"young, energic Kings in Spain, the Netherlands and Belgium" were only heirs. They had only salaries (apanages) and several honorary positions as heirs. That's all.
Prince Charles is in completely different situation. He has Duchy of Cornwell which generates his independent incomes. He has built his own empire - The Prince Trust, organization with more than 100 mln.pound year budget. And he has his own projects, such as Dumfries House and Romanian villages. Continental heirs don't have such power, influence and achievements. To be successful king is their only way to achieve something.
I don't know what you want to say. The Prince of Wales has no desire on the kingship, or he can wait long enough, because he has the Duchy of Cornwall giving him income?
And as I understand it he was speaking to someone not addressing a crowd. Eavesdroppers again.Nick Clegg's mother is Dutch (he actually speaks Dutch fluently !) and his wife is Spanish. Given recent abdications in the Netherlands and Spain, one understands where he is coming from.
Many years ago I saw him in a interview where a reporter asked how he felt getting older and no throne in sight. He responded that since his sucession to the throne was dependant on the death of his mother, he personally was in no particular hurry. I see nothing that would have changed his opinion.. . . . . His succession has always been a touchy subject and he prefer to not talk about it. He'll make a great King though and he'll do things his way.
I like the tradition in the UK that there is a gap between the monarch's funeral and the coronation of the next one. There is time to mourn and reflect and in a about a yr to yr and a half time to look forward with a huge ceremony that most of us haven't ever seen occur in our lifetimes.
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Read here in this topic that there are people who say that Charles will never be King. If that happens you think that William is going to be a good King? And how do you think will be the reign of William?
Excellent post ILuvBertie. If Charles is hesitant about discussing his ascension to the throne, imagine how reluctant his son is at discussing his own.I do think that a lot of people actually don't think the royals have feelings like the rest of us with their discussions of hoping that Charles dies before his mother, meaning that an 88 year old woman has to mourn her own first born (I often wonder how much the fact that The Queen Mum had to go to her younger child's funeral hastened her death as I am sure she would have loved to have been at the Jubilee celebrations of her elder daughter). I have asked people that question on the DM and been red-arrowed to death - telling me that many people actually hope that The Queen has to go the funeral of her own first born child and a child that she loves as any mother does.
If is the same thing with wanting William to succeed the Queen and jump over his father - in other words they want William to so hate his father that he would take away his father's position.
It says a lot more about the poster/writer as they just don't get the fact that the royals are real flesh and blood people in an abnormal life situation.
Read here in this topic that there are people who say that Charles will never be King. If that happens you think that William is going to be a good King? And how do you think will be the reign of William?
Read here in this topic that there are people who say that Charles will never be King. If that happens you think that William is going to be a good King? And how do you think will be the reign of William?