8 responses to “Poor Prince Charles”

1. 

   Doug Mataconis

   July 21, 2013 at 9:29 am

   Meanwhile, Prince Harry is days if not hours away from seeing himself demoted from third in line to the throne to fourth in line behind a newborn child.
2. 

   rudderpedals

   July 21, 2013 at 9:40 am

   Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. Karma?
3. 

   JKB

   July 21, 2013 at 10:37 am

   He might be her son but that doesn’t mean Queen Elizabeth would do that to her country.
4. 

   Jenos Idanian

   July 21, 2013 at 12:09 pm

   @Doug Mataconis: Considering Harry’s activities in the Royal Army, he’s probably relieved at the “demotion.”

   Maybe I’m spoiled by his fictional persona from John Birmingham’s novels, but I find myself wondering if he actually would make a pretty decent king. However, he seems doing just fine on his own. One might even say refreshingly normal.
5. 

   Christopher Bowen

   July 21, 2013 at 12:57 pm

   My girlfriend insists that Elizabeth is staying alive purely out of spite to keep Charles from the throne. I might be starting to agree with her.
6. 

   Laurence Bachmann

   July 21, 2013 at 1:47 pm

   So Chuck is jealous of Pip….stop the presses! I get why Brits have crap like this littering their blogs but why do we?

   No news isn’t just good news, it’s a thousand times preferable to made-up news.
7. 

   Steven L. Taylor

   July 21, 2013 at 2:24 pm

   @Laurence Bachmann: I find the abdications amusing in the context of the British royal family.
8. 

   HarvardLaw92

   July 21, 2013 at 4:09 pm

   @Christopher Bowen:

   Eh, I doubt it. She’s had DUTY beaten into her brain from birth. I honestly believe that she sees it as a commitment that she made and won’t ever shirk that duty. You also have to factor in the abdication (and reaction to the same) in the 1930s.