[CatoRenasci]

If Charles Windsor (nee Saxe-Coeburg-Gotha) has any concern for Britain, or for the monarchy beyond himself, he will remove himself from the succession to the throne in favor of his son William, let William become Prince of Wales, accept a royal Dukedom, and retire from public life altogether.

Otherwise, the Germans whom Anne Stuart agreed would succeed her in the Act of Settlement (1701) are through. I'm not sure there is any family with royal blood in England commanding sufficient respect to save the monarchy in that event.

[Savage Beast]

But why? These Germans are not any worse than their predecessors--not as bad as some. Elizabeth II has been a fine monarch and has set an impeccable example. Prince William certainly has ample promise, expecially if he can bring the positive qualities of his mother to the monarchy. And even if the worse inuendos about Charles should be true, embarrassing as they would be, it's doubtful that they would prove more than an inconvenience to the perduring British monarchy.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

If Charles Windsor (nee Saxe-Coeburg-Gotha) has any concern for Britain, or for the monarchy beyond himself, he will remove himself from the succession to the throne...

How can he "remove" himself from the throne if he dosen't know how to remove his own shoes, if it were his own shoes he couldn't remove?

[LibertarianLiz]

If Charles Windsor (nee Saxe-Coeburg-Gotha) has any concern for Britain, or for the monarchy beyond himself, he will remove himself from the succession to the throne in favor of his son William

Just talking about this with the hubby last night. If you think about the possible life-span of the Queen (Queen Mum lived to 100), Charles, himself, may end up being quite elderly before he would even have the chance to be King.

I had thought she might abdicate in favor of him at some point so he wouldn't have to wait so long; but his recent past tell me that she won't be doing that. I, too, think that the Crown may just skip over him and go directly to William (if he wants it).

Perhaps we are seeing the end of the English Monarchy, not by revolution, but by implosion.

[dfwgator]

If Charles Windsor (nee Saxe-Coeburg-Gotha) has any concern for Britain, or for the monarchy beyond himself, he will remove himself from the succession to the throne in favor of his son William, let William become Prince of Wales, accept a royal Dukedom, and retire from public life altogether.

Even better, maybe finally the Brits will wake up and realize that monarchy in the 21st century is a ridiculous concept, and trash the monarchy for once and for all.

[tuckrdout]

Charles's father's last name was "Batenberg" until they changed it too "Mountbaten" before the 2nd world war. They wanted it to sound much less German, at the time.

Charles's great grandmother loathed who she called, "those Batenberg boys!".

Lord Mountbaten, Charles's favourite uncle, whom he spent a great deal of time with when he was young, was widely known to be a gay man. Charles grew up in a castle where his parents had little time for him...and Uncle made a great deal of time for him! Perhaps there is much, much more to this story? Perhaps family abuse?

[tuckrdout]

Charles's father's last name was "Batenberg" until they changed it too "Mountbaten" before the 2nd world war. They wanted it to sound much less German, at the time.

Charles's great grandmother loathed who she called, "those Batenberg boys!".

Lord Mountbaten, Charles's favourite uncle, whom he spent a great deal of time with when he was young, was widely known to be a gay man. Charles grew up in a castle where his parents had little time for him...and Uncle made a great deal of time for him! Perhaps there is much, much more to this story? Perhaps family abuse?