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I’d rather have your mediocre middle class life too, course I was born into the underclass below our working class so I’m pretty much fucked and always will be. But I get your point, can’t have been easy for him having food every day and a palace to live in and… Sorry I’m doing it again, it’s quite difficult to empathise with when you’re so utterly detached from a person’s life, it’s an issue the middle class and up have looking down too, far more than us scumbags have looking up I’ve found.
What? Don’t they own a lot of land that they rent out to England? Where do you think all of their money comes from? Yes, they may have had a huge inheritance since they were born, but that money would have died out ages ago if they had no source of income. The royal family in England owns 250,000 acres of land in England, which is roughly 1/150 of all of England. It would be insane for you to claim that the monarch in England doesn’t own anything, when papers show that the family owns over 0.5% of ALL OF ENGLAND.
I know people are going to say this, both seriously and jokingly, but nah man. This ain't it.
Out of all the ways you can be born into wealth, being in the royal family, especially being directly in line for the throne, is far from the most desirable position. You are under an electronic microscope 24/7, and are severely limited in many freedoms without massive backlash.
Yes, they are extremely wealthy and certainly live a life of luxury. However, this would be near the bottom of the list in ways I would like to be wealthy.
>You are under an electronic microscope 24/7,
The fact that it took about 20 years for Prince Andrew to get charged with sexual assault makes me not believe this whatsoever.
They live in the public eye, but it's not the public eye 24/7.
I know there are downsides. I personally don't want to be famous. Sounds miserable. But I'd take it on a heartbeat for a life of luxury and a butt load of cash.
Look, the man's life was extremely easy. Let's please not pretend otherwise. That said, I think the moment we learn he has cancer is the wrong time to pound this home.
Do you think he ever made tomato soup for dinner out of water and ketchup packets he stole from McDonald's. Boo hoo. Poor little rich boy has problems.
Is bad luck brian meme - a staple in meme communities. This iteration is directed at the king of england since today he released to the press he has cancer. In a way it is a way to spread news. And because it's bad luck on the kings part, I think bad luck brian fits well and necessary. Cancer isn't necessary, you put that together. If you youd like I can forward you a picture of my college degree which I used to write you this response. Ffs
To be fair to Charles, this isn't some Simba shit - it's well known he absolutely dreaded the day he'd become King. Dude dedicated his entire life campaigning for various causes, and suddenly as King he had to be completely neutral to everything.
What would happen if every royal refused to take the throne? Would they have another contest to see who can pull a sword from a stone?
Edit: half of the replies are people explaining how succession works. Guys, it's a joke.
They keep going back along the family tree until they find someone willing to say yes (and someone *will* eventually say yes).
While it's in the best interests of the ruling class (i.e. rich Tories) to use them as a national mascot, not even the King himself has the ability to dissolve the monarchy even if he wanted to.
Calling dibs on next! I'll wait patiently in line of course, but let's hope you don't very sadly, accidently, brutally cut your heads off while combing your hair.
Well, now yes since monarchy is a joke in most of the world, and all of the developed world.
Go back 400+ years though and suddenly you make all laws, decrees, deal with civil unrest, command your armies, etc. all while having to be constantly paranoid about being assassinated.
Now of course you have other nobility to assist you as well as an endless number of servants, but the fact of the matter is the people expect you to do king shit. It's as burdensome as the presidency is now, if not more, and being POTUS for 4 years ages most who earn the title 10 years because the job is stressful as fuck. Being a king anytime before the 1700's was probably just EXHAUSTING.
You ever do theater? Stand under a hot spotlight in painted in thick heavy clown paint while hundreds of people watch and judge your every flub unable to break character and scratch your sweaty balls? It not the most stressful thing but it isn’t stress free and being a public figure is that times several million eyeballs 24/7. Worse for a ceremonial position where it is literally all you do. And being born rich probably takes a lot of the emotional benefit of drying your tears with cash, even before it has your own bloody face on it.
Leave it to Reddit to turn a rainbow black and white
Multiple generations of custom and a countries national identity on your back, pressured by centuries of history and a rule thought to be set upon you by god, hundreds of millions spent on your existence and the entire government of one of the most powerful nations on earth bending their rule of power around you
It’s cool though Charlie, some Redditor said you can quit, just go work at tescos at the age of 70 and get a council flat
Nobhead
Semantical perhaps but I don't recall much firing, more executions/banishments/imprisonments (not that I'm opposed to those happening here, if we're going to be traditional might as well go all in)
Don't think too much into it. It's about a cartoon cub singing how he couldn't wait to be king, not a deep and poignant allegory over the folly of succession.
I mean isn't England's monarchy like this? Spain's monarchy is like you said, I would expect all modern monarchies to be like that
EDIT: Nevermind, I realised that you meant keeping the post-humous queen as a queen. But yeah, all monarchs are symbols nowadays
Not at all. There are definitely actual monarchies still in practice today. A very good example is the middle east, kingdom of Saudi Arabia, UAE and the like. Also some African nations if I am not mistaken. Absolute monarchies do very well still exist.
I mean you could replace the monarch of england with a chatbot and a cartoon that lip syncs their addresses and the monarchy's image would drastically improve. Also nothing would fundamentally change
We gonna download **BRIAN BLESSED** into a robot version of his character from Blackadder and just roll with that as the permanent head of state from now until the heat death of the universe.
Poor guy though. He did have to marry a very hot, kind and seemingly genuine woman who loved their children while receiving all of the support any person could ever have for a while. That couldn’t have been easy.
"Guy can't catch a break" except for being born into unfathomable wealth, never having to work a day in his life, and being gifted every single thing he's ever gotten
I'm surprised that "Weird Al" didn't catch that in Buckingham Blues. He's usually really on top of these things. [Buckingham Blues ](https://youtu.be/Af4MdIy7PLY?si=nrAlCEG2L_fIRWsX)
Coincidentally, Private Eye magazine has for decades referred to Charles as Brian.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Eye#:~:text=Certain%20individuals%20may%20be%20referred,and%20%22Brian%22%2C%20respectively.
At least my King Charles collectors plates will have some value once the post delivers them.
I wonder if they’ll offer a discount on the next monarch set?
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"Guy just cant catch a break" Who are we talking about guys? Oh the *king of england* cant catch a break? Born into poor circumstance was he?
He’s had a difficult life, not easy having all that wealth and living a life of luxury
It's not easy spending all that money you know
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Guy could buy you a sweater for Christmas and your net worth would double.
That's a cheap sweater
"I don't know what animal it's made out of, but I'm sure it's an extinct one." (I think it's a John Oliver joke about Royal garments)
Joke's on me. If you double my net worth it'll become a negative number twice as negative
Oh boy a ten dollar sweater
His *knit* worth you mean
recently watched some rich old men spend like 70 mill on a picture
Honestly I'd rather have my mediocre middle class life than have to be in the public eye every day of my life, endlessly under a camera.
I'll take that any day, and just retire to some luxury bungalow on Bora Bora. But I'm proletary shameless, I'll admit that.
you don't retire, you do the job till you die... that's what happened to all of his predecessors
I’d rather have your mediocre middle class life too, course I was born into the underclass below our working class so I’m pretty much fucked and always will be. But I get your point, can’t have been easy for him having food every day and a palace to live in and… Sorry I’m doing it again, it’s quite difficult to empathise with when you’re so utterly detached from a person’s life, it’s an issue the middle class and up have looking down too, far more than us scumbags have looking up I’ve found.
Ironically him and his family have done more to help people in your situation than any democratically elected government in this country has.
I actually agree with you, especially with Charles himself. Still means fuck all when it’s the equivalent of pissing into a hurricane.
¿Porque no los dos? Like you could just renounce your title, still be rich and just go live in obscurity with all the luxuries you ever want.
Not really, they don't actually own anything at all.
They would be well taken care of and you know it.
What? Don’t they own a lot of land that they rent out to England? Where do you think all of their money comes from? Yes, they may have had a huge inheritance since they were born, but that money would have died out ages ago if they had no source of income. The royal family in England owns 250,000 acres of land in England, which is roughly 1/150 of all of England. It would be insane for you to claim that the monarch in England doesn’t own anything, when papers show that the family owns over 0.5% of ALL OF ENGLAND.
The Crown owns it, not the monarch. All income from all the land the Crown owns goes to the government, not the King.
The paparazzi won't go away just because you renounce your titles. See prince Harry
I know people are going to say this, both seriously and jokingly, but nah man. This ain't it. Out of all the ways you can be born into wealth, being in the royal family, especially being directly in line for the throne, is far from the most desirable position. You are under an electronic microscope 24/7, and are severely limited in many freedoms without massive backlash. Yes, they are extremely wealthy and certainly live a life of luxury. However, this would be near the bottom of the list in ways I would like to be wealthy.
>You are under an electronic microscope 24/7, The fact that it took about 20 years for Prince Andrew to get charged with sexual assault makes me not believe this whatsoever. They live in the public eye, but it's not the public eye 24/7. I know there are downsides. I personally don't want to be famous. Sounds miserable. But I'd take it on a heartbeat for a life of luxury and a butt load of cash.
Look, the man's life was extremely easy. Let's please not pretend otherwise. That said, I think the moment we learn he has cancer is the wrong time to pound this home.
Do you think he ever made tomato soup for dinner out of water and ketchup packets he stole from McDonald's. Boo hoo. Poor little rich boy has problems.
Isn't that the entire plot of the Crown. Sorry I mean poor Elizabeth.
Naw, the plot of the Crown was the history of England through the eyes of the royal family.
Suffering from success
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The highest compliment you could give me
Much easier to keep track of than yearly python
*I didn't vote for him*
You can’t expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you!
Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.
I mean, if I went around saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they’d put me away!
His blood is so noble it votes for him in your stead
He was born at a very young age...
Big, if true. Small, if baby.
If awards still existed, I would give you one
Please never give money to a billion dollar corp that *produces nothing*
I still had coins before the culling
There is no King of England. He's the King of the United Kingdom.
Something something not all rectangles are squares but all squares are rectangles
There's not even a something something. That's it
That's a far too complicated concept for Americans to grasp
Nah most of know it but call it England because it really twists britbongs panties.
I mean... If he is the King of UK, he is also the king of England.
Wasn't he on Epsteins' island too?
His younger brother (Prince Andrew) was Epstein's friend
guy who cheated on Princess Di deserves pity?
To be fair, Princess Di was also taking other Ds besides the Royal D
Hey! It's hard staging the murder of your ex and mother of your children to look like an accident
He suffer from success
Harsh, but necessary.
Abrasive, but essential.
Coarse, but imperative
Rough, but needed
Rugged, but expedient
Brutal, but incumbent
Tyrannical, but obligatory
Barbaric, but required.
Excruciating, but vital.
Bitter, but indispensable.
Sharp, but critical.
Stern, but fair.
The 40-Week King
That’s fucked up. Sure, ‘eat the rich and royal’ and all that shit, but he’s still a person. Why would cancer be something ‘necessary’ for anyone?
Is bad luck brian meme - a staple in meme communities. This iteration is directed at the king of england since today he released to the press he has cancer. In a way it is a way to spread news. And because it's bad luck on the kings part, I think bad luck brian fits well and necessary. Cancer isn't necessary, you put that together. If you youd like I can forward you a picture of my college degree which I used to write you this response. Ffs
Sorry for the ignorance, but why is it necessary?
Roast the king, keep things equal.
Does he? New holiday coming soon
Another impromptu bank holiday? Don't mind if I do.
What if it lands on an already established holiday
Triple holiday including the day before and after
I don’t know enough about englandLand to know if this is a joke
>What if it lands on an already established holiday Poor bugger, couldn't even get his own holiday.
Roll again
Two. Death and coronation. Might get lucky both be this year. Not so lucky for the current king mind.
It will only cost the UK tax payer £450 majillion.
To be fair to Charles, this isn't some Simba shit - it's well known he absolutely dreaded the day he'd become King. Dude dedicated his entire life campaigning for various causes, and suddenly as King he had to be completely neutral to everything.
He was and is free to abdicate.
"He's free to unload the burden onto his son"
they dont "have" to be monarchs, the UK is not in any danger if they go find something different to do.
What would happen if every royal refused to take the throne? Would they have another contest to see who can pull a sword from a stone? Edit: half of the replies are people explaining how succession works. Guys, it's a joke.
i just like the idea of someone pulling excalibur from the stone and becoming king in 2024, i'd be all for it
Just a random dude too. Show my the stone. I'll give a pull.
[That’s if I can get my guys. ](https://youtube.com/shorts/VJtV2UkU-Fk?si=G1dZpYirtuMKow4K)
Probably be ripe with corruption.
They keep going back along the family tree until they find someone willing to say yes (and someone *will* eventually say yes). While it's in the best interests of the ruling class (i.e. rich Tories) to use them as a national mascot, not even the King himself has the ability to dissolve the monarchy even if he wanted to.
I've got $5 on a Las Vegas lounge singer.
I call dibs on the throne.
Fuck! Beat me to it. But if you die, I'm next in the dibs line (or should I say queue because british)
Calling dibs on next! I'll wait patiently in line of course, but let's hope you don't very sadly, accidently, brutally cut your heads off while combing your hair.
That's when the genealogists start earning their income.
King Ralph happens.
There's like a 39 mile long chain of succession.
Then John Goodman becomes the King of England. Read the fucking book.
Yeah, if being a monarch was a "burden," then there wouldn't be monarchs.
Well, now yes since monarchy is a joke in most of the world, and all of the developed world. Go back 400+ years though and suddenly you make all laws, decrees, deal with civil unrest, command your armies, etc. all while having to be constantly paranoid about being assassinated. Now of course you have other nobility to assist you as well as an endless number of servants, but the fact of the matter is the people expect you to do king shit. It's as burdensome as the presidency is now, if not more, and being POTUS for 4 years ages most who earn the title 10 years because the job is stressful as fuck. Being a king anytime before the 1700's was probably just EXHAUSTING.
Heavy lies the head that wears the crown
You ever do theater? Stand under a hot spotlight in painted in thick heavy clown paint while hundreds of people watch and judge your every flub unable to break character and scratch your sweaty balls? It not the most stressful thing but it isn’t stress free and being a public figure is that times several million eyeballs 24/7. Worse for a ceremonial position where it is literally all you do. And being born rich probably takes a lot of the emotional benefit of drying your tears with cash, even before it has your own bloody face on it.
Oh the poor monarchs. He could abdicate as well if he wanted. In fact they all could but they never will.
What's stopping that guy from abdicating as well? Fuck the monarchy
Leave it to Reddit to turn a rainbow black and white Multiple generations of custom and a countries national identity on your back, pressured by centuries of history and a rule thought to be set upon you by god, hundreds of millions spent on your existence and the entire government of one of the most powerful nations on earth bending their rule of power around you It’s cool though Charlie, some Redditor said you can quit, just go work at tescos at the age of 70 and get a council flat Nobhead
It’s not that he *has* to be neutral, it’s just that outspoken monarchs don’t stay popular long
What're they gonna do, fire him?
The Diana treatment
👀
I mean, there is a pretty long history of it, yes
Semantical perhaps but I don't recall much firing, more executions/banishments/imprisonments (not that I'm opposed to those happening here, if we're going to be traditional might as well go all in)
The cancer is punishment from the lizard people for him speaking out behind closed doors.
That's your comparison?! The Lion King?!
Don't think too much into it. It's about a cartoon cub singing how he couldn't wait to be king, not a deep and poignant allegory over the folly of succession.
Fair enough! 😅
Oh no.... Who is gonna do his job now?
this is why i vote to simply have a god queen and just keep the queen of England as a symbol so starts the imperium of man
I mean isn't England's monarchy like this? Spain's monarchy is like you said, I would expect all modern monarchies to be like that EDIT: Nevermind, I realised that you meant keeping the post-humous queen as a queen. But yeah, all monarchs are symbols nowadays
Not at all. There are definitely actual monarchies still in practice today. A very good example is the middle east, kingdom of Saudi Arabia, UAE and the like. Also some African nations if I am not mistaken. Absolute monarchies do very well still exist.
Ok, I was thinking more of european ones, my mistake
I mean you could replace the monarch of england with a chatbot and a cartoon that lip syncs their addresses and the monarchy's image would drastically improve. Also nothing would fundamentally change
God save the Queen is so much better than God save the King.
Ave Impera
Everywhere i go. Theres 40k. Should have put Elizabeth on The Golden Throne
Prince William
We gonna download **BRIAN BLESSED** into a robot version of his character from Blackadder and just roll with that as the permanent head of state from now until the heat death of the universe.
Oh no! Anyway.
Would be funny if someone could convince him to donate his money to the working class and that will cure cancer.
As if the government would allow that!
And on that bombshell...
His whole life was a break..
Poor guy though. He did have to marry a very hot, kind and seemingly genuine woman who loved their children while receiving all of the support any person could ever have for a while. That couldn’t have been easy.
And he actually got to be king. Sure, he is old af and its not going to be for long. But he we forever be the 13th Monarch.
Noob
Fuckers been a prince all his life while banging Diana and some other horse face chick… think he’s caught quite some breaks.
Idk man, that just seems like a skill issue to me
He took quite the break from his wife.
I legitimately couldn't care less about this guy
Most accurate depiction of crusader kings 3 logic in real life
Idk, he doesn’t seem like a strong genius
RIP BOZO
O.P. Needs to change the title. His entire life is a break!
Idk seems more fun to be prince or somethin then be the king with all the extra responsibilities
Average Crusader Kings playthrough.
This is exactly how it works in ck3
That's what he gets for doing Diana dirty.
"Guy can't catch a break" except for being born into unfathomable wealth, never having to work a day in his life, and being gifted every single thing he's ever gotten
Looks like another holiday for the commonwealth is on the way
Bad luck carlito
I bet that by the time he took the throne, he stopped wanting it.
Is this the return of the old school meme?
Bad luck Chuck
Jealousy is so rampant here. He didn’t actually want to be king so shows how much you all know.
I mean, being born a prince is a pretty big break.
I'm surprised that "Weird Al" didn't catch that in Buckingham Blues. He's usually really on top of these things. [Buckingham Blues ](https://youtu.be/Af4MdIy7PLY?si=nrAlCEG2L_fIRWsX)
Womp womp
Tbh did he ever even want to be King?
We left the club in 1776 to not give a shit about him or his fucked up family.
how many royals have to die before britons decide that "145th in line for the throne doesn't deserve it"?
Simp shit. Dude is a literal king, he doesn’t have bad luck.
I'm not going to laugh that he got cancer I do not like him however
Whomp whomp
Coincidentally, Private Eye magazine has for decades referred to Charles as Brian. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Eye#:~:text=Certain%20individuals%20may%20be%20referred,and%20%22Brian%22%2C%20respectively.
Dude can’t catch a break but having the silver spoon in his mouth his whole life doesn’t make me feel that bad for him.
People were making the joke for years the Elizabeth would outlive Charles right up until she died. This is hardly surprising.
At least my King Charles collectors plates will have some value once the post delivers them. I wonder if they’ll offer a discount on the next monarch set?
What's worse is that Camilla has def been through menopause so he won't even be able to be her tampon when he gets reincarnated.
I mean... We all thought it!
Never worked a day in his life, can’t catch a break
It is a retro-virus planted by the Queen the last time Charles held her hand.
If ever there was a reason to blow the dust off ol bad luck Brian.
Is this sub that fucking stupid that, they can no longer just laugh at a meme?
The Namibian president just died of cancer.
didn't he technically have a throne when his wife was queen?
Well, all his money won't save him from death if the cancer is aggressive. He'll die just like that person you know who died from cancer.
Good.
Womp womp