True, you did. But that seemed like the right thread for Brexit bickering. It did what it said on the tin. Here this thread is about what the new king might do to sticky plaster over the divides of the UK.
What’s becoming clear in the posts so far is that the worst divide is felt to be between them who have (most often from birth) and them that don’t and are right royally suffering with cost of living and energy crisis. And a Charles is bang at the top of the pile of them that have, even if there are them that have even more. Therefore he should be in a jolly good position to address this particular divide.
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Yes - No king or queen is going to change things. Why would anybody imagine a change in the monarchy would or could do anything?
Edited to add: The king or queen is a figurehead and as such has little power to do anything regarding the divide in the country. This divide has been with us for a long time - certainly well before queen elizabeth II bcame queen. Twas ever thus - the haves and the have nots.
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No they don’t Mei that’s the myth that is put forward .There is a huge sector of society who bear no affection or traditional respect for the monarchy .The Queen got away with a lot she was old polite and people generally thought she was a good queen .
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Yes but wouldn’t it go down well if he made the gesture to pay by saying at this time when so many of his “subjects “ are worrying how they will pay their bills this winter he wanted to do his bit.
The immediate aftermath of your Mother’s death is not a good time to be delving into what your Mum has left you in her will and be making financial decisions about it.
His Mum only died a few days ago - let’s give the guy a chance to bury his Mother before the vultures start gathering to squabble over the money she’s left!
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I am sure none of us will be mentioned in it 
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A repeat of a nursery rhyme I posted on a different discussion.
- An English nursery rhyme
They hang the man and flog the woman
That steal the goose from of the common
But let the greater villain loose
That steals the common from the goose
The law demands that we atone
When we take things we do not own
But leaves the Lords and Ladies fine
Who take the things that are yours and mine
circa 1764*
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is this a statistically accurate fact or just a guestimate?
YouGov polls show that the majority of people think the monarchy is good for Britain
And 44% admitted to shedding a tear or welling up with emotion, while three quarters of Brits felt at least a bit upset
And Charles has been viewed in a more favourable light as a monarch and three quarters of the poll thought he’d handled things well so far.
Nor me
I like Dan Wootton and loads of others have changed my mind regarding Charles:
I heard today that he was the biggest recipient of government welfare, yet had all these billions of pounds…he can’t even put his hand in his pocket to help out the people he is supposed to serve.
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@Vlad, have to agree there Vlad mthese little things can be a pointer to
them real nature of a person , however, l think Charlie was already pissed off
that day, it is possible he’d had on early disagreement with his minions over the
arrangements for getting his dear mummy back to blighty?
Perhaps he wanted to fly her straight back home instead of dragging her all
over scotland first ? If this is the case then l would have to have agreed with him
He had another temper tantrum whilst signing the visitors book at Hollyrood Northern Ireland when he got the date wiring and the pen starting leaking
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Well, in all fairness he is under a lot of emotional stress. The day after my dad died I had a massive argument with the Council over my recycling bin, I was a real horror to them 
It’s transference of your emotions, and a pen leaking or a bin missing can be the straw that breaks the camel’s back
On the other hand, I am getting the impression he may be a bit of a spoiled, tetchy and entitled person 
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That is the impression I am getting too Maybe has you and others have said it’s just the grief and stress
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He is entitled to an assistant, aid, lieutenant, who ensures the writing table is big enough, free of clutter, pen not leaking etc.
In the forces such imbeciles incapable of checking and rectifying such detail would get sideways promotion to potato peeling duties. Wouldn’t they @Vlad ?
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He wears a uniform right? He spent time in the military right? Yet he cannot work or act under pressure or think for himself? A leader who has to have subordinates tell him the date? A subordinate who has to ensure he has room to sign a document or ensure his pen works?
Leaders of men, and leaders of nations need to adapt quickly and decisively in times of great stress, and not rely on those lower in the chain of command to save the situation.
There is an old military adage, **prior preparation and planning prevents piss poor performance **
There was no Plan B, so he couldn’t adapt.
Ok?
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The Palace needs a shake-up. Are you saying Charles should go?