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Deviousness `anmari has been spreading her infectious positivity throughout our community for over 6 years. Throughout this time Ana has been at the core of all things devious, passionately developing an eclectic gallery, helping organise devmeets, participating in chat events and also recently completed dedicating her time as a Community Volunteer. We are absolutely delighted to bestow the Deviousness Award for May 2013 to `anmari, congratulations! Read More
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I have no qualms with the title of Kingship, but it should be based on merit and the will of the people over hereditary birthright.
That way we make the nation more democratic yet retain the semblance of monarchy that is interlinked with our national identity.
But at the moment I honestly don't believe the Royal Family will remain in power after the Queens demise. She has only weathered the years due to being a woman and being very quiet and nondescript. Her son is a buffoon, her son is not well liked and people won't support him. Especially not when the numerous economic catastrophies force his subjects into poverty.
We're all going through an identity crisis since the end of the empires...
Her gender and her age make her almost immune from criticism, as does her (public) persona of being very restrained and modest.
Charles will meddle, he can't do much legally, but he can - and most likely will - comment on big issues. Which could be very harmful to his reputation.
I also doubt that he will be as scaled-down as the Queen, the image of him with all his military regalia and medals won't play well with those wary of state power. It simply looks too fascistic, too reminiscent of an arrogant dictator of some banana republic.
His very nature may not immediately bring about the demise of the monarchy, but it will finally legitimise questions about its relevance. National identity is a big hang-up for my compatriots, but just watch how meaningless it becomes when all the cuts and recessions begin to bite.
That Jubilee was nothing but the last gasp of a dying beast, I truly believe that.