| It's What She Would Have Wanted part 767685443453453 on 07:14 - Sep 14 with 490 views | fab_lover |
The "optics" on this are incredibly bad. The same day we find out that C3 isn't paying inheritance tax, this happens.
There are also the "incidents of the ink well" to consider...
The late Queen was deliberately a blank cipher whose real opinions none of us knew. We're constantly being told now by people like Gyles Brandreth how funny she was, fact is, we'll never know, and that was the "skill" she had - be the empty vessel upon which we could all cast our visions of what we wanted a Monarch to be.
C3 on the other hand has spent most of his adult life making sure we're aware of his opinions, and yes, some of those views have worth, but when you see someone furiously gesturing to move an object six inches across a table when he could have done it himself, you see a man used to getting what he wants, when he wants it, without much in the way of humility or self-awareness. And a defence of "well, his Mum's just died" doesn't cut it - the whole point of the Queen was that she put aside her own feelings to do the job she literally felt appointed by God to do. C3 seems unlikely to either share that belief or that ability to supress the self in order to play the role.
And he's only going to get worse with age.
My prediction is that if he lasts more than five years on the throne, the damage he will do the monarchy could be irreparable...but maybe that isn't such a bad thing... |  | |  |
| It's What She Would Have Wanted part 767685443453453 on 08:48 - Sep 14 with 415 views | Oldsmoker |
| It's What She Would Have Wanted part 767685443453453 on 07:14 - Sep 14 by fab_lover |
The "optics" on this are incredibly bad. The same day we find out that C3 isn't paying inheritance tax, this happens.
There are also the "incidents of the ink well" to consider...
The late Queen was deliberately a blank cipher whose real opinions none of us knew. We're constantly being told now by people like Gyles Brandreth how funny she was, fact is, we'll never know, and that was the "skill" she had - be the empty vessel upon which we could all cast our visions of what we wanted a Monarch to be.
C3 on the other hand has spent most of his adult life making sure we're aware of his opinions, and yes, some of those views have worth, but when you see someone furiously gesturing to move an object six inches across a table when he could have done it himself, you see a man used to getting what he wants, when he wants it, without much in the way of humility or self-awareness. And a defence of "well, his Mum's just died" doesn't cut it - the whole point of the Queen was that she put aside her own feelings to do the job she literally felt appointed by God to do. C3 seems unlikely to either share that belief or that ability to supress the self in order to play the role.
And he's only going to get worse with age.
My prediction is that if he lasts more than five years on the throne, the damage he will do the monarchy could be irreparable...but maybe that isn't such a bad thing... |
I have wondered if the position of 'Groom of the Stool' is still a thing.
I would not discount it with my (little) knowledge of Charles. |  |
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| It's What She Would Have Wanted part 767685443453453 on 09:16 - Sep 14 with 388 views | ronnyd |
| It's What She Would Have Wanted part 767685443453453 on 07:14 - Sep 14 by fab_lover |
The "optics" on this are incredibly bad. The same day we find out that C3 isn't paying inheritance tax, this happens.
There are also the "incidents of the ink well" to consider...
The late Queen was deliberately a blank cipher whose real opinions none of us knew. We're constantly being told now by people like Gyles Brandreth how funny she was, fact is, we'll never know, and that was the "skill" she had - be the empty vessel upon which we could all cast our visions of what we wanted a Monarch to be.
C3 on the other hand has spent most of his adult life making sure we're aware of his opinions, and yes, some of those views have worth, but when you see someone furiously gesturing to move an object six inches across a table when he could have done it himself, you see a man used to getting what he wants, when he wants it, without much in the way of humility or self-awareness. And a defence of "well, his Mum's just died" doesn't cut it - the whole point of the Queen was that she put aside her own feelings to do the job she literally felt appointed by God to do. C3 seems unlikely to either share that belief or that ability to supress the self in order to play the role.
And he's only going to get worse with age.
My prediction is that if he lasts more than five years on the throne, the damage he will do the monarchy could be irreparable...but maybe that isn't such a bad thing... |
As long as he gets his jim jams warmed to the precise temperature he'll be fine.  |  | | |
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