On behalf of everyone on Feddit.UK, we wish His Majesty a very happy birthday!

Celebrations are in order lads 🎂

  • Flax@feddit.ukOP
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    4 days ago

    British citizens as His Majesty’s subjects bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles the Third, his Heirs and Successors according to law. Feddit.UK’s intended audience is His Majesty’s subjects within the United Kingdom, although I’m sure anyone is welcome.

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      I think one of the best aspects of the UK is political freedom. Perhaps I am a subject of the King (I don’t know if that’s legally true but it might be), but in any case, I can still say that I hope the UK will get rid of the monarchy and replace it with a democratically elected head of state.

      • Flax@feddit.ukOP
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        Ah yes, British democracy. The bringer of Brexit, Boris Johnson. The mess we are in now cannot at all be blamed on His Majesty the King or her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, but on the democratically ruling public. Sure, democracy in it’s current form is definitely good for keeping the government to account, (a ranked choice system would be nice but that was democratically rejected in a refurrendum) but I do not trust the British public with selecting a head of state at all. America already made a pigs ear of it, the only country that seems to do it decently off the top of my head is Ireland, which has been rather untouched by populism and has a population of 5.4 million. And even then, I wouldn’t be surprised if they elect a knobhead at some point.

    • flamingos-cant (hopepunk arc)@feddit.uk
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      3 days ago

      This is an impressive amount of trolling, even for you Flax.

      Feddit.UK’s intended audience is His Majesty’s subjects within the United Kingdom

      No. The monarch doesn’t own me and I refuse to owe it anything. Hopefully one day the British state will get rid of the embarrassment of being headed by a family of nepo babies.

      • Flax@feddit.ukOP
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        Hopefully one day the British state will get rid of the embarrassment of being headed by a family of nepo babies.

        President Farage, anyone?

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          Reform UK is only supported by about a third of the electorate at the moment. More than any other single party, but if there was an election for a British head of state, and that election ended up being a choice between Farage and one other person, Farage could very well lose.

          Also you said in another post that “President Farage could remove elections”. I think that if we have an elected head of state then they should only have similar powers to what the King has now. Parliament should still be sovereign.

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            The King can appoint anyone he likes as prime minister and anyone he likes as lords. The Royal Family only follow a predictable tradition. The King carries command over the armed forces, police, etc. I do not trust an elected official with that role. The fact is, the Windsor family (as they are now called but have gone through different name changes) have been custodians of this land for almost 1000 years and in the last 300 have done an excellent job at keeping it. The biggest threat was Edward VIII who was swiftly removed from power anyway.

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            It’s significantly worse. President Farage could remove elections, suppress democracy, etc. The Prime Minister doesn’t have command of the Military either, all commands have to go through His Majesty The King.

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          British citizens as His Majesty’s subjects bear true allegiance to His Majesty King

          The vast majority of us don’t do this, no.

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            What law did Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor break?

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              He settled, out of court, for the charge of sexual assault against Virginia Guthrie.

              I’m also gonna preempt you saying, “hE WaS NeVeR CoNvIcTeD!”, because you and I both know that just because it doesn’t go through the courts, doesn’t mean you’re not guilty of something.

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                Do we have evidence that he knew she was being coerced?

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                  I think her memoirs make it perfectly clear she realised what was happening. Do you wish it was you instead? You seem pretty keen to suck some royal cock.