Poll: Introducing Princess Charlotte of Cambridge

[JoJo]

[HEADING=1]Escapist Royal Watch Presents:[/HEADING]


[HEADING=2]Introducing Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of Cambridge[/HEADING]​

It was clear it would happen any day now, but I'm happy to announce that Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, has given birth to a healthy baby girl. Weighing in at 8lbs 3oz (3.7kg), this newest member of the royal family is fourth in line for the British throne and due to recent changes in the succession law, wouldn't be supplanted by any potential younger brothers. The baby's name has yet to be announced, I will edit that as soon as it is.

More details: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32562117

What are your thoughts on this? Were you hoping for a girl or boy? I'm pleased it was a girl this time, nice to have some variety since they already have Prince George.

Edit: The baby's name has been announced as Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, a great choice if you ask me, Charlotte has been top of my list for name I'd like to give a hypothetical daughter for some time.

 

[Thaluikhain]

I spent close to 10 years living in Britain and during this time, I learned to at least understand why the British love certain things that puzzle the outside world so much (marmite, Radio Times, public rights of way, that kind of thing).

One thing I will never understand, no matter how long I spend there, is why any single person in Britain gives the slightest fraction of a fuck about anything relating to the royal family. The sense in it has always alluded me because even when I looked hard, I couldn't find a single thing that made the royal family relevant to anything meaningful. Its not the middle ages any more. And thank fuck for that.

Eh, I live in Australia, and people make a fuss about the royal family over here, which is even worse than the Brits doing it.

I keep telling anyone who'll listen we should give the Tongan royal family a go for a change. Only, not many people will listen.

 

[JoJo]

I spent close to 10 years living in Britain and during this time, I learned to at least understand why the British love certain things that puzzle the outside world so much (marmite, Radio Times, public rights of way, that kind of thing).

One thing I will never understand, no matter how long I spend there, is why any single person in Britain gives the slightest fraction of a fuck about anything relating to the royal family. The sense in it has always alluded me because even when I looked hard, I couldn't find a single thing that made the royal family relevant to anything meaningful. Its not the middle ages any more. And thank fuck for that.

Well, we are a kingdom and the monarchy has been a part of this land for time immemorial, long before the UK or even England was really a thing. Our entire unwritten constitution rests on the idea that Parliament governs in the stead of the monarch, who derives his or her authority to reign from God himself. Yes in modern times the actual person who holds the crown is not really relevant to anything, they are purely a symbol of our heritage, but a potent one nonetheless. For those who are interested in royal history like myself, it's quite a big occasion

 

[Knight Captain Kerr]

My thoughts? Nice for them but monarchy should still be abolished, it should have been abolished a long time ago. It's a stupid concept. Why should this person get political power just because of circumstance of birth? Because centuries ago their ancestor was the head of some tribe? Screw that.

Anyway if divine right of kings was that important then James II wouldn't have been gotten rid of by William of Orange and his son would have gone on to be King. Catholics and people who marry Catholics are still disqualified from the line of succession. That hardly seems fair. Could you imagine not letting people hold any other type of political office due to their religion or lack there of? There would be outrage.

 

[Albino Boo]

My thoughts? Nice for them but monarchy should still be abolished, it should have been abolished a long time ago. It's a stupid concept. Why should this person get political power just because of circumstance of birth? Because centuries ago their ancestor was the head of some tribe? Screw that.

Anyway if divine right of kings was that important then James II wouldn't have been gotten rid of by William of Orange and his son would have gone on to be King. Catholics and people who marry Catholics are still disqualified from the line of succession. That hardly seems fair. Could you imagine not letting people hold any other type of political office due to their religion or lack there of? There would be outrage.

As per normal shouty liberals don't know what they are talking. The royal family has no political power, royal prerogative is devolved to the prime minister and is the fundamental source is the prime minister's power. It may have escaped your notice the monarch is the head of the Church of England and guess what its kind of difficult to have a catholic as the head of a protestant church.

 

[LaoJim]

One thing I will never understand, no matter how long I spend there, is why any single person in Britain gives the slightest fraction of a fuck about anything relating to the royal family.

I like to think (and maybe I'm kidding myself) that the better portion of us don't. While the TVs were showing an outpouring of grief for Princess Diana's death, it was hard to find anyone in my circle of friends who actually cared in any sense (Yes, Diana was a person and its sad for her family and children, and I'm not making light of that, but it effected me emotionally no more than any other news of anyone else's accidental death). For me, the outpouring of grief that was shown on the TV for weeks after her death, was a slightly surreal experience, as if it was happening in a different country.

Fun story, I've seen the Queen once in my life and on that occasion it was because she was visiting a cathedral five minutes walk from where I was living - and I was dragged there by my American friend.

Catholics and people who marry Catholics are still disqualified from the line of succession. That hardly seems fair.

No, but then the Queen is the head of the Anglican church - kind of difficult to do if you're playing for the other team. In principle the monarch can be a Muslim or a Hindu, but not a Catholic. I think its not a great idea to make a monarch the leader of a religion, but then I don't think anyone should be the leader of a religion, unless there is actual documented evidence of them raising the dead and talking to burning bushes.

 

[Knight Captain Kerr]

As per normal shouty liberals don't know what they are talking. The royal family has no political power, royal prerogative is devolved to the prime minister and is the fundamental source is the prime minister's power. It may have escaped your notice the monarch is the head of the Church of England and guess what its kind of difficult to have a catholic as the head of a protestant church.

No political powers?

Summoning/Proroguing Parliament ? The Queen has the power to prorogue (suspend) and to summon (call back) Parliament ? prorogation typically happens at the end of a parliamentary session and the summoning occurs shortly after, when The Queen attends the State Opening of Parliament.
Royal Assent ? It is The Queen?s right and responsibility to grant assent to bills from Parliament, signing them into law. Whilst in theory she could decide to refuse assent, the last Monarch to do this was Queen Anne in 1708.
Secondary Legislation ? The Queen can create Orders-in-Council and Letters Patent which regulate parts to do with the Crown, such as precedence, titles. Orders in Council are often used by Ministers nowadays to bring Acts of Parliament into law.
Appoint/Remove Ministers ? Her Majesty also has the power to appoint and remove Ministers of the Crown.
Appointing the Prime Minister ? The Queen is responsible for appointing the Prime Minister after a general election or a resignation, in a General Election The Queen will appoint the candidate who is likely to have the most support of the House of Commons. In the event of a resignation, The Queen listens to advice on who should be appointed as their successor.
Declaration of War ? The Sovereign retains the power to declare war against other nations, though in practice this is done through the Prime Minister and Parliament of the day.
Freedom From Prosecution ? Under British law, The Queen is above the law and cannot be prosecuted ? she is also free from civil action.
Judicial Powers
The Queen?s judicial powers are now very minimal and there is only really one which is used on a regular basis, with others having been delegated to judges and parliament through time.

Royal Pardon ? The Royal Pardon was originally used to retract death sentences against those wrongly convicted. It is now used to correct errors in sentencing and was recently used to give a posthumous pardon to WW2 codebreaker, Alan Turing.
Armed Forces
The Queen?s powers in the Armed Forces are usually used on the advice of Generals and Parliament, though some functions are retained by The Queen herself nowadays.

Commander-in-Chief ? The Queen is commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces and all members swear an oath of allegiance to The Queen when they join; they are Her Majesty?s Armed Forces.
Commissioning of Officers ? The Queen?s powers include the commissioning of officers into the Armed Forces and also removing commissions (when members of the Armed Forces salute and officer, they are saluting The Queen?s commission).
Disposition of the Forces ? The organisation and disposition of the Armed Forces are part of the Royal Prerogative; the crown technically controls how the Armed Forces are used.
Honours
One of the main prerogative powers that are still used personally by The Queen these days is the power to grant honours. As all honours derive from the Crown, The Queen has the final say on knighthoods, peerages and the like.

Creation of Peerages ? The Queen may create a peerage for any person ? whether a life peerage or hereditary one, though hereditary peerages haven?t been issued for decades outside of the Royal Family.
Font of Honour ? It is The Queen?s prerogative power to create orders of knighthood and to grant any citizen honours. From the Royal Victorian Order to the Order of the Garter.
Miscellaneous Powers
Other powers Her Majesty holds include:

Control of Passports ? The issuing and withdrawal of passports are within the Royal Prerogative ? this is often used by ministers on behalf of The Queen. All British passports are issued in The Queen?s name.
Requisitioning of Ships ? This power allows a ship to be commandeered in Her Majesty?s name for service to the realm. This power was used on the QE2 to take troops to the Falklands after the Argentine invasion in 1982.

Source [http://royalcentral.co.uk/blogs/explanation/what-are-the-queens-powers-22069]

The ability to declare war? The power to suspend parliament? Literally above the law? That doesn't seem like nothing. That seems like political powers given to someone that put them above other people due to circumstance of birth.

She may not act on her power but that doesn't mean she doesn't have it. Lack of separation between church and state isn't a good thing.

All this said, The Monarchy is mostly harmless and absolution of Monarchy (while something I think should happen) doesn't seem like a fight worth fighting.

 

[Thaluikhain]

I spent close to 10 years living in Britain and during this time, I learned to at least understand why the British love certain things that puzzle the outside world so much (marmite, Radio Times, public rights of way, that kind of thing).

One thing I will never understand, no matter how long I spend there, is why any single person in Britain gives the slightest fraction of a fuck about anything relating to the royal family. The sense in it has always alluded me because even when I looked hard, I couldn't find a single thing that made the royal family relevant to anything meaningful. Its not the middle ages any more. And thank fuck for that.

Eh, I live in Australia, and people make a fuss about the royal family over here, which is even worse than the Brits doing it.

I keep telling anyone who'll listen we should give the Tongan royal family a go for a change. Only, not many people will listen.

To be fair, us Aussie media focuses on the absolutely fucking most retarded stories, and try to make heroes out of fucking criminals. Look at the past week with the Bali "fucking ringleaders of a heroin empire" duo that got executed.

Australian news and media is fucking sickening.

True...interesting how the Telegraph was saying stuff like "evil bastards trying to destroy thousands of lives with drugs got caught" when it happened.

 

[Thaluikhain]

I saw that travelling around Facebook earlier today.

I fucking love the post some guy mate on Channel 9's FB page. Basically going on about how fucking pathetic it was we hailed them as heroes and "our boys" when there's fuck all mention of all the losses of the ADF in Afghan, or the SES and emergency services with all the floods recently.

Seen a few of those on FB, yeah. Good to know that not everyone is claiming we should have gone to war with Indonesia to save lives or whatever.

 

[Albino Boo]

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Please try reading you may find it useful. All those thing you list are devolved to the prime minister who use the royal prerogative.

 

[StormShaun]

Quite a shame if I may say so myself.
This event pushes me back 1600 places to becoming King.

*sips tea*

Why yes, I know my profile says I'm Australian.
I am!
It is a long story that involves me being framed and banished from England.
Yes, a very long story, all those criminals sent here were my very best friends.
... Including Ned Kelly.

Just so you know, if I was King, I would revolutionize the British pornography laws.

 

[Silvanus]

New Princess of Cambridge? Bah! I didn't vote for her.

 

[Lilani]

Perhaps it's just because I'm a ragamuffin of a yankee, but I think it's really cool that they still have the traditional posts and people involved with the royal family, like the town crier.


Like, it's 2015, and what he's wearing is the REAL livery of the town crier, not some costume or reproduction. And he's carrying out a REAL duty assigned to him by a REAL royal "court." That is cool to me. Though I would like to know what papers he's got in that random laminated pouch hanging around his neck. And I was hoping for a girl, though perhaps I'm a bit biased in that regard.

 

[JoJo]

New Princess of Cambridge? Bah! I didn't vote for her.

You missed the secret illuminati meeting last week when we voted for her? What sort of shape-shifting reptilian are you?

 

[Barbas]

New Princess of Cambridge? Bah! I didn't vote for her.

You missed the secret illuminati meeting last week when we voted for her? What sort of shape-shifting reptilian are you?

I thought you were just some mildly creepy anime boy, but now you're a reptilian loyalist as well??? This would be infuriating were I able to get off my arse for anything less than the promise of beer and ice cream on a weekend.

OT: Now there is one boy and one girl. This is fair and balanced. Good show.

 

[JoJo]

New Princess of Cambridge? Bah! I didn't vote for her.

You missed the secret illuminati meeting last week when we voted for her? What sort of shape-shifting reptilian are you?

I thought you were just some mildly creepy anime boy, but now you're a reptilian loyalist as well??? This would be infuriating were I able to get off my arse for anything less than the promise of beer and ice cream on a weekend.

OT: Now there is one boy and one girl. This is fair and balanced. Good show.

Hey, the reptilians get a bad rap from the SJWs who control the media but they've actually done a lot of good things for us mere humans, the odd blood sacrifice is surely an acceptable price to pay for their glorious rule