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Prince Harry has implied that "No-one wants to be King or Queen".
Why not use a tried and trusted method to relieve them of this clearly onerous responsibility ?
In the past, England has imported monarchs from several European nations, mostly the Netherlands (House of Orange) and Germany (Hanover
and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha).
So, simply offer the succession to a suitable candidate - there are plenty still around.
This might be a useful bargaining chip during the Brexit negotiations. If the EU thought that the next British monarch was likely to have a pointy moustache, jackboots, and a spike on their hat, it might give them pause for thought. If said monarch were also male, that might focus their minds even more.
https://en.wiktiona.../wiki/Prince_Albert
... but I expect you knew that. [pertinax, Jun 25 2017]
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I am shocked, sir, shocked and jolted to my core. Yes, our Royal Family may be a bunch of Germans and Greeks but, by gods and little fishes sir, they are English Germans and Greeks. |
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Not alien lizards in disguise, then ? |
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Perhaps, but at least they're English German and Greek alien lizards in disguise. |
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What about Princess Anne ? |
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Well, she may be a horse disguised as a German and Greek alien lizard in disguise, but at least she's an English horse disguised as a German and Greek alien lizard in disguise. |
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I don't think you can do that on a lizard. |
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That would depend on if the lizard was over 18 years of age and capable of giving informed consent, shirley ? |
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//England has imported monarchs from several European
nations/ |
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I'd suggest looking further afield to sourcing someone from
one, or
preferably two, of the ex colonies. On a unrelated note,
what's the pay like? |
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Not bad, but it's long hours and a lot of travel. Then again, it's a live-in job, and you get a nice hat. |
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Yes, it should be done following a
standard competency-based job interview. Candidates
may also be asked to prepare short presentation as
part of the interview and to demonstrate their waving
technique. |
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Who would be on the interview panel ? |
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Randomly-selected members of the UK population, of
course. And the head of HR. |
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<booming voice> Bring me the head of HR! <\bv> |
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//they are English Germans and Greeks// |
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Well that's fitting, as the Queen's English is just a relabeled,
imported amalgam of German and Greek anyway. |
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I don't know, trying to figure out how to manage
your royalty problems seems like looking at the
design of a car powered by squirrels and arguing
about what to name them. |
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We came up with a pretty foolproof way of solving
the whole royalty problem a couple of hundred
years ago. We can lend you the recipe if you want. |
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But if you insist on having a pharaoh or whatever, I
Iike your idea for a replacement. Whatever it takes
to get those Euro-Union blood suckers off your
back. [+] |
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//a pretty foolproof way// Never thought about ugly fools? |
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All the time. Where have you been during the last election
cycle? |
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// We can lend you the recipe if you want. // |
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What, for a system that might have put another Clinton in the White House ? |
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Gotta admit, that's a solid point. |
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