With the coronation coming up, the plan for Charles’ slimmed down royal family has reappeared. The fact his coronation is costing taxpayers’ £100m feels like while some royals might be slimmed down, others are plumped up!
Speaking to the Canadian public broadcaster, CBC News, the Princess Anne didn’t seem too happy about the idea!
Princess Anne
Asked about proposals to modernise the monarchy, the 72-year-old replied: “Well, I think the ‘slimmed down’ was said in a day when there were a few more people around. It doesn’t sound like a good idea from where I’m standing, I would say. I’m not quite sure what else we can do.”
Speaking from St James’s Palace before Charles’s coronation on Saturday, Anne said she expected much the same from her 74-year-old brother.
“Well, you know what you’re getting because he’s been practising for a bit, and I don’t think he’ll change,” she said. “You know, he is committed to his own level of service, and that will remain true.”
Australia
“The monarchy is a profoundly anti-democratic institution. It cannot be defended by anyone who believes in freedom or equality, or the right to choose our own Head of State,” writes the Australian Republic Movement.
Good idea?
“Those who support the British monarchy should fund it, not the Taxpayer. The royalists ought to form a club & charge a membership fee to help support the monarchy and its pomp; 10% of their pension/salary is a good start. How long would the parasite family last, then?”
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Harsh or fair?
Or this?
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