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Griffin Daily News
Will Charles be Britain’s last king?
By TOM CULLEN
LONDON — (NEA) — As
Queen Elizabeth and Prince
Philip celebrate their silver
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the dashing public figure Uncle David
was. His deglamorized role is
symptomatic of increasing sentiment
among Britons for a less
ostentatious royal life style. In fact,
some would question whether
there is a role at all for the monarchy
in a Europeanized Britain.
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Britons are beginning to
wonder whether the mon
archy is as relevant as it
once was.
Some of the older genera
tion claim that, in an age of
anarchy, monarchy is even
more valid as a unifying
force in British society.
Others, more pessimistic,
doubt whether the monarchy
will last more than this cen
tury, predict that Prince
Charles, now 24, will be the
last British sovereign.
The current speculation
has nothing to do with the
Queen being jeered, sworn
at and insulted when recent
ly she visited Stirling Uni
versity in Scotland. This was
an isolated incident in which
Scottish nationalism played
its part, and is unlikely to be
repeated even on campuse!
where student extremist!
have the upper hand.
What has brought the issue
of the monarchy into sharp
focus is Britain’s entry intc
full membership in the Euro
pean Common Market start
ing Jan. 1. Three other mem
bers Holland, Belgium, and
Denmark — have mon
archs, but in none of these
countries does the crown
play the important role that
it does here.
With closer political and
economic integration the
Market’s declared aim,
Britons are wondering how
their own royal family will
fit into the picture.
The question is: Is there a
role for the Queen and
Prince Philip to play in an
Europeanized Britain? Or
will they become nothing
more than costly anachron
isms?
Some indication that the
Queen is finding a new i.tle
is seen in her recent visit
with Marshal Tito in Yugo
slavia. This is the first time
that a British monarch has
ever visited a Communist
country, and is seen here as
a useful exercise in bridge
building.
As Britain prepares to en
ter Europe, some Britons
would like to see their mon
archy evolve along the more
democratic lines of the
Dutch and Scandinavian
royal houses. No one expects
the Queen to ride around
Windsor on a bicycle, or to
shop for groceries, but a less
ostentatious life style would
be welcomed by many.
One of the most unpopular
moves on the part of the
royal family in modern times
was to ask for pay increases,
which were granted by Par
liament early this year. The
Queen’s Civil List, from
which she runs her house
hold. was more than doubled
from $1.14 million to $2.35
million. This occurred at a
time when the government
was urging wage restraint
for her loyal subjects.
The three biggest annual
pay increases went to the
Queen Mother (from $168,000
to $228,000), Prince Philip
(from $96,000 to $156,000) and
Princess Margaret, the
Queen’s sister (from $21,600
to $69,000). Prince Charles,
the Prince of Wales, is a spe
cial case, as his $96,000 an
nual income comes from the
revenues of the Duchy of
Cornwall.
Probably nowhere is the
desire to deglamorize the
monarchy more evident than
in the public attitude towards
Prince Charles. Prince
Charles is not the cult figure
that his Uncle David, the
late Duke of Windsor, was
when he was Prince of
Wales.
Uncle David had only to be
seen in a nightclub, or to fall
off a polo pony for him to
make the headlines, and ev
ery time he was seen with
a new dancing partner there
was speculation concerning
a possible romance. None of
this happens in the case of
Prince Charles.
The prince’s social life
may be sparkling but one
never hears about it. He
may be dating a different
girl every night but one
never reads about it. If the
public thinks about him at
all, it is as an earnest, plod
ding young man, a bit on the
dull side.
Meanwhile, although the
demonstration of Stirling
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University students against
the Queen came as a shock
here, it is also seen as some
thing of a mixed blessing,
for it highlighted the need
for better security arrange
ments. The Queen’s safety is
the responsibility of hand
picked detectives from Spe
cial Branch, Scotland Yard,
but these same detectives ap
parently had never heard of
urban guerrillas. A shake-up
of Scotland Yard’s Special
Branch is long overdue, in
the opinion of many here. It
may have been hastened by
an angry Prince Philip who,
the morning after the Stir
ling demonstration, got onto
Scotland Yard and, in
characteristic fashion, told
them to shape up.
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