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Prince Charles Won't Step Aside for William to Be King
Town and Country ^ | April 10, 2017 | Stephanie Mansfield

Posted on 04/17/2017 5:48:37 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff

Sally Bedell Smith, dogged biographer and author of Prince Charles: The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life, out this week from Penguin Random House, has collected an exhaustive file of facts about the future king of England. Unlike his mother, Charles is not what you might call a beloved figure. And while Bedell Smith doesn't spare the touchy-feely, parapsychology loving, Dumbo-eared Charles, her portrait is also rich with sympathy, even affection.

Bullied as a youth by his overbearing father (“Philip was the original alpha male,” Smith says), Charles spent his whole life seeking approval. Cowed by a sense of duty and fearful of even minor mistakes, the well-intentioned, protocol-loving Charles married Diana because his father said he should. No matter that he may have been in love with Camilla Parker Bowles—she didn't pass muster.

(Excerpt) Read more at townandcountrymag.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Philosophy; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: charles; dukeofcornwall; dukeofrothesay; princecharles; princeofwales; princewilliam; proislamist; royals; usefulidiot; william
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Being King or Queen there is not worth a warm bucket of spit (powerwise) kinda like the U.S. Vice Presidency.


41 posted on 04/17/2017 6:43:08 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (Bill and Hillary Clinton are the penicillin-resistant syphilis of our political system.)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Exactly. If they want the monarchy to survive, put some fresh, young, attractive blood in there.

I don’t think “tampon boy” and his wife will be as appealing than a family with young children.


42 posted on 04/17/2017 6:47:42 PM PDT by proud American in Canada (May God Bless the U.S.A. (Trump: I will bear the slings and arrows for you, the American people))
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To: dfwgator

LOL!

One of the best punk rock songs ever!


43 posted on 04/17/2017 6:52:53 PM PDT by proud American in Canada (May God Bless the U.S.A. (Trump: I will bear the slings and arrows for you, the American people))
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To: Ronin

The House of Windsor has made it ours.


44 posted on 04/17/2017 6:55:11 PM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

45 posted on 04/17/2017 6:56:42 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: jerod

I always have thought that if John Kerry married Camilla and had a baby it would look like the Jackass the Democrat Party uses as their mascot...


46 posted on 04/17/2017 6:57:05 PM PDT by HarleyLady27 ( "The Force Awakens!!!"...Trump and Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

“When he was eight years old, he visited the Mountbatten estate for a formal lunch and the attendees were all eating wild strawberries. Charles was methodically picking them stems off the berries. Lord Mountbatten told him, “No, no. You hold them by the stems to dip in the sugar.””

HE HAD THE HARDEST LIFE EVER!!!!!!!!!


47 posted on 04/17/2017 6:57:06 PM PDT by BestPresidentEver
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To: GuavaCheesePuff


48 posted on 04/17/2017 6:59:08 PM PDT by Chode (My job is not to represent the world. My job is to represent the United States of America-#45 DJT)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Charles is a closet muslim. He adores them.


49 posted on 04/17/2017 6:59:41 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: IWontSubmit

Holding in the vomit.

What an idiot! The US saved their butts on many occasions.

What he said there was sacrilegious, IMO.

They invite Muslims there? Think twice before asking the US to spill one precious drop of American blood to save you from your stupid decisions.


50 posted on 04/17/2017 7:00:34 PM PDT by proud American in Canada (May God Bless the U.S.A. (Trump: I will bear the slings and arrows for you, the American people))
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To: gibsonguy

Yes. Best thing we ever did...overthrowing that bunch.

Thank God for the Founders and other Patriots who made it happen!

“Give me liberty or give me death!”


51 posted on 04/17/2017 7:05:40 PM PDT by proud American in Canada (May God Bless the U.S.A. (Trump: I will bear the slings and arrows for you, the American people))
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Remember Princess Diana. So beautiful and lovely.


52 posted on 04/17/2017 7:10:52 PM PDT by mojo114 (Pray for our military)
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To: Zirondelle
Why does ANYBODY want a king or a queen? Seems like just throwing money at folks to live a life of luxury.

About 50% of the US population wanted Obama to be King and "live a life of luxury" and also wanted Hillary to be Queen and "live a life of luxury".

(or do I have those roles reversed?)

53 posted on 04/17/2017 7:12:19 PM PDT by BwanaNdege ("The church ... is not the master or the servant of the state, but the conscience" - Luther)
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To: Poison Pill

Not to mention in that system of government the Monarch is the equivalent of our Constitution - the Monarch is what gives every government institution it’s legitimacy to exist and its powers are delegated authority from the Monarch. Every government official swears to protect and defend the Queen just as ours swear to protect and defend the Constitution. This institution is not merely a ceremonial office and the Monarch is not just a figurehead and it would not be simple at all to do away with it.


54 posted on 04/17/2017 7:17:26 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Timpanagos1
"Never pass on the Top Job."

Sometimes it's better to be on the bottom.

55 posted on 04/17/2017 7:19:03 PM PDT by outofsalt ( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything)
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To: mojo114

I was in N. Ireland on business the weekend of her funeral.

Only thing I could do was sit in my hotel room and watch the service.

NOTHING was open for business.


56 posted on 04/17/2017 7:19:32 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

If Chuckie ends up living as long as his mother, he’ll be king for at least another 22 years. Plenty of time to do plenty of damage, even if only a figurehead.


57 posted on 04/17/2017 7:26:24 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: Zirondelle

“How do you know he’s the king?”

“He’s the only one who doesn’t have s___ on him.”


58 posted on 04/17/2017 7:28:12 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Prince Charles is not a frog, he is an ugly toad. And dumber than dirt.


59 posted on 04/17/2017 7:28:57 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Forget the psychobabble. Even many Brits concede that this is one of the dumbest men in England. Long live the Queen!


60 posted on 04/17/2017 7:34:22 PM PDT by Savonarola
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