@mattblaze if you think about it though, it makes sense - as the royal family, they know first hand, why monarchy doesn't work.

I think on the other hand, America has the least experience with it and seems to want to try

@mattblaze I wait to see this happening in usa

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They really don't have much of a choice. Republicanism is never that far away in the UK.

Strangely enough there is no legal mechanism available to prosecute a monarch though 🤔🤷‍♂️

@mattblaze The growing anti-monarchist sentiment in this country will likely be a factor here. The stark generational divide in the data is likely to be of grave concern to the King. Support for the monarchy is concentrated among older people (55+), while in the 18 - 34 bracket, polls consistently show a robust majority would prefer a republic.

So the royalists are, in the most literal sense, dying.

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Cleaning house for William's future reign..

Grandma inherited an institution that was in pretty good shape. Charles and Andrew ran it into the ground with their scandalous personal lives. Sadly, the good one, quiet Prince Edward, hardly gets a mention- positive or negative, in the press. Andrew may have been Elizabeth II's "favorite" but Edward has been the "solid" one. Quietly classy unlike his brothers and sister.

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they are playing the long game.. a 1000+ year old monarchy thinks in longer terms than cynical politicians who sit out 4 year terms in office. Charles doesn't have to worry about getting voted out of his office.

@mattblaze From the UK reporting not for any of the sexual allegations sadly, Misconduct in Public Office prosecutions could be a hoot though

@mattblaze they're not.. doing... amazing. it's been a lot of coverup and misdirection, and keeping victims hushed up for a long time. I think the main kudos go to the British media staying on it and forcing their hand.

@mattblaze The British royal family is still around, because it manages to balance _existing_ to an extent just sufficient enough to keep having power and money, while _not-existing_ just enough that nobody gets out their pitchforks. Having their members named in the Epstein files is a threat to their continuance, because it makes them _exist_ in the British consciousness.