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Well, the times are new and now we enter the ‘King Charles’ era. I am worried, however, very worried that the dog days have just begun and the rain may be beating on the United Kingdom harder than before. The former Prince of Wales is now King and this may be the beginning of the end of the United Kingdom as we know it. Oh Charles, King Charles,… what did you do going to become King with your uncomfortable ‘queen’.
Oh Charles,… What’s the Point of Being Crowned King in Your Seventies?
Dear Charles, you are an old old man; what business do you have becoming King in your seventies? Wouldn’t it just have been easier to leave the crowning to William, your mini-you a mini-soldier who’s eating from your grotesque hand? Why bother to take on the rodeo at your age when you and your ‘queen’ could be enjoying whatever days are ahead on a beach somewhere in the Caribbean?
The Uncomfortable Queen
Watching King Charles’s coronation (that doesn’t sound right), I was appalled and somewhat elated to see how the ‘crown’ was uncomfortable for Queen Consort Camilla Parker-Bowles. It was such a joy and a ‘you deserve what you get’ moment seeing her nearly shudder as she was being crowned the ‘queen’. Immediately my mind jumped to the Princess Diana interview where she was asked whether she thinks she’ll be queen one day.
Princess Diana: The Forever Queen of Our Hearts
Princess Diana replied that she would rather be a “queen of people’s hearts” and true to her word, she is the queen of our hearts. Diana didn’t need a grotesque and overtly traditional ceremony to make her queen. She was already a QUEEN in our HEARTS. She had the really meaningful crown already, even if she died for her involvement with the Royals.
A Not-so-Royal Family
The British Royal Family is slowly becoming a relic in the modern world. This is becoming so mostly due to how ‘unRoyal’ the household has become following the last decade of drama and scandal. First, think of their ill-treatment of Meghan Markle and their own son and grandson Prince Harry.
Harry’s full name is Henry Charles Albert David, and his father didn’t hesitate to kick him to the curb when it was convenient. Think further about the Prince Andrew situation and the disgust we all felt about that. A royal household that isn’t so royal serves no purpose except in the symbolism of an era lost in the past.
A Colonial History of Pillage and Murder
What makes the royal family and the Monarchy such a relic is also its colonial history of pillage and murder. Nobody wants to be reminded of the terrible colonial past of how the British pillaged and murdered entire populations all in the name of “spreading Christianity” and “finding resources”.
When people like me, from a former British colonial territory, see all the re-enactment of colonial traditions as Charles is coronated, it disgusts me beyond spite that this organization, which has continually stepped on everyone and everything else, continues to be venerated in the name of the church.
What Sense is There in Become King of a Relic?
Oh Charles, what sense is there in becoming king of a relic? What is the point to wear the long gown and walk around with a heavy crown of blood diamonds and wave your so-called power, all in veneration of a monarchy that is a relic? Why continue living in a museum, with ghosts of an age passed, all trying to hold on to a past of evil and looting?
Oh Charles, End this Madness
End this madness of ‘the monarchy’. End this madness of an institution that is only as symbolic as figureheads are on coins and banknotes. Nobody would really miss the monarchy in the 21st Century when the world is more worried about democracy, the rule of law, political division, a global economy, and far more important issues. The monarchy is a thing of the past, as are you… an age gone by that will only slip away the more you try to hold on to it.
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