The Queen DEAD ;-; ! What will happen to England ?

You thought well of King Charles 111 in the days of Diana?

Ok, guess I'll let this go as either one of us wouldn't really argue from a secure point of view, more subjective so to speak. Kind of like an eye of a beholder kind of thing.

The Queen married Philip, who I believe was her 3rd cousin.

Royal matches (and those of the powerful, ie dukes, counts, earls, etc) were historically political - any love was accidental. /quote]That has always been the case.

And the connections of the German and English high nobility are nothing new either: Eadgyth (Edith of England), a member of the House of Wessex, was a German queen from 936, by her marriage to King Otto.

Royal matches (and those of the powerful, ie dukes, counts, earls, etc) were historically political - any love was accidental. Their practice of only marrying other royals, among other restrictions (no divorcees, e.g.) also limited their choices. Look at the Hapsburgs for a fine example. Uncle marrying niece, etc. The Queen married Philip, who I believe was her 3rd cousin. Love was usually NOT a consideration, and the Queen (and all who preceded her) treated their children as pawns.

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I linked a researched article that details Elizabeth’s headstrong campaign to pick the man who turned her on. Love was THE consideration with E&P, but I am aware that in most cases—whether royalty or just great wealth, even in America—marriage often implies a willingness to overlook extramarital activities.

Then Diana came along and changed all that. First divorce in the royals if we don't count Henry VIII.

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Or Mrs. Wallace’s introduction of the term…

Despite both Charles' and Diana's great unhappiness, the Queen, and supposedly The Firm, were adamantly against their divorce. But, they eventually gave in. Diana also changed the way royals mothered their children. She took them with her on royal visits and was a very active and involved mother. She was also the first to give personal interviews on tv.

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Although Elizabeth brought TV into the monarchy decades earlier with her televised coronation and candid family videos.

This is an over-simplication, of course, but seeing her only as a mother, I think she set a fine precedent.

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She did send them off to boarding school.

Things are changing and The Firm has to keep up. I think the monarchy is pretty much dead, as it should be. They are glorifying a by-gone era. Britain no longer rules a great deal of the world. It needs to get out of all their Commonwealth countries and deal with their own problems, which are a very real concern.

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I was amazed and happy that Markle was seemingly welcomed without hesitation into the royal family—before it went notably sideways. Of course, the PW still has to wear stockings when her legs are out. A lot of the antiquated rules were based on the personal preferences of QEII. Perhaps many of these rules will be updated by KCIII. But I feel the same way you do about the viability of the institution into the future.

Or Mrs. Wallace’s introduction of the term…

Although Elizabeth brought TV into the monarchy decades earlier with her televised coronation and candid family videos.

She did send them off to boarding school.

I was amazed and happy that Markle was seemingly welcomed without hesitation into the royal family—before it went notably sideways. Of course, the PW still has to wear stockings when her legs are out. A lot of the antiquated rules were based on the personal preferences of QEII. Perhaps many of these rules will be updated by KCIII. But I feel the same way you do about the viability of the institution into the future.