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Is Charles III really that unpopular? My impression is that most people regard as him some mildly interesting oddity at best. Compare that to Charles II and his constant clashes with the English Parliament…
I don’t know if he’s specifically unpopular, but I think the idea of a monarchy, especially one that’s mostly there for show and takes up a ton of resources every year, isn’t very popular anymore.
He’s too old to be relatable, too young to be a seemingly eternal fixture like Elizabeth was, the Diana stuff made him seem like a cunt, outside that, he’s weird, disconnected, and unlikeable, he’s got weird notions about things like homeopathy… Basically, he’s most of the worst elements of the aristocracy rolled together in an environment where living standards for the average Briton are rapidly and visibly backsliding.
William is younger, more relatable, and less outwardly elitist - he’d be far more popular.
Well he is the 6th on the list of positively viewed Royals and one of the people above him is dead. I will let you decide what that really means. https://yougov.co.uk/ratings/politics/popularity/royalty/all
On any list of royals, most of them will be dead.
Sounds like you’ve got a plan.
I do kind of wonder sometimes how people in the UK and the other countries that technically follow the british monarchy feel about him, do they actually care much about the tradition or symbolism of their monarchy these days seeing as they essentially exist as a generally powerless state-ordained celebrity, or is the tradition of it still popular? From my perspective as someone in the US, it feels so weird to consider the British monarchy outside the context of Elizabeth II that it honestly feels like it ought to have just died with her, even though I know thats not how monarchies work. Growing up she seemed just like some interesting anachronism the brits had where they used her as a national symbol, but the idea of the thing keeping going with new people in the modern day just feels silly at some level, like its a thing whose time has long since passed.
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was.
Idk, when his ass cancer diagnosis hit the news this week on a few other sites I saw a lot of sympathizers. Really killed the buzz with the laugh I was having about King Charles’ ass cancer being detected during his routine anus expansion surgery.
This kind of attitude is why anti-monarchists have such a terrible reputation, they’re some of the most hateful people around.
I feel like it’s a subset of people who use a legitimate political position as an outlet to publicly express schadenfreude.
I don’t really care if King Charles has ass cancer. I certainly don’t get any joy out of the suffering of the royal family. His ass cancer sounds like its sucks, but he has plenty of tax payer money to pay for treatment so I’m sure he’ll be fine. The monarchy has a built in replacement mechanism, it doesn’t matter if he dies now or at 100, his death won’t improve the lives of the people living in the UK.
What did the king do?
Nothing much (as a king). He’s just been an unpopular person to begin with.
Neither as unpopular as Charles I though
The most interesting thing about King Charles the First is that he was 5’6" at the start of his reign, but only 4’8" tall at the end of it.
Measured by his own foot?
