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KING CHARLES III
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CORONATION OF KING CHARLES
King Charles III was crowned on Saturday the 6th of May 2023 in London, England. According to the media and protestors who lined the Mall, he was at the time, not the most popular of monarchs, but probably not as disliked as his namesake Charles I who was executed for treason by Oliver Cromwell, or George I who triggered coronation riots.
Though, in the UK it is fair to say that protesting is a dicey business, with many Human Rights (freedom of speech and peaceful assembly) becoming effectively quashed - most notably by the Metropolitan police. As the Kingdom descends into a virtual police state.
King Charles does not feature in this fictional adventure with a speaking part. He is a background character, presumed to be supportive of Honest Johnson.
It is not that the King is unaware of corruption, it is more that the corruption had become entrenched with so many long term cover ups, that he, like his mother before him, feels obliged to tow the 'Party' line, rather than open the can of worms - and never admit to wrong doing. The Party being whoever is elected to power, as the Government of the day. But then, Edward Thomas PM, or Honest Johnson as he is popularly known, is a breath of fresh air to politics; a decent, honest politician.
Much of the UK's ails stem from the escalating National Debt (£2.7 trillion @ May 2023) and cost of living crisis, borne of vision-less leaders, which crashed the NHS and other public services, including rutting and potholes in highways across the land, virtually stripped of tarmac in some locations. Where councils are having to fend off years of institutionalised discrimination and kleptocratic empire building, a practice that is now coming back to haunt them.
King Charles has been in the Royal Navy and felt a great personal loss, along with his mother Queen Elizabeth II, when the Royal Yacht Britannia was decommissioned and not replaced - another casualty to continued borrowings. In this fictional story, Charles is not in the best of places, worn down over the years of waiting in line, and grooming Prince William to take on the Throne, with a rebellious Prince Harry as the royal backup, or 'spare' as he famously describes himself. The 'Firm' has been accused of being an institution that discriminates by the back door. Megan Markle being perceived as a thorn in their sides, rather than an asset, in the move to modernisation, and moderate globalization, in the twilight years of the ember of the former British Empire.
Then in February and March of 2024 cancer reared it's head, striking King Charles and Katherine, Duchess of Wales. Fortunately, both royals undergoing successful treatments in real life.
The Royal Family are not helped by the obvious links of British monarchs to slavery: Ref King Charles II and the African Royal Trading Company, and King George's South Sea Bubble. Something else they would do well to put to rest. Howsoever to make amends.
The economy was in a dreadful state on Coronation day, nose diving at an alarming rate since Margaret Thatcher in 1979, and her Poll Tax riots in 1990. No matter how the King, or his mother, Queen Elizabeth II protested poor performance privately from Buckingham Palace, the Prime Ministers the monarch(s) appointed (without much choice in the matter) just kept on borrowing as a quick fix, getting the very much divided, United Kingdom, into hotter financial water; deeper in debt. As the MPs milked their positions of trust while in power, without a thought for the eventual abyss they created for the workers in society; the electorate. With a staggering 4 seat shiners as salaries/pensions on the backs of every productive worker. The massive overstaffing costing £200 billon pounds every year to the British taxpayer. Thought to be approximately one quarter of the British economy wasted on non-productive (and quite often work at home) wastrels. Why?
It must have been clear to the King and his advisors that corruption in Parliament, Police, in the Military and in Councils all across the land had been out of control for many a year. But the Queen, and now the King, dare not admit to that, since traditionally, the monarchy seek to remain detached from politics, to insulate them from the real world dramas.
The whole of the British front on the international stage remained a carefully calculated farce of sorts. Where the Royals needed to maintain the illusion of justice and fair play - in stiff upper lip tradition. Accomplished, in time honored fashion with medals, titles and ceremonies. Honours for failure, for having the audacity to stay silent about corruption.
Despite these ails, King Charles did not believe for a minute, that Scotland Yard or any other force, would stoop to fabricating evidence to convict innocent civilians. Using GCHQ to spy on his subject's emails, texts and phone calls, on the pretext of fending off cyber crime and internet fraudsters, though in reality, gathering information about activists who might rock the boat.
The devastating combination of these failings, (fictionally) galvanizes the King to action, as far as he may.
The appointment of a prime minister by the monarch is based on advice. However, though the advice is technically informal, the monarch would create a constitutional crisis if they did not comply. Therefore, in practice, what is decided in the House of Commons is the decisive event - no matter it is wrong - of the candidate is wholly unsuitable in the role. The voters elect Members of Parliament (MPs), and the MPs choose the prime minister. The system grew in stages as the Commons grew in power and the monarch's authority reduced. Though, if the appointed Prime Minister, is clearly incapable, or unfit for office, in theory, the King could call for a new candidate, if he had the gumption. The obvious recent candidate for sacking, would be Boris Johnson, for misleading Parliament and lying to the Queen about proroguing Parliament. Margaret Thatcher was the inflation queen @ 21.9%. At the beginning of her reign, debt was around 50% of GDP, rising to 103% in 2021, under Boris Johnson. Reflecting the sad fact, that all of the above pictured (Mr Sunack as yet untested) were rubbish at their jobs. It should have been zero inflation and a positive bank balance. Older Government Bonds are now difficult to trade - as new ones offer a much higher interest rate. The Astute submarine is a technological masterpiece, that is plagued by problems such as missiles failing to launch and reactor issues.
SLAVERS - Openly trading in human misery, forsaking the lives of millions of people, in the quest for wealth and power. One might argue that if the British had not done so, that another nation would have stepped up to the lectern. The fact remains, any form of royal family (perpetuating a class society), no matter where, has reached that status on the backs of the subjects that toiled and died, chained to outdated policies, and now to the banking institutions that rule our lives, just as effectively as the Gestapo in Nazi Germany. And that is due to equitable dis-equilibrium. Fiscal policies that still enslave us, save only in financial chains. None the less chains that drain the life out of us. For the benefit of a financial taskmaster, who knows not the meaning of good honest toil. But lives in luxury at the expense of the ordinary working woman and man.
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