King Charles Tried to Stop Prince Harry’s Winning Lawsuit Against the UK Tabloids – Should He Really Be The Leader of the UK?
Over the past 1200 years, 62 monarchs from the same family tree have enjoyed an elevated position in the world as The British Royal family. Will 2024 be the beginning of the end to a system that many say has overstayed its welcome? September marked Charles’s first anniversary as King, and people are surprised he hasn’t made the reforms and modernizations he talked about for decades. And now, an investigation reveals that Charles the Cruel removed his own son’s security and put his own family’s safety on the line even when the media was brewing up the perfect storm against him.
2023 Was Suppose To Be Charles’ Long-Awaited Time to Shine – But Has He?
2023 brought the official coronation of King Charles as The Crown typically considered a significant celebratory moment. However, Charles does not hold the same public will as his mother, Queen Elizabeth II. The last Netflix season of The Crown reminds viewers of how he treated his wife, Diana – The People’s Princess- and his two children. Additionally, his first year of events as King as only illustrated how out of touch Charles really is, especially with the backdrop of everyday people’s financial struggles.
And in 2023, it came out that he tried to stop his son Prince Harry’s fight against the British Press. Many feel that Harry is exhibiting more King-like leadership than his father.
So Why Does He Need All The Riches?
While everyday people in Britain have to pay 40% tax on their inheritance, Charles inherited a massive fortune from Queen Elizabeth and didn’t have to pay any taxes.
Should this special treatment continue?
King Charles Will Get Even More of Tax Payer Dollars Moving Forward
In July of 2023, The Treasury announced that the sovereign grant will remain unchanged at £86.3m. However, in 2025, the king’s public funding will increase to 124.8m. This news mixed with a first year of that saw him hide away in one of his many homes has brought criticism.
Considering their own personal wealth and large unmet needs of the British people, don’t they have enough?
Should This Money Be Spent to Improve UK Resident’s Lives Instead?
Between a energy crisis that has skyrocketed people’s bills, high food costs sending more residents to food banks and record low social security payments the optics are not good for the royal family.
With large opulent palaces, large over-the-top ceremonies, private planes, designer clothes, homes for family members juxtaposed against the fact that 16% of the population is food insecure, it’s hard to argue that this spending is rightly balanced.
Harry’s Independent Projects are Also Casting a Poor Light on Charles and The Inner Workings of The British Royal Family
Add Harry & Meghan’s Netflix documentary about how their experience in The Royal Family was so horrible they decided to leave it and move to America. Harry continues this narrative in his tell-all memoir, Spare, that laid bare how this revered family is actually one that shouldn’t be.
By simply telling his personal story, will it be the removal of the last card currently holding the House of Windsor together?
And An Investigation Lays Bare Blackmailing His Own Son
Prince Harry refused to remove a Palace staffer’s name from legal papers from his fight with The Sun. And so his father tried to force him by pulling his security. Many called it a bluff that Harry called. And today the courts sided with Harry. It was proved that Harry wasn’t just a paranoid person. The British Press was hacking and gaining information on him, other celebrities and citizens illegally.
But it comes out in such black-and-white terms that it has only continued to paint King Charles as a person that people don’t want to follow.
It Turns Out Charles Is Not Popular At All
YouGov surveyed the British public right before Charles’ coronation ceremony, and 64 percent of respondents said they had little or no interest in the coronation. Only a third said they were strongly or fairly interested in it. And as he looks into the future, he should be even more worried. Among those surveyed aged 18 to 24, the number voicing little or no interest rose to 75 percent.
The Most Popular Members of the Royal Family Now Are Those Who Have Left It
Recently Meghan Markle was crowned the most popular royal based on the number of internet searches. Her husband follows her, and then Catherine, The new Princess of Wales.
These figures help explain why so few people tuned in to watch his Coronation ceremony.
Support For the Monarchy Is At An All Time Low
A separate survey completed on the eve of King Charles’s coronation showed that only 30% of the public thinks the monarchy is very important. The British Social Attitudes survey has been fielded for 40 years and reports a long-term trend of declining support for the monarchy.
Should The Institution Have Died Along With Queen Elizabeth?
A Harper Collins press release states Queen Elizabeth’s “death dismantled the protective shield around the world’s most famous family and saw a long-simmering crisis of confidence in the British monarchy begin to resurface.” The book will “pull back the curtain on an institution in turmoil.” It will ” expose the chaos, family dysfunction, distrust, and draconian practices threatening its very future.”
Do you think the current senior royals and their courtiers have what it takes to save this 1200-year-old institution? Or is it truly the endgame?
Prince Harry Now Lives in One of America’s Most Expensive Towns – Here’s Where He Got The Money To Afford It
When you’re a working Royal, you cannot leverage your status for high-paying jobs. But that all changed for Prince Harry when he stepped down as a senior working member of the British Royal family and gave up the funds he received yearly from his father and The Duchy of Cornwall.
Three years later, Prince Harry’s quest to be financially independent of his family has been royally successful. And this independence has allowed him the freedom he has been dreaming of for decades. It is also bankrolling the million-dollar legal fees he is racking up to sue a group of billionaire UK tabloid publishers for alleged illegal methods of gaining information on both celebrities and everyday citizens.
How Much Did The Royal Family, Netflix, and ‘Spare’ Add to Prince Harry’s Net Worth?
The 23 Richest Royals in the World: Where Does King Charles III Rank?
Many royals are known for their power, prestige, notoriety, and money. There are those who are part of centuries-old dynasties, while others are relatively new to the scene. Several came to their riches through their royal titles, while others earned their fortunes in different ways.
Now that Charles is the King of England is he one the very richest in the world? It may surprise you that he’s in the bottom of the list of the world’s richest royals.
The 23 Richest Royals in the World: Where Does King Charles III Rank?
Is Prince Harry Still in The British Crown Line of Succession?
Prince Charles was heir to the throne almost all of his life and now his eldest son William, is the next heir apparent. But the line of succession is long, and it continues to change as families grow and succession laws are revised.
Since Harry has stepped away from Royal Life, has he also been removed from the line of succession?
Who Is In British Royal Line of Succession Now?
From The Simpsons to Game of Thrones: 10 Ways Queen Elizabeth II Blazed a Pop Culture Trail
According to Comic Vine, the Queen made 77 appearances in various comic books, such as West Coast Avengers and Star Trek. Pop artist Andy Warhol included Queen Elizabeth in his 16-piece series, “Reigning Queens 1985.” Warhol had based his artwork of the Queen on a photograph of hers from her 1977 Silver Jubilee. Her Royalty also became a star on the Internet. Memes, with her pictures, often went viral.
But there is much more to the Queen’s immortality than these examples. There are probably hundreds more. The following is a list of the top 10 times the world loved the Queen so much, international society made her a part of pop culture.
From The Simpsons to Game of Thrones: 10 Ways Queen Elizabeth II Blazed a Pop Culture Trail
The Queen’s Corgis: What Will Happen to Them Now?
As news spread about Queen Elizabeth’s death, many dog lovers like myself immediately thought about her beloved corgis. And, if you’re like my 13-year-old, you may have even asked yourself “Can we adopt one of the Queen’s corgis?”
Well, before you go searching on Petfinder for “corgis in London” there are a few things you should know. And, don’t get your hopes up.
The Queen’s Corgis: What Will Happen to Them Now?
This article was produced by Planner at Heart.
