So much land, so few people. Everyone could have a title. Or even three. 
Forgot to add: starts around post 64.
The peerage of Placentia. The lord of head-smashed-in-buffalo-jump. The Baron of Blow-Me-Down. The Marquess of Conception Bay. The Duke of Dildo.
Now that EIIR is dead I’m sure Australia will have another republic referendum by the end of the decade. Of course if there’s no consensus on how to elect the President it’ll fail again.
That’s one of the details of the actual service that have yet to be announced, I believe. If it’s to be as short as KC is reported to want it to be, who knows?
Damned if I know. All I know is that I am ready to become a Canadian senator. I know our Constitution better than most Canadian senators, and I can debate.
Come on, Justin, name me to the senate!
Even in the full-length coronation in 1937, the portion related to Queen Elizabeth was under ten minutes. It’s not the whole ordeal it is for the monarch.
Unlike Australia:
HM is clearly not pleased with his younger son.
or his younger brother.
Well, they are hardly ever in the UK, so it does seem rather a waste of a good house (which they don’t pay for).
Why not get an ‘everyday’ crown made, or something along those lines? I’d bet they could come up with something lightweight, comfortable, and cool-looking, yet regal for Chuck to wear at formal occasions.
Like a circlet type crown, not a big, honking hoop crown. Something he could just rock all the time if he so chose.
As far as I can tell the kings of the UK have not worn an “everyday working” crown in centuries. Queens do wear diadems/tiaras on formal ocassions not requiring the State Crown but ISTM that is specifically out of a gendered social convention. Heck, a bunch of the other European monarchs still out and about never get the crown put on their heads, even when being inaugurated.
Personally, I think it would be cool. Otherwise, he’s just some goofy old man in an expensive suit or gaudy military uniform.
You would expect the US President to just wear a suit, being of the people, so to speak, but the King of a sovereign nation ought to have a bit of everyday royal flair I feel.
Heh. I remember a book a few years ago, a history of men’s clothing, with contrasting images of two top leaders in their day: Louis XIV in elaborate robes, gigantic wig and absurd high-heeled shoes, and Barack Obama in dark suit, white shirt and subdued tie. Times, and fashions, change.
And Liz most of the time, outside formal or state events, was a petite lady with a very nice hat and handbag.
I suppose a sash or chain-of-office would work if you wanted to.
But maybe part of the point is that people had better just get to know your face whether or not you’re in garb.
( “Oi, ‘Enry, in’t that the (chap/bird) in the postage stamp?” )
The Queen made it a point to wear very bright colors because, as she said, “I have to be seen to be believed.”
Because that’s all that’s needed, almost all of the time.
Aside from the already-pointed-out fact that the guy who married Wallis Simpson wasn’t Prince of Wales anymore when they married - he wasn’t even King anymore - the problem was not him marrying a commoner.