God save our gracious Queen

[Screwdriver]

What a remarkable woman she was.

I sincerely hope King Charles is able to step up to the role. One assumes he will have to put aside some of his previous campaigns.

[Skub]

What a remarkable woman she was.

I sincerely hope King Charles is able to step up to the role. One assumes he will have to put aside some of his previous campaigns.

Good to see you screwd,hope all is well with you.

[G.P]

One assumes he will have to put aside some of his previous campaigns.

Yep, William takes over responsibility for The Duchy of Cornwall and Charles formally resigns from all his positions in Charitable (and presumably any other) organisations.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Then again the Queen was probably patron of more charities, institutions and societies than anyone else? So presumably Charles III is gonna pick up a few patronages...

[KungFooBob]

Watching Spanish news, apparently Queen Isobel II has died too and Carlos III is taking over.

[Yorick]

Watching Spanish news, apparently Queen Isobel II has died too and Carlos III is taking over.

Nearly had me fooled

[DefTrap]

More than 300 official engagements king Charles did last year, similarly Anne. They certainly don't sit about, must be exhausting.

[Yorick]

More than 300 official engagements king Charles did last year, similarly Anne. They certainly don't sit about, must be exhausting.

Liz did over 21,000 during her reign

[irie]

More than 300 official engagements king Charles did last year, similarly Anne. They certainly don't sit about, must be exhausting.

Liz did over 21,000 during her reign

21,000/70 years = 300/year.

hth

[weeksy]

More than 300 official engagements king Charles did last year, similarly Anne. They certainly don't sit about, must be exhausting.

Liz did over 21,000 during her reign

21,000/70 years = 300/year.

hth

Do you not think we could have worked that out?

[slowsider]

Liz did over 21,000 during her reign

21,000/70 years = 300/year.

hth

Do you not think we could have worked that out?

Do you read many of his posts?

[irie]

Liz did over 21,000 during her reign

21,000/70 years = 300/year.

hth

Do you not think we could have worked that out?

Indeed.

The initial post was of course pointless.

[cheb]

They all do about 300 official engagements a year? Sounds like a cartel to me.

[Yambo]

More than 300 official engagements king Charles did last year, similarly Anne. They certainly don't sit about, must be exhausting.

King Charles didn't do any official engagements last year.

[DefTrap]

They're all pretty busy really



Interesting, for me anyway, how much of the work needs to be spread around. You'd expect Williams workload to ramp up considerably now as presumably he has to take on a shedload more of different responsibilities

[Yorick]

Maybe a daft question. When an entity wants a royal attendance, is there a fee payable?

Seems fair.

[JackyJoll]

They all do about 300 official engagements a year? Sounds like a cartel to me.

And why is there only one Royal Family?

Why is there only one Monopolies Commission?

[slowsider]

Maybe a daft question. When an entity wants a royal attendance, is there a fee payable?

Seems fair.

Fair?

You mean, beyond the GBP 86.3 M of the Sovereign grant?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_Grant_Act_2011

[DefTrap]

Fair?

You mean, beyond the GBP 86.3 M of the Sovereign grant?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_Grant_Act_2011

Do we really want a monarch that is so down-with-the-people that they arrive to engagements on the overnight MegaBus and packed their own sandwiches?

I'm not expecting you to answer that.

I don't think we'd have a monarchy very long if the new King needed to consider letting Buckingham Palace to a grubby celebrity, just to make ends meet.

[slowsider]

Fair?

You mean, beyond the GBP 86.3 M of the Sovereign grant?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_Grant_Act_2011

Do we really want a monarch that is so down-with-the-people that they arrive to engagements on the overnight MegaBus and packed their own sandwiches?

I'm not expecting you to answer that.

I don't think we'd have a monarchy very long if the new King needed to consider letting Buckingham Palace to a grubby celebrity, just to make ends meet.

I read somewhere he's thinking of moving out to Clarence House and leaving Buck house to the tourists...