Following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, King Charles III delivers his first official address to the nation following his appointment as king this afternoon. The speech was recorded in Buckingham Palace and broadcast to the nation. The remarks represent the first public words since his mother Queen Elizabeth II died yesterday, and his first remarks as King Charles III. [Video and Transcript Below]
[Transcript] “I speak to you today with feelings of profound sorrow. Throughout her life, Her Majesty The Queen – my beloved Mother – was an inspiration and example to me and to all my family, and we owe her the most heartfelt debt any family can owe to their mother; for her love, affection, guidance, understanding and example.
“Queen Elizabeth was a life well lived; a promise with destiny kept and she is mourned most deeply in her passing. That promise of lifelong service I renew to you all today. Alongside the personal grief that all my family are feeling, we also share with so many of you in the United Kingdom, in all the countries where The Queen was Head of State, in the Commonwealth and across the world, a deep sense of gratitude for the more than 70 years in which my Mother, as Queen, served the people of so many nations.
“In 1947, on her 21st birthday, she pledged in a broadcast from Cape Town to the Commonwealth to devote her life, whether it be short or long, to the service of her peoples. That was more than a promise: it was a profound personal commitment which defined her whole life. She made sacrifices for duty.
“Her dedication and devotion as Sovereign never waivered, through times of change and progress, through times of joy and celebration, and through times of sadness and loss. In her life of service we saw that abiding love of tradition, together with that fearless embrace of progress, which make us great as Nations. The affection, admiration and respect she inspired became the hallmark of her reign.
“And, as every member of my family can testify, she combined these qualities with warmth, humour and an unerring ability always to see the best in people.
“I pay tribute to my Mother’s memory and I honour her life of service. I know that her death brings great sadness to so many of you and I share that sense of loss, beyond measure, with you all. When The Queen came to the throne, Britain and the world were still coping with the privations and aftermath of the Second World War, and still living by the conventions of earlier times.
“In the course of the last 70 years we have seen our society become one of many cultures and many faiths. The institutions of the State have changed in turn. But, through all changes and challenges, our nation and the wider family of Realms – of whose talents, traditions and achievements I am so inexpressibly proud – have prospered and flourished. Our values have remained, and must remain, constant.
“The role and the duties of Monarchy also remain, as does the Sovereign’s particular relationship and responsibility towards the Church of England – the Church in which my own faith is so deeply rooted. In that faith, and the values it inspires, I have been brought up to cherish a sense of duty to others, and to hold in the greatest respect the precious traditions, freedoms and responsibilities of our unique history and our system of parliamentary government.
“As The Queen herself did with such unswerving devotion, I too now solemnly pledge myself, throughout the remaining time God grants me, to uphold the Constitutional principles at the heart of our nation. And wherever you may live in the United Kingdom, or in the Realms and territories across the world, and whatever may be your background or beliefs, I shall endeavour to serve you with loyalty, respect and love, as I have throughout my life.
“My life will of course change as I take up my new responsibilities. It will no longer be possible for me to give so much of my time and energies to the charities and issues for which I care so deeply. But I know this important work will go on in the trusted hands of others.
“This is also a time of change for my family. I count on the loving help of my darling wife, Camilla. In recognition of her own loyal public service since our marriage 17 years ago, she becomes my Queen Consort.
“I know she will bring to the demands of her new role the steadfast devotion to duty on which I have come to rely so much. As my Heir, William now assumes the Scottish titles which have meant so much to me.
“He succeeds me as Duke of Cornwall and takes on the responsibilities for the Duchy of Cornwall which I have undertaken for more than five decades. Today, I am proud to create him Prince of Wales, Tywysog Cymru, the country whose title I have been so greatly privileged to bear during so much of my life and duty.
“With Catherine beside him, our new Prince and Princess of Wales will, I know, continue to inspire and lead our national conversations, helping to bring the marginal to the centre ground where vital help can be given. I want also to express my love for Harry and Meghan as they continue to build their lives overseas.
“In a little over a week’s time we will come together as a nation, as a Commonwealth and indeed a global community, to lay my beloved mother to rest. In our sorrow, let us remember and draw strength from the light of her example.
“On behalf of all my family, I can only offer the most sincere and heartfelt thanks for your condolences and support. They mean more to me than I can ever possibly express.
“And to my darling Mama, as you begin your last great journey to join my dear late Papa, I want simply to say this: thank you. Thank you for your love and devotion to our family and to the family of nations you have served so diligently all these years.
“May ‘flights of Angels sing thee to thy rest’.”
Against the entirety of the backdrop he faces, this was a very well presented and delivered statement.
Very well constructed.
Thank you, Sundance!
Insightful as ever, Sundance. Thank you so much for caring, and for all you do.
We Brits, like everyone, face conflicted emotions and responses to this, and all of the last 2-3 years. Perhaps the Queen’s parting gift to us now is some moments in time to pause, reflect, and converse together. If we learned anything positive at all from lockdowns, it should be the value of quiet, and then shared, reflection.
Lord, have mercy on us all. Please.
Condolences to you and your countrymen Reader…
Many thanks, Ad rem…
As a former expat in your beautiful country, and married to one of your countryman, we grieve with you, Reader. We are following all during this week of terrible loss.
In tremendous sorrow, but with hopes and prayers that God will sustain King Charles, imbue him with wisdom and long life. Our hearts are with each of you.
God rest the beautiful soul of Queen Elizabeth.
God Save the King so he will be as worthy of your loyalty as she was.
Consistent, enduring, decisive, stabilizing, self controlled, a face that said a thousand words, accountable to God.
Queen Elizabeth was a Christian who, as much as she was humanly able, kept God’s commandments and ways. Citizens of the UK may, from the future, see the invisible protection over the Kingdom of their past during Elizabeth’s reign.
The evidence of prayer and dependance on God may be better understood, more gratefully appreciated, when the one charged with rulership under God, is found to have prayed for 76 years for the nations given to her.
Who has God given charge over a nation for as long? She was not harmed in 96 years nor her life taken by anyone but God Himself, nor did any disease rob her of strength or her enemies leave a mark on her body. Elizabeth the Queen who practiced royalty for 76 years has just begun to live in the greatest Royal Household of all.
Heartily agreed. I would not have thought him capable given his history.
Cometh the hour, cometh the man?
For the UK, let us hope so
For many people the beginning of wisdom comes with the death of one’s parents.
Death … up close and personal … does have a way of focusing one on life
I can hope that he will develop wisdom over wokedom but, honestly, I don’t hold out much hope for him. He doesn’t have the grace or dignity of his mother. The salvation is that he is no where near as young as his mother when she ascended the throne.
I loved my mom very much and treated her as if she was forever a young woman I remembered from my childhood.
For me, the death of her was as if someone broke off one leg off of a table. It collapsed and I had to be the replacement to hold it together.
No longer did I have her emotional support and understanding. No longer could I call her and ask for her advice. No longer did I have someone to hug me and love me only the way a mom can, unconditionally. No longer did I have a true companion as she always was. So I had to become that for myself alone.
Sometimes I ask mom in my head as to what she thinks about a particular thing I’m confronted with, big or small. And I can literally hear her answer in her own voice. That’s because I was once within her, and therefore, she is within me.
That is amazing! Thanks for sharing!
I for one was totally shocked. Maybe there is hope.
Though uninformed on the subject, I was intrigued by King Charles’s reference to ‘Scottish titles.’ Time actually does a decent job of explicating:
Queen Victoria, who reigned from 1837 until 1901, was adept at “interpreting and manipulating history, adopting national identities and evoking a significant response” in Scotland, writes Richard Finlay, a professor of modern Scottish history at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
On top of making frequent visits north of the border, Victoria revived the use of a distinctive Scottish protocol—co-opting local dress, customs, and symbols—for her visits and cultivated an elite social circle that would be most sympathetic to anglicization.
Still, there are steep challenges for Charles. Elizabeth II’s fondness for Scotland was genuine. Her mother was from Glamis—a small village in Angus—and part of Scottish aristocracy going back many generations. Any spare time the Queen had was spent at her Scottish estate of Balmoral, where indeed she passed on Thursday afternoon.
A deal with the independence-backing Scottish National Party (SNP)—currently in control of Scotland’s semi-autonomous parliament—that it would not seek becoming republic during Elizabeth’s reign has now expired.
Still, as heir Charles was mindful to use his Scottish titles—Lord of the Isles and Duke of Rothesay—when north of the border.
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Thank you, Sundance, for posting this thoughtful video.
Jim H
Duke of New York
He got me right at the end.
You can tell he meant that part. In that moment he was not a new king sending off kind words to an old queen, but just a boy saying goodbye to him mom.
Thank you for providing the text of the new King’s first address to the people of the UK, the Commonwealth, and the world.
Yes , Thank You ,
Sundance , for providing the transcript !
You are Always the Best 🥰
I believe Charles is a vegetarian, so this will please him today.
“The Dutch city of Haarlem is putting a ban on meat advertisements in public spaces, in what is being hailed as a world first.
The ban, which it’s hoped will come into force in 2024, aims to reduce meat consumption and the impacts of the climate crisis.” https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/09/08/ads-for-climate-damaging-meat-set-to-be-banned-in-this-dutch-city
All we have on our US CYA Black Boxes are Big Pharm ads.
Hmmm. Must be a trend.
Words mean nothing. Actions have meaning. Charles is no different than Al Gore.
“Charles is no different than Al Gore”
Which means you think Al Gore’s mother is the equivalent of Queen Elizabeth.
Never forget , there are rules for “ them” and rules for us . They are traditional for their own interests and are proud of their history , but yet they feel justified in our depopulation for the “ greater good .”
I know these types .. they are the attractive older version of Hollywood .
That being said , God is not mocked , you cannot invoke His authority for your coronation and then deny Him . So history will unfold very interestingly .
I believe his mother QE2 was a sincere believer , and thus enjoyed a measure of His protection .
Hardly! What they have in common would be pathetic sons.
You are right Baby El. Words are meaningless if not backed up by action. And Charles is a weak pampered man who will never have the qualities of the Queen. He will bend to every left leaning ideologue presented to him.
I wholeheartedly agree SD. I am no fan of the big-eared awkward Global Warmist … but his FIRST speech as KOE … was perfect.
Did you hear him back off from his charities and such? Does that mean others will now take on the Environmental Agenda since his work is now to do what the Queen did?
Yes, Charles will encumber William to carry on with his Green nonsense. And if William does push this bs, he will lose a lot of support from the regular middle and working class Brits. IMO, they need to GET REAL, and stop the Green nonsense.
As new PM, Liz Truss needs to advocate that GB is no longer part of the EU and can and must reject all of the EU (WEF) ideologies, which will see GB cold and hungry this winter if they follow the EU’s referendums. Thanks to Brexit, the UK is now a sovereign country; they need to start acting as such.
that is an excellent point that GB should start acting like a
sovereign nation.
Today, his speech was that of a loving son. After the funeral, he will become a blubbering Michael Moore with a hint of Greta Thunborg.
Agreed. Should he have mentioned his dedication to God, being that he is Supreme Head of the Anglican Church of England. I don’t know, but that seems to be silently roaring out loud. What is going to happen to Christendom?
It already happened with the schism of Henry the 8th. Look to St Thomas Moore for the answers.
The Coronation Oath he will make, as his mother did, will require he swear to be the Defender of the Faith…i.e. The Christian faith.
There was some talk long ago that he wanted to change that part to Defender of The FaithS, all faiths.
I’m not sure he will be allowed to do that. I hope not. We shall see.
He’s been practicing this speech for a lot of years so it’s no surprise that he got it right.
I agree. Say what you want about the guy, but it was a good speech and well presented.
Just words, Charles is as crazy as ever. Hopefully he has little influence comparing to his mother, we shall see.
Sadly so
Delivered from his heart, Sundance. We felt every word.
I thought it was a very good speech, heartfelt and focused on The Queen not himself as King. It’s going to be very heard for him and the entire family. She was the glue for them and the country. King Charles couldn’t have had a better mentor. Her training and tradition will hold him in good stead, I pray, on most courses.
Indeed, SD. I assume you saw the strings.
What an example she was.
Now, will England ever pass their own Constitution?
As Queen, her service was rock, rudder and lighthouse to a nation. We’ll never see the likes of her again.
End of an era, the last of her kind, perhaps.
Ben Harnwell who is a regular on the Steve Bannon’s War Room, and covers Europe, said the same thing today. We may never see another leader like her again.
I remember watching her coronation in 1952. She took after her mother, Elizabeth. I remember a commentator at the time opining that whatever happens in the world there will always be five royal families in the world: Spades, Hearts, Clubs, Diamonds, and England.
One of the last true honorable people this world has seen over the past 50 years
Agreed.
I hope Charles snaps out of his climate change obsession and rises to the occasion.
Hoping he would make his mother proud.
And look at the great job she did with children, but I digress. Don’t think for one minute she didn’t back the NWO agenda her hubby sure did!!
The British consider that they have a constitution, although an unwritten one.
Good luck with that when Government push becomes shove.
They have the Magna Carta. They created it. It’s past time they began to honor it.
It is quite profound that he mentions his charities. This means he will never make utterances in public again that would favor WEF
Like Hell it does. Charles is a moron who has fallen 100% for the climate change scam. He speaks at the WEF. Look up some of the WEF’s videos to see what a worthless piece of garbage he is. I was born and rasied in England before legally coming to America when I was twenty one years old. I am no fan of royalty. I met Charles once in NYC, what a complete idiot he is.
He didn’t fall for any scam . He was let into the “club” and the Royals of the past have done the same and lived to regret it . I believe QE2 was a wise woman and did not show any overt preferences politically and stayed true to her mission .
Charles is well … different .
They think that the alliance with those powers will ensure the survival of the monarchy .
Ask Czar Nickolaus how that turned out .
I so agree. This was indeed a very well-designed speech.
Looks like Harry and his wife could get their foot in the door with the vacancies created in Charles’ charities.
I hope not.
Let’s hope Harry and his wife continue to live in the difficult position they created and feel the intentional discomfort they caused for a nation, her history, and their Queen.
She steps foot in there and the monarchy is done . Especially with the jelly-spined Charles .
Charles may invite her back being birds of a feather and all.
They aren’t returning. They made their bed.
I only see Harry possibly returning way in the future, but it would be without her.
It was so fitting that he said he loved his son, Harry. Harry has a lot to think about in the next few months,….years.
Brett Bair on Fox just made a remarkably stupid comment(admittedly nothing new for him). He essentially said that unlike the Queen, Charles has seemed to enjoy intermingling with the public. Stunningly, he used as an example the time Charles walked right in front of him… AT THE DAVOS CONFERENCE!!
Earth to Bret, making an appearance at Davos is not INTERMINGLING WITH THE PUBLIC!!
He is a bigger ass each time he talks
The first time I saw Brett Bair was on the inside cover of Pink Floyd’s album “The Wall”.
I’ve noticed Brett’s head seems to be expanding, actually physically expanding.
I’m wondering where it’s going to stop.
It is only hot air.
I’d say a “FATTER ASS” each time.
and wider.
AND she greatly intermingling with the public!
That’s Davos letting us know what’s what.
Bret Baier is a Communist. He called Arizona for Feeble Fraud JOE on November 3, 2020. What a set up that was 🙂
What is it with all these Royals? They live great lives off their people.
Baier is just another liberal media guy living in the DC swamp!
He’s in NYC, a sewer.
You’re too kind. Call him out as a pathetic TDS sufferer, beholden to the current “rank and file.”
It’s Friday- Bret continues to be a fool.
This is like people who are deciding on the best books/ movies/music and only look at what was released in the last 10 to 15 years. She was 96, Brett, why not look at what she did during WWII and through her entire reign. Geesh!
American tourists once met the Queen and had no idea who she was — so she played a joke on them.
https://news.yahoo.com/american-tourists-once-met-queen-091500187.html
Loved, loved this one, Bob. I am so glad you posted it.
Oh, that’s funny!
I’ve watched this repeatedly and laugh every time. QE2’s comment is priceless.
I clicked on your link and got a totally different vid than what you promoted. Not surprised; Yahoo is “misinformation” on steroids.
Wow! Brett Bair wasn’t watching the same video of The King shaking hands as I was. While I admire the emulation of his mother’s mingling with the crowd … I was watching the FACES of the people receiving the Royal handshake … ALL but a few were unsmiling, dour-faced, and seemed genuinely unimpressed by a Kingly handshake. Yes, one woman reached through the crowd to kiss him on the cheek … but that was the exception. Few of his Subjects seemed happy to see the new K8ng.
Turn it off.
only if PUBLIC = ELITE GLOBALIST RADICALS
I ponder, what does Brett think when he looks at his reflection when he shaves? I have wondered that about quite a few of the shiftless men that have wrecked havoc upon our lives.
LOL!!!!!
Very nice … but let’s face it … “Charles is an idiot.” By the grace of God, his time on the throne will not be long, to be replaced by others who are much younger. Charles is an artifact of a bygone age.
Nasty and harsh
’54 Ford with both doors open.
and the absolute truth.
Take a gander at his speeches for the last couple of decades.
And, by the grace of God, Great Britain will be protected from Harry and Meghan as they are 6th in line to assume the throne!
Who was it who flagged this comment? Charles is a complete idiot. This from someone who was born and spent the first twenty one years of their life in England.
that’s a little harsh , I think , he used to be a complete idiot, I agree , but I think with age he has become more like 1/2 an idiot , perhaps you left before you saw the “change”. Anyway who cares really he is their King now .
But since you are on the topic of (red headed) idiots …
The “change” was not for the better. So you think he became 1/2 an idiot after he tortured Diana? Granted, he was a full idiot for several years before that. He never should have married Diana. He didn’t love her (he claims to love Camilla and I suppose she’s content to play second fiddle to his love of his mirror image). William may never ascend to the throne. Unless Charles gets his act together, he will likely kill the monarchy as quickly as Joe Biden has killed the American economy!
And a bygone royal lifestyle and attitudes, partially imposed by Prince Phillip, if what I have read over the decades, is true… and the boarding schools they sent him to. Psychologically and physically abusive. Horrid schoolmasters.
However, Phillip was quoted as telling Harry that you “step out with actresses not marry them”…
I believe his father thought of him as a weakling. I believe his father wanted him to attend a really hard physical boarding school that he had attended and excelled at, but Charles could not pass the hard physical requirements and went to another school. His father never forgave him for that.
He attended it for a couple of years, I think. It was very austere.
ONe has to understand Phillip might also have been an idiot for much of his life.
The two men are polar opposites. Both extremes.
It was in Scotland. I believe it was Groton. Very physically grueling and His Mom wanted him to go to Eton as Charles wanted to, but Elizabeth gave into her husband and he went.
From Elizabeth to Charles = from hero to zero.
and the absoute truth #2.
haha very good
Charles is a climate tyrant and an outspoken advocate of population control.
Not a fan.
Maybe the throne will change him. It happens.
** * EXACTLY * * *
Yes, another globalist greenie hypocrit riding high on his private jet.
Shame his mother didn’t believe in population control before he was conceived!
I get the feeling bad things will emerge about the royals on or about the 10th day.
That long ? You think ?
The funeral will be in 10 days, I believe.
It won’t happen. The UK police will be putting the military on the streets and begin riot training soon. Germany is putting military on their streets as of October 1st. As it gets colder, the people will riot. I don’t expect Charles to speak out against the deaths of the people when they are bludgeoned to death by the UK commie officers. They will be doing everything he stands for,
The man who would be tampon … becomes the man who would be King
Cringeworthy x1M
Epic take, Kenji!
As for his DIL and Wallis Simpson, the scoreboard reads:
American skanks 2, British royals ZERO
Charles’ statement regarding wishing he could be Camilla’s tampon NEVER should have been “news.” What he or any of us say in private should remain private. That was evil on the part of MSM. Despicable.
That supposedly is the plan. The Queen was told nothing will happen until you pass. 10 days is when Charles is officially sworn in.
Convenient timing, all this. September and all.
Just last week, there was a General Strike called for Oct. 1.
Folks were distressed over their pre-negotiated energy bills.
Truss came in and announced billing caps (which will make things worse).
Then, the Queen died.
At some point, the economic reality will come back to center stage.
It might not be, “about the royals”, however.
Interesting presentation by Sundance. I felt like I could have heard a pin drop while reading it.
Very , very nice and all true , like the mention of “promotions” to new titles etc , but didn’t miss that “love to Harry and Meghan as they continue to build their lives overseas “ – no mention of titles when referring to them either …. Hmmm . Wonder if Harry’s ghostwritten expose book that was scheduled to come will be scrapped or rewritten?
Yeah, wonder if that’s a royal or diplomatic way to say… 😉
So it would seem …
Harry got paid at least $20 mil upfront for his memoirs from Penguin Random House. It will happen…
Penguin laid an egg ., never get it back , especially now that all juicy fake parts will have to be cut out
Penguin is a money-laundering vehicle. Ask all of the ones who take the ride.
As in (very) across the pond.
Continue to build their lives overseas. Why aren’t they in England performing their Royal Duties? Oh, that’s right, Meghan wanted the Title, but didn’t want to put in the work.
She didn’t want to work as a royal because she has this delusion of grandeur that she’ll be elected US president one day.
Hey–elected, never. If she cozies up to Obama and Soros, selected maybe.
I think Megan will be fuirous cuz now Kate gets elevated to the title PRINCESS of WALEs
and I am sure she will be referred by that title.. Before Megan was on par wiht Kate as
a Duchess but now Kate get a promotion and Megan remains just a Duchess.
But they were referred to as simply as Harry and Megan ( no titles even referred to ) In Court Society that is a 3 Alarm Fire 🔥 INSULT , I believe
The Queen’s death was also announced way before Harry arrived.
They certainly didn’t wait for him. And although he was in London
with other royals, he did not fly on the same plane to Scotland.
All telling signs.
But, but, but … MeAgain is a womyn ovvvvvvvv cullllller. If that’s not enough to become a Royal … perhaps she could change genders … “Unsex me here”
Princess Diana versus Sarah Ferguson.
And Megan will all remain a Duchess, while Kate moves up the ladder, until she loses the title – if that’s possible.
I think Harry’s problem is that he is extremely envious
that his brother is being elevated in position after his
grandmother’s death and will be King himself some day.
All this nonsense from the two of them is because of
jealousy and greed.
The British aristocracy usually pass on their minor titles they may possess in their own right to their heir when they assume a higher title. King Charles III is just passing his minor titles (Duke of Cornwell, Duke of Rothesay,etc.) to his heir, the new Prince of Wales.
Did you expect him to say Prince and Princess? Harry surrendered his royal title when he left the service of the country to go to the US with Meggie.
Kings and Queens. Bygone era, much best left in the dustbin of history. Sorry Anglophiles.
That’s up to them!
I am an Anglophile, and spent many happy years in the UK. As an American in another country, I respected, and in many cases, loved their traditions. And I adored Queen Elizabeth. The UK, and much of the world will sorely miss her. She was the masthead of her country.
There was a time of Magna Carta. Should the constitution go into the dustbin of history?
You do know that multiple nations in Europe and worldwide still have monarchies or monarchial positions.
I will take a wise ruler over a foolish majority any day.
Mark Steyn’s take on the Monarchy and the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. In part:
Except that, by the mere fact of her existence, she diminishes the politicians.
https://www.steynonline.com/12797/the-longest-reign-and-a-sudden-end
Exactly the US system is much more corruptable
With a Constitution, the US system was designed to be less corruptible.
Except they don’t follow it one bit. The 4th, the 2nd, the 6th, and the 10th Amendments are violated constantly. The hate our Constitution and defile it without a care. And with stolen elections, the politicians may as well be an aristocracy.
John Adams said something about a ‘moral’ people…
Thanks for posting.
Steyn is brilliant … per usual
Thank you, stella, for posting Mark’s observations.
We have been watching British SkyNews as they remember her astounding life, one that through an unforeseeable quirk of history introduced the second Elizabethan Age.
So absorbed have we been in the obsequies now and upcoming… the funeral will be on Monday…that I had not yet thought of Mark, whose words on such an occasion are always thoughtful and reflective. I am most appreciative of your having reminded me.
I should say the funeral will be on Monday, September 19. It will be an historical moment.
Finally , some-one who understands a Constitutional Monarchy. ……. The Monarch,s only actual power is to call an Election when a Government that has stuffed up will not. …….. This maintains the power of the people over a would be Dictator. It is the ultimate safeguard that no other form of Government provides. …… Tradition is a powerful force that keeps a Monarch honest. ……. In Australia the Monarch has no actual powers. These are held by his representive , an Australian selected by a majority of the elected Parliament. ….. Once again , Tradition keeps the G.G. honest. …… This actually works.
I like their system and think it superior to ours. It is more responsive to the people. Case in point, if a PM really screws it up (Johnson) and he loses favor , an election can be called and if he can’t obtain a mandate of support he/she is out and the majority party is in with their leader. They don’t have a 4 year waiting period to be able to have the chance to change leadership. Another thing I really like that they have is libel laws. If people/ media slander they can be brought up on charges. I think they have good checks and balances in the UK system
Charles is a greenie, Great Reset globalist. He was one of the original crowd pushing the green agenda by being a major player at the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992.
But fortunately he has no real power to do anything , even less so now
Not true. He has openly become political. No royal is ever supossed to do that. The world is full of idiots who will listen tohis ravings.
I don’t agree, Think he will follow QE model , but who knows and really who cares , there are already enough “pontifacators” (including non Catholic popes) out there, ignoring one more or less doesn’t really matter
No royal was supposed to divorce and then reamarry a divorcee either. The fact that Diana died shouldn’t have changed the system. His grandfather became king because his great uncle wanted to marry a divorcee and did. How different would things have been had CHARLES been forced to abdicate his place in the succession in order to marry Camilla? Would that have kept Me-Again from marrying Harry to take one more step up the social ladder?
If Charles had abdicated his place, William would now be King.
If Charles had not been the horrible person he is, Diana would be Queen Consort.
But he eluded to that today in his speech that he is in another role now, one that is non political. He will have to give up his meddling in politics. He has other thing to consentrate on.
Well, I think he rode in a gas guzzling Rolls Royce unless
they converted it to battery operated. And then, I can
say that he road in a car with battery storage, electricity
provided by coal, natural gas, nuclear and the occasional
windmill.
That single fact qualifies him to be a “climate pontificator”. Those who claim to espouse the tenets of the “damage” climate does to the earth are among the biggest VIOLATORS!
It sounds like he will take his duty as King seriously and remain more of a moral figurehead and support.
just lovely
As the owner of a Cavalier King Charles spaniel, wish King Charles III Godspeed.
Your dog is far more useful than Charles.
Nasty and harsh #3
Would you say the same thing repeatedly if it were about Biden or Obama?
We are talking about the Royalty of England , the land of fine China and other things I can’t think of at the moment , there is a difference. you know … 😵💫
I gots a Shetland Sheepdog….herding breed…does that count?
What a loving and lovely tribute!
Love that handkerchief in his coat’s breast pocket!
Perhaps even the late Bard would offer a positive comment on King Charles III speech.
No one does quiet class and grace like the British. Yet, at 73 his best years are decades behind him. I’d of liked to have seen him abdicate to his son William. A young king for a young century.
Hear hear!!
Totally agree. William and Kate would have brought youthfulness and vitality back to the monarchy. They are a lovely family, as well.
Charles and Camilla are simply too outdated and stodgy.
Do you think Queen Elizabeth should have retired at 73 and let Charles be enthroned at a younger age?
“As good an address as could be expected, from a son who is very obviously grieving.”
But, I do not envy this man. “Unfortunately, she is not her mother’s son.” And he never has been.
Therefore: “God Save the King [from himself …].” 🤦♂️
Well, he can play a mean game of polo?/s
Uneasy lies the head……….
His speechwriter is to be commended.
I remember him cavorting around all of the “tony” places in the world during the 1970s with a bunch of “yacht girls” the media called “Charlie’s Angels.” Then he was beastly to Diana. Then he went woke.
The speech was nice, but he can’t be sincere, given his past and present activities.
Maybe it’s time to make the palaces and royal estates museums. Maybe it’s time to let the people rule without a sea anchor of such immense evil and cruelty as this specimen. It’s not just the fact he is an incontinent cad who abused his first wife because he couldn’t be the “tampon” for his malkin. It’s the fact that he, like his execrable father, The Royal Virus, wants to murder the rest of us while draped in the holy robes of “Saving Gaia.”
If Charles simply does his duty as King he’ll be beloved. If he uses the throne as a woke, green soap box…..well then he will not be beloved. Particularly as his countrymen face a very harsh winter ahead.
“King Charles III” Sounds weird!
Try this…..Sung to the tune of “King Tut”
Far across the ocean
In Merry Old England
They have a new monarch
And the people they be singing
King Chuck
How’ d you get so funky
King Chuck
Looks just like a donkey
Born in Windsor Castle
Life is a big hassle
King Chuck
King Chuck
While he always wondered
If mommy would retire.
While he had a chance
To experience some Empire
King Chuck
He looks just like a ferret
King Chuck
The Brits will have to bear it
Born in Windsor Castle
Life is now a hassle
King Chuck
King Chuck
People always wonder
What its like to be
To finally have a job
When you are 73
King Chuck
Elton taught me the piana
King Chuck
Did mommy bump off Diana?
Born in Windsor Castle
Life is big hassle
King Chuck
King Chuck
I noticed 2 things well 3 really. It was surprisingly humble. He’s says he’s going to be too busy with his new job for those woke “charities” like climate “change” (QE2 probably him about his role) he ran. AND he’s got religion. Prince Charles MAY have been agnostic but KC3 is man of deep faith.
not sure how you came to the conclusion he is if “deep faith”…just because he mentioned the Church …he said nothing of Christ and while speaking of death its an oppurtune moment. He did elude to the fact that all faiths are noble..he more of a Universalist me thinks..
The 1000 year old title says he’s the defender of THE faith and he wants to changed that to “all faiths”. Which sounds nice, but it seems to me the faith, Christianity, is more in need of defending than others. No one is canceled for spitting on Christianity these days, while a joke about others would be life threatening.
Henry VIII was given the title Fidei Defensor on 1521 by Pope Leo X, because of the book, In Defense of the Seven Sacraments, and his rejection of the teachings of Martin Luther.
The title was rescinded in 1530 by Pope Leo because Henry had divorced his wife, Queen Catherine, and married Anne Boleyn, and he had declared himself head of the Church in England. He also made quite a lot of money plundering the monasteries, and he executed some of the greatest martyrs of the Catholic Church, like John Fisher and Thomas More.
In 1543, two years before he died, Henry had Parliament re-create the lost title on its own authority.
How’s Eve ?
I should have said “deep faith” I was being sarcastic. I do like Camilla though
You’re easily swayed by words.
She was every inch a Queen and a lady. It’s difficult to imagine the UK without her presence. Just like it’s difficult to imagine the RC Church without John Paul II. The loss is felt. God bless that magnificent role model.
Seriously, in this day and age,who really thinks keeping a monarchy is a good thing. For that matter, political parties, I believe the future is for voting on issues only, then having the best people put in place to implement those ideas, and if they mes up ,fire them or have them removed immediately by the military. For crying out loud, I would think people would get past the idea of being serfs. I know I am. We belong to God, not man.
“May ‘flights of Angels sing thee to thy rest’.”
Such a beautiful closing line.
“And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.”
― William Shakespeare, Hamlet
thank you, I wasn’t sure where that line was from I thought an old hymn..
… it comes at the end of the play … the stage is littered with the dead. Prince Hamlet himself is poisoned and dying. His friend Horatio holds him as he dies. With the quote he bids Hamlet A final good bye ….
https://www.quora.com
I guess we now find out if Nostradamus was right.
It was a down-the-middle ascension address. Good for that. I do not have high expectations for Charles, but wish the British people the best. Their average hard-working commoners still have a lot in common with our hard-working heartlanders here. We both have a hard cold winter ahead of us.
And no matter what one thinks of Elizabeth II, she was an absolute pillar of stability, spanning two Centuries. And that mattered.
Well said
Was curious about what Nostradamus might have said, so went looking. Ugh, predicts WWIII for this year
https://amp.marca.com/en/lifestyle/uk-news/2022/09/09/631ab8b3268e3e64498b4597.html
Forget what it is claimed ( By those with an Agenda ) that Nostradamas predicted. ………. Look at his written record. ……. It can be twisted to say absolutely everything or absolutely nothing.
The world we have long lived-in was constructed by people who profoundly believed in service and self sacrifice.
Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.
Now we have Obama’s spurious notion of “positive” rights – the world owes you a living.
The British Empire was founded on high birth rates. Young men had to go to India or elsewhere to make their place. Now birth rates are at record lows. A different world. And the welfare state cannot possibly be paid for with low birth rates. Period.
This system has existed for centuries – the oldest son inherited the farm, and the younger sons had to venture out into the world.
The affluent American liberals now balance their world on the willingness of poor Americans to sacrifice themselves in foreign wars. And when few poor American boys exist willing to sacrifice themselves? We get the humiliation of Afghanistan.
“Now birth rates are at record lows. A different world …”
The UK has a huge illegal immigration problem … people in ships getting in through unguarded coasts.
So not what happened in Afghanistan.
I am profoundly saddened to agree with your comments.
Prince Charles is a complete Putz. Now he’s King Putz.
Call me when they turn off the heat at Balmoral.
Putting politics aside, this is the first time I recall having heard The King speak.
The gravitas, the presentation, the enunciation, the sincerity I feel from him is profound.
Excellent farewell to his Mum.
Regardless of what Charles may be otherwise, bottom line he’s a man who has lost his beloved mother and it shows. His speech was nicely done.
The very term and concept “monarchy” is repugnant.
As are broad pronouncements.
Yet The King doesn’t RULE England … Parliament does. The People’s Representatives do. “Monarchy” doesn’t fully explain the English Tradition.
The first two English King Charleses had very unpleasant endings. Very interesting history.
I knew someone would bring that up – Charles 1 was a good king , but lost English civil war and executed by Cromwell and Puritans – lesson there – never cross a Puritan . His son Charles 11 eventually restored and had a long reign ( and at least 12 illegitimate offspring that they know of ) …
It will no longer be possible for me to give so much of my time and energies to the charities and issues for which I care so deeply. But I know this important work will go on in the trusted hands of others.
I’m glad to hear he no longer has time for his “isssssssues” … but worried about those trusted hands of others. And double worried as to how the back8ng of The Crown will empower and embolden those taking up his “issssssues” … as we all know what his “isssssues” are …
I’d hardly call our society today, one that has unchanged values of yester-years…Abortion, homosexuality, gay marriage, transexual normalcy, sex-change…being promoted among our youth as well as pedophillia…Statues of our founders toppled…hate for one’s nation and color amongst whites promoted openly in our schools…The late Queen stood over all of it and said nothing…Charles I expect, will openly promote all of the above as well as the Green New deal… The Queen is dead, long live the King…Whatever. Same shite, different day.
Agreed. He gave the Queen mother a proper eulogy.
Likely written over the last year or so after his father died.
Still well done, and I like the love to Harry & Megan ;).
It’s all downhill from here Charlie . The beginning of the end of the monarchy . Let’s not forget this man is a climate change depopulation looney and BFF with Schwab
I am an American, but she was a steady, significant figure in my now rather long life. I admired her and respected her, and now she joins those whom I miss. Great Britain will not see her like again.
William is 40. Charles should hand him the crown at the earliest opportunity.
I don’t trust Wm and the silly notions of his generation. PERIOR.
Have you heard the pap from William?
Remember, he and his brother were raised on PC.
“And to my darling Mama, as you begin your last great journey to join my dear late Papa…..May ‘flights of Angels sing thee to thy rest’.”
This monarchy does not believe in God only flights of angels and after death in this life they begin their last journey. WTF religion is that? Oh yea the religion of greed and evil.
BTW, King Charles has as much power now as President Biden. NONE!
He has power in the sense he is a living, breathing symbol.
Surely you understand the importance of symbols to a people, whether a tiny family of 3, to a nation of tens of millions.
The old expression, “Time makes the man” only accounts for a small part of who we are, what we do, how we respond.
Our genes make us who we are, what we do, how we respond. It’s Nature over nurture as every longitudinal study and identical twin studies of behaviors and accomplishments (or lack of them) have shown.
With that in mind, I point out that it’s fortunate for the British that it was the calm, steady, duty-bound Elizabeth, not the opposite Margaret, who was the first born of George.
What do you guys know about this website and the history of the US Corporation it discusses?
https://training-sia.americanstatenationals.org
I don’t know about the website but I have read/heard about the US Corporation. Apparently, the District of Columbia is a foreign corporation and not a part of United States of America. All federal government is run by the corporation, or that is what the claim is, anyway.
God save the Queen
Since when did Americans become such hopeless, silly and pathetic royalty suck ups?
An old woman who INHERITED her position, influence and vast wealth has died. I don’t have a personal grudge against her but why should I care? We don’t do hereditary aristocracy in this country for very good reasons so why should we obsess over this mostly worthless family and wail and gnash our teeth as if some great tragedy has befallen our country?
It is of no concern to me nor should it be to the average American.
You miss the point, Spooky.
Surely you either have read Joseph Campbell or seen the PBS documentary, “Man the Mythmaker,” or taken an anthropology course that illuminates the importance of passing down the history (oral or written or both) to children, to grandchildren, etc.
Wipe that away, and you have a people with no shared history, orphaned people, who look at each other and think, “I’ve nothing in common with them” and “I’ve nothing in common with those who came before me.”
That way leads to chaos, which is indeed what the anarchists and communists want.
On the contrary it is you who miss the point. All of this outpouring of reverential grief should be reserved for people who deserve it. Monarchs, hereditary aristocrats and their ilk don’t deserve our respect or any encomiums simple because they were lucky enough to be born rich and powerful.
It is entirely UNAMERICAN to esteem monarchs or express any particular reverence or fondness for them. It is you who needs to go back to school and learn about our Revolutionary War to free ourselves of domination and oppression by British Monarchy. To hell with the Windsors, who aren’t even really English. They are actually inbred German royalty and their real surname is Mountbatten aka Battenberg.
It’s amusing that you make reference to a PBS documentary. Since when is PBS the go to source for anything except Libtard propaganda and Ken Burns politically correct documentaries.
As a final note keep in mind that the British have gotten us in to more stupid wars than anyone excepting the Democrats and their Neocon cousins. To hell with them too!
Some of us appreciate class and tradition.
It gives us some relief
from American crass idols such as Kim Kardashian standing in
front of an American flag with her surgery enhanced ass exposed
in pulled down pants.
Sorry, but Charles is full of shit. He’s a mindless toady, and it makes me sick to look at his insipid face. He’s a total phony, as are the rest of the “royals”. Talk about privilege, getting billions just by traveling through a birth canal. I know that sounds crude, but it is honest. Elizabeth may well have done her duty, but her offspring are just idiotic brats, and for me they are just bread crumbs to lure tourists into England like a circus freak show. It is of their own making, and enough with royalty from whatever country it comes from.
It truly was an excellent speech and his delivery was spot on.
Let this be a lesson to those who would try to erase our American history, to tear the names of people and places from the minds of our children and all progeny.
Don’t you dare try.
There isn’t a successful surviving population of people, be it a small tribe in the Amazon to the peoples of the United States of America who don’t rely on a shared history that unites them, reminds them of what they stand for, what they live for, and what they should aspire to for their offspring’s sake.
No more statues torn down. No more Marxist professors wiping our history from our culture.
Be forewarned.
Hard to express how little I care about this absurd anachronism of the Royal Monarchy. I’m not sure why Americans should care. The feminine nationwide weeping over Diana’s death opened my eyes on the UK
Try to recall the history of “Angle-land,” of which there is MUCH!
Yes, so much of which is despicable. Our constitutional republic has become a bankrupt, corrupt and predatory empire precisely because our hopelessly Anglophilic elites adopted British Imperialism as their governing model. Virtually everything that is dysfunctional in contemporary America is the result of adopting modern British mores and institutions like the Welfare State, central banking, fiat currency, Keynesian economics, globalist meddling, disastrous foreign wars, dangerous alliances and open borders etc.
He will always be king tampon the first to me
Here here! You are on point sir!
The expression, is: “Hear” “Hear”. (to take notice… “Right On” might be the current, similar kudo)