to his younger brothers? I guess that makes sense -- sort of like a family held corporation reducing the board of managers in order to save costs.
That is certainly how I see the situation but other members may have other theories or interpretations or understanding of the motives for Charles.
As he has never stated his reasons publicly we are really speculating as to why he thinks this way but public perception would be a very good reason - particularly when this was first muted in the late 90s in the post Diana anti-monarchy upsurge (even though it wasn't all that big an upsurge it was still there).