Prince Charles seems oblivious to the damage he continues to do to his Mothers efforts to enhance the public image of Royalty
Charles wants two Coronations, The huge expensive Cathederal or Abbey Christian one and an extra Multi faith , or Islamic, one.
Is he really so thick he cannot see Islam and Christianity are incompatible and that in seeking peace and harmony without the rule of Islamic law he is making a clear statement that he is a Christian.
2006-10-26 23:57:30 · 29 answers · asked by "Call me Dave" 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
Source was Daily Mail 26th October.
2006-10-27 14:21:48 · update #1
I think its just silly, I mean, we are a christian country! Why bother trying to please people, when I go to a foreign country I don't expect a special parade for me! They should just get accustomed to our way of doing things, like it or lump it!
2006-10-27 13:35:06 · answer #1 · answered by floppity 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many years ago when Charles and Diana's engagement had just been announced and there was all the fuss and excitement, and newspapers and magazines were chock full of information about royals etc, I remember reading a tiny snippet about Charles and an ancient prophecy. This of course was when hardly anyone wanted to see an end to the monarchy. The snippet said that there was an ancient prophecy which said that if Charles became king, he would be the last King of England. Charles does seem to have a real talent for undermining the monarchy. If I didn't know better I'd think he was actually a secret republican himself!
2006-10-27 10:27:14 · answer #2 · answered by Specsy 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Elizabeth is 86, her mom died at one 0 one, she would make it yet another 10 years. Charles is sixty 4, he can change into king on 2022 at seventy 4, his father is ninety one, and Charles would stay to 95. William received't see a coronation till he's a minimum of sixty one, in 2043. Catherine could have lengthy hit the wall by technique of then.
2016-12-05 06:58:48 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm more of a republican, but if we're going to have to have a monarchy, then clearly you can't elect people as king just because you like them (that would surely defeat the whole purpose of a monarchy, you might as well go the whole hog and become a republic). William is not the current heir and it would be messing with the established order of succession.
Besides, I don't have a problem with Prince Charles as a person (and you have to admit the backlash against him after Diana is subsiding, just look at how Camilla is becoming more popular). At least he's trying to promote tolerance, which can hardly be a bad thing? Even if you disagree with me, the monarchy has no real power anyway. And have you even considered that William might not want to be king soon?!
2006-10-27 00:12:10 · answer #4 · answered by Nikita21 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm not a royalist and would rather see this country have a President or something - however, in fairness to the guy, he has spent more than 50 years in training for a job he still hasn't got - to never get it? What a waste of your life!! I support Charles' vision that he should be Defender Of The Faiths instead of Head Of The Church of England - don't forget that this excludes all other Christian denominations too. The fact is the UK is a multicultural society - ignoring it won't make it go away.
What if Wills were to make this multifaith decision too, would it still be bad - or would it be ok because he's Diana's good looking son, and not her ugly ex who cheated on her?
2006-10-27 00:05:25 · answer #5 · answered by Bumblebee 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think having two ceremonies is a better idea than having a single multi-faith one. A multi-faith one would (a) by definition exclude Christians since including prayers to other gods or to God other than through Jesus Christ denies the central doctrines of Christianity (b) exclude orthodox Jews who may not attend ceremonies involving other religions (c) exclude anyone who sincerely believes any doctrine of their own religion that would be implicitly or explicitly denied by the contributions of another religion. If HRH truly wants a multi-faith Coronation I believe he has been misled by secularists who oppose a Christian Coronation because they are opposed to religion in general, but use adherents of other faiths as a convenient stick with which to beat Christians. In fact, when you consider that at the Coronation the monarch is crowned King or Queen over all his or her dominions, and that the British Crown now has far fewer overseas dominions than at the last Coronation (e.g. Elizabeth II was crowned Queen of Pakistan, and George VI was Emperor of India), Charles would in fact be crowned King over a smaller proportion of adherents of non-Christian religions than any monarch since George II, and so a multi-faith Coronation is less justified now than it has been for nearly 300 years.
2006-10-27 01:06:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aaron_J88 is wrong the only reason Edward had to abdicate was because he asked Parliament for permission and Parliament denied him! in Charles hand Parliament agreed and you also forget that the reason that church exist was so that Queen Mary's father could divorce her mum and marry Ann Boleyn!!! the king/queen is head of the church!
and where did you get the info on prince Charles and him wanting two coronations?
2006-10-27 08:17:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is trying to do what he thinks the counry wants. A coronation is a very religious service (christian religion) and due to recent religious pressures, he feels that by showing he is able to accept other religions and be their king as well as king to the christian people, it will ease public feeling. What he doesn't understand is that most people don't give a **** about the coronation and he would be better saving the money and just have a quite ceremony.
2006-10-27 00:01:18 · answer #8 · answered by Emma W 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
This is the first that I have heard of this, and it is most likely without merit. The King of England will also be the head of the Church of England. Why would they start a tradition of having second coronation? I see no truth in this, whatsoever -- unless you can provide a reliable source of information to prove that this is his wish.
2006-10-27 13:36:16 · answer #9 · answered by SB 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's true that Charles is one of our less intelligent royals... But unfortunately, British law is buried under tradition and whether we like it or not, we will probably have to struggle with Charles for a few years before one of the younger princes get's the throne.
I agree though, that William would make the better king.
Can you call a vote of no confidence on a king?
2006-10-27 00:01:15 · answer #10 · answered by Adam 2 · 6⤊ 1⤋
a least he's making an effort to bring together a multi religion country, yes he's obviously christian, as are the majority of this country, so why should we change this country's laws and traditions for a minority...if other cultures come to live here they should accept the country for what it is not try and change it otherwise what was the point in leaving where you came from in the first place!?
2006-10-27 00:12:14 · answer #11 · answered by Kirsty 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋