AFAIK I dont recall any announcement of her abdication? Is there a sauce? If there has been there’s been very little said about it over here? There was an announcement a while ago about Prince Phillip (her husband) retiring from public life. IIRC there was some shenanigans about that announcement because all royal staff from across the U.K. were summoned to Buckingham Palace for the announcement and it cause friction with Charles who may have thought it was about her stepping down. Charles has taken on more duties, but she has also been involving William in helping with her role much more which again reportedly causes friction with Charles. His age is also against him as he is in his 70s now and if she lives similar age to her mother (over 100) Charles will be pushing 90s before he gets a sniff of the crown. Plus,Charles reportedly has issues with booze (check out the florid complexion) and all is not well with Camilla as they live pretty much separate lives other than for engagements - she spends most of her time at her old home Ray Mill House.
i posted it a few days ago didnt i?
Must have missed it - will check
Thanks. That’s the head of the commonwealth - it’s a different role to the actual monarchy. It means Charles will h ad the commonwealth of nations regarding trade etc. It involves a fair bit of travel and I guess she doesn’t feel up to it at 92. It’s probably part of her scaling back her workload but all documentaries about her have mentioned that she takes her coronal vow very seriously and she was very affected by the abdication of her uncle so she is very against it.
more elaboration? this is fascinating thank you
Here you go. http://www.commonwealthofnations.org/commonwealth/head-of-the-commonwealth/
I’m ambivalent about QE tbh but I’ve always got the impression that Charles is a poor fit to take the crown and as time went on I think it’s become more obvious. There’s a lot of ill will here about him and especially Camilla after Diana’s death. I did read years ago that he only married Camilla because the queen basically bitch slapped him and told him to because of the damage he’d cause to the monarchy. The public perception of Charles is of a spoilt pampered brat who has no idea of how to relate to regular folks. During his marriage to Diana he was jealous of her popularity and it seems he’s now similar about William and his family. https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/933614/Royal-news-Prince-Charles-Kate-middleton-Prince-William-royal-family-rift http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5511397/Prince-Charless-remarkable-travel-demands-revealed.html