This is... sort of true. I mean, he's of German descent. If you can last three generations without murdering anyone though, you're pretty much native. Much as the fash would have you believe otherwise, we're a nation of immigrants, from Anglo Saxons all the way through to Poles.
They could speak English but their surname was Saxe-Coberg/Gotha and George V changed it to ‘Windsor’ after a Royal residence in Berkshire in 1917, mainly due to post-war, anti-German sentiment.
In the same way many Americans claim to be Irish/Scottish, yes. King Charles III’s ancestors were German.
My ancestors changed their names early on because they didn’t want to be associated with me.
What do we have to do to achieve the same result?
What will you be when I am gone? I am the wellspring from which you flow.What do we have to do to achieve the same result?
Something certainly springs from you
Nice picture, how old were you then?Something certainly springs from you
I think King Charles can’t be dismissed so easily as a strong handed ruler, he is by blood related to Dracula.
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Angles, Saxons, Normans - they’re all longtime German/Danes with splash of Norwegian
We had a prime minister recently (Roshi Sunak) who was considerably wealthier than the King!
The elderly in the U.K. are unable to heat their homes in the winter, due to his government’s policies, so he has to be seen to be engaged is a cost cutting exercise! After all we did behead King Charles I.
The facile argument in favour of the Royal family is that they attract Americans and other visitors to the U.K. and spend their money over here
Then there’s tradition 
I much prefer our Royal family to electing a head of state, because we know the ways in which their insanity manifests from their track record and can control them appropriately ,unlike a certain, recently elected head of state who is revealing vastly unpredictable insanity and egomania!
In my opinion, his actions are consistent with his past. Just a majority of the people who voted in the election didn't know of his past, ignored it or didn't believe he would continue that behavior. Some have expressed significant buyer's remorse. But as is frequently the case, it is to late.
You seem to know a lot about President Ghandu Lichenface of the island state of Yanklezobble Vob, to whom, of course, we are referring. His mad vice president, Bobby Sh*tpeas and unofficial advisor Ronny Omlets, a former used car salesman, are equally bad.
That one trace his blood back to the Icelandic sorcerer - Gottskálk the cruel, and Norwegian Viking King Hakon V
President Lichenface! Get his name right please. It's an orange lichen.
Far too lofty a lineage for the scoundrel we are discussing. More likely the progeny of a tapeworm and tick spawned on a turd under a rock, but I digress.
There are certain advantages to being ruled by somebody who is specifically forbidden to tell us what to do. The king speaks out on important social and environmental issues. He's also a very capable diplomat, and heaven knows we are in need of diplomacy at this time. Most heads of state appreciate being invited to see the king. Also, he's still the head of the church. Soft power is still power.
A monarch is not, nowadays, the head of the government, but in a sense is the head of the country. Perhaps more properly stated, the cultural head/symbol of the country. The monarch is the personified representation of the country's history, culture and ideals - a heavy load to carry. Governments/political parties in power come and go, but the monarchy remains. It was there 1000 years ago and yet still here, a link to the past. It maintains continuity, constancy and unifies the fragments of society despite the chaos of the political world and everchanging society, guardian of the nation's traditions and identity. All the same can be said for Japan's emperor.
This is perfectly true. As much as I am suspicious of nationalism, a certain atavistic part of me would go to the barricades for my king. After all, you should see the b@stards we've managed to elect recently. Our king is by contrast a decent, educated and humane man.
