Address to the peasants
Oh honestly. Easy for some. King Choss says words about The Poor:
King Charles has highlighted the cost of living crisis and the “great anxiety and hardship” of many struggling to “pay their bills and keep their families fed and warm” in his first Christmas broadcast.
Isn’t that just so kind and loving of him?
Until you remember how much money he gets for his important job of being a tourist attraction. He’s ordered a slap-up coronation, no expense spared:
King Charles III is reportedly in favour of a “glorious” coronation with pomp and pageantry to promote the best image of the UK amid the cost-of-living crisis.
It was speculated that Buckingham Palace might opt for a cut-price event as Charles has long advocated for a slimmed-down monarchy [amid] the financial conditions of the country.
But no. Make it as flashy and expensive as possible! He’s waited all this time, he deserves it.
The Graun continues:
In the message, with the nation in the grip of economic woes and against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, the king dedicated a major part of his broadcast to those helping to ease the plight of others.
Footage of food banks and meals being distributed to the needy featured prominently as he praised “the wonderfully kind people” who had donated food or their time.
I wonder if any of the donated food was expensive Duchy of Cornwall lemon curd and biscuits.
Well, if things had worked out differently, and his Mum had lived long enough, he might have been able to skip the whole coronation bit and go directly to a “glorious” funeral with pomp and pageantry to promote the best image of the UK amid the cost-of-living crisis. Of course, he wouldn’t have been king then; they’d have been planting a mere Prince of Wales, which would be a degree of pompousity and grandioseness a notch or two below that of a reigning monarch’s. That would have cut down on the expense a bit, though the cost of dying is probably pretty high these days too. Oh well. I suppose one mustn’t get too wistful around unrealized counterfactuals.
I have been a Republican since I was around 12 years old, I just couldn’t see the connection between these far-away people who should only live in novels and daily life in Australia.
Now, I wish no ill on Wills and Co, but if some terrible event should wipe out his whole family and Harry was to become King, along with “that woman” as Queen and their “darkie” children as heirs, I reckon the British aristocracy would be the leaders in a British Republican movement.
And wouldn’t it be wonderful seeing Clarkson, Morgan’s, et al heads explode?
And if money gets a bit tight (cost of running all those royal estates, limmos etc) His Majesty can always tighten the screws a bit on the Alf Garnetts of Eastcheap by upping the super tax on them, and then acknowledge their gratitude as they dutifully tug their forelocks, touch their caps etc; all while cheering on West Ham and/or getting ready for their next soccer riot.