Future historians may compare the period of history between Elizabeth I and Elizabeth II as the rise and fall of the British Empire: it truly feels like the end of an era. I thought Charles was going to take the name George, after his grandfather, as his regnal name but news reports suggest he'll become Charles III - not a good omen, or in keeping with the Hanovarian line, so it's a bit of a surprise to me.
"God Save the King" sounds strange to my ears after living through the reign of our longest serving monarch and who's to say Charles doesn't have another twenty years in him?
Republicans will have to suck it up and watch Netflix or Amazon Prime for a couple of weeks as there'll be no escape from the relentless news cycle looping around this story. **** 'em. They'll never understand the importance of our monarchy to the national identity and i've run out of enthusiasm to explain it to them. Let 'em live in ignorance, say i.
