It’s no wonder, when you think about it, that the arson mob rampaging through France has a thing for King Charles. They’re up in arms at the idea of raising the retirement age from 62 to 64, and here’s a man taking on a huge job and grueling new work schedule at the age of 74.
The last thing these leftist zealots want is to be made to look lazy by a man they have traditionally portrayed as an idle, bloodsucking leech.
Not that any of that justifies the threats: ‘Mort au Roi’ (Death to the King) scrawled in red graffiti on the Place de la Concorde in Paris (scene, of course, of the execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette in 1793 ), or ‘Charles III, do you know the guillotine?’
Loud stuff, even by disgusting far-left standards.
However, it was not Charles but Emmanuel Macron who caved in to the crowd, postponing the King’s state visit.
Britain’s King Charles III and Britain’s Queen Camilla host the annual Commonwealth Day reception at Buckingham Palace in London.
It wasn’t our head of state’s choice, but maybe a couple of unscheduled days off will do Charles good.
Still, I can’t help feeling that there is a certain irony in all this, in the fact that possibly the most progressive monarch Britain has ever seen is being canceled by a leftist mob. Especially of late, as Carlos has taken quick and determined steps to pursue his ‘reduced monarchy’ agenda.
In fact, a part of me has begun to wonder: is Carlos III our first republican king?
I’m kidding of course, but maybe the question isn’t entirely crazy.
Charles understands the criticism of the monarchy and why some are opposed to it in principle. Like his father, he is a radical traditionalist: someone who believes in the institution but does not necessarily approve of past practices.
Furthermore, he intends to ensure that it earns and deserves its privileges and, perhaps most importantly, becomes an institution that can survive and thrive in the modern world. That’s not to say you don’t enjoy embellishments. While his mom was very much a three-bar warmer and a Tupperware sort of thing, he likes the creature comforts of hers. But he believes that the rewards of his royal position must be well-earned, and despite being someone who has lived his entire life in a bubble of privilege, he is not, like some members of the family, an exclusive snob who takes advantage of his royal status. for personal gain.
Hence, for example, his decision to evict the troublesome Prince Harry from his grace and favor at Frogmore Cottage just days after the publication of his memoirs, Spare.
Likewise his brother Andrew, who has been offered Frogmore as a replacement for Royal Lodge, which he can no longer afford or honestly justify. While he may have turned a blind eye to the idea of a non-working royal occupying a prime royal estate in the past, it seems Charles is determined to send a signal: You can’t assume the Membership in this exclusive club must be earned.
Crucially, in the long term, it intends to end subsidized rents for all family members, and a source stressed last week that it’s “not some kind of housing association for distant relatives.”
The overall goal is to save costs and provide better value for the taxpayer. There is more than a Republican streak to that decision.
As The Mail on Sunday reports today, even Angela Kelly, the Queen’s dressmaker and confidante for over 20 years, fears having to leave her home of grace and favour.
Of course, those who hate the monarchy will never be satisfied with anything less than its complete disappearance, and the coronation will no doubt be attacked by the left as an example of royal excess during a cost-of-living crisis, even though Charles has insisted that the ceremony is down and he has already saved thousands of pounds by not sending out the traditional ‘deli meats’, inviting guests by email.
But the more we see of King Charles, the less ammunition he provides his critics and the more likely it seems that this man, whom many had written off as an interim monarch at best, could well become the real deal.
Frustrated expectations
Much fuss over the new adaptation of BBC TV’s Great Expectations (starring Shalom Brune-Franklin) from the creator of Peaky Blinders.
I’ve seen it, and the main thing I would say is that it’s utterly predictable in its desire to surprise.
It’s like that person at a party who drinks too much and does splits when everyone else is trying to have a civil conversation: entertains for about five minutes and then just plain bores.
Shalom Brune-Franklin in the new BBC adaptation of Great Expectations
Shame on Rio for embarrassing Posh
Football expert Rio Ferdinand has stirred up a hornet’s nest by saying he had never seen Victoria Beckham eat.
Judging by the size of the mother of four pictured above, I don’t think she eats much, but that’s her choice, and as long as she’s healthy, what does anyone care?
Thin-shaming is just as toxic as fat-shaming.
Victoria Beckham seen walking in New York City
Migrants must leave
Ministers are considering starting to move asylum seekers out of the 400 hotels across the country where they are currently housed to other forms of accommodation, including former military bases and student residences.
This will no doubt provoke howls of protest from labor and human rights groups, but what is the alternative?
We can’t keep spending seven million pounds a day on hotels. Also, if it became known that British taxpayers are no longer providing four-star accommodation, immigrants planning to come here illegally might think twice.
The BBC Singers, the UK’s only full-time choir, will no longer be sacked by Corporation bosses as part of a drive to save money.
Apparently, several organizations have come forward offering ‘alternative financing’.
But I thought the main purpose of the license fee was for the BBC to fund cultural enterprises that were not necessarily profitable.
Perhaps if it spent less on Gary Lineker (price £1.35m) and more on doing business, the BBC wouldn’t have to rely on wealthy benefactors.
How absurd that Liz Truss, who chaired this country for only 49 catastrophic days marked by chaos and incompetence, he has submitted an honor list of resignation.
True, there are only four people in it, but still: does the woman have without shame?
Rishi Sunak’s idea of giving communities a say in how anti-social behavior is punished sadly reminds me of Tony Blair in 2000 when he fined drunken louts on the spot, who would be taken by the police to the nearest ATM. nearby.
Needless to say, Blair’s plan proved unfeasible and I don’t think this one is any different.
The best way to deal with criminals is to make existing legal systems more efficient, not to offer vindictive locals the chance to get petty revenge.
This week, Farrow & Ball, purveyors of elegant paints, launch a revolutionary new “multi-surface ultra-matt finish” called Dead Flat. I’m sorry, but aren’t all the walls already flat? Not to mention, er, dead.