I have said that for years when people have said to me that the monarchy would end with QEII. The constitutional apparatus accepts the change so quickly, and people are swept along with it, that it b… (View Post)

People have on the whole underestimated Charles for years. He is not the same person as he was in the 80s and 90s. He has grown up. And he had gravitas tonight. He sounded like a King. (View Post)

Interesting speech from Charles there. Thought he came across well on the whole. Quite a lot to unpack. Very much came across as: I won’t meddle, I won’t abdicate, but I want to be a transitional fig… (View Post)

Yes which bizarrely I seem to recall some people tried to criticise him for, as if leaping up in shock, screaming out that the country was under attack and running from the room would have been the m… (View Post)

Most likely without wanting to sound ghoulish is there was an event such a sudden stroke or similar around lunchtime that left HM unconscious and the doctors were aware it was likely unsurvivable. I … (View Post)