The royals are haemorrhaging public support and 1 person is to blame | UK | News
The republican movement in the United Kingdom has existed in various forms since the 17th century and traces its origins to the founding of the Commonwealth.
Since then it has become largely irrelevant, except for the occasional attention-seeking and noise-making person or two.
But it’s safe to say now that the royal, formerly known as the Prince, has done more than anyone else to support his progress in 376 years.
The current anti-monarchy campaign group, Republic, was founded in 1983, just three years before Andrew married Sarah Ferguson.
86% of Brits who got married in the same year said it was very important or quite important to continue with the monarchy. Today, about half hold this view.
Meanwhile, the percentage of people who say the monarchy is not very important or not important at all has increased from one in 10 in 1983 to three in 10 today.
Support for the complete abolition of the monarchy also increased; From 3% to 15% in 1983.
This is a constitutional crisis.
While some are ambivalent, most have viewed the Royal Family as a force for good over the decades and prefer to keep it that way.
After all, no other country on Earth boasts quite like England and we’re all secretly proud of it.
But harmony is breaking down, and these days, if the vote is to be believed, few would lose sleep if it were abolished.
For this we can lay the blame squarely on Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, the brutish fool and Britain’s persona non grata, perhaps the most striking example of misplaced entitlement, arrogance and greed, and the dazzling and unearned privileges of a lifetime; they are just an inherent quirk.
It is true that he served with distinction in the Falkland Islands.
But today it is impossible to imagine its stature falling further at a time when the Royal Family, an institution unrivaled as the embodiment of privilege, faces the fight of its life to stay afloat while millions of families suffer as tax rises and cost-of-living squeezes suffer.
The former prince has been evicted from his ridiculously well-appointed 30-bedroom Royal Lodge mansion and will have to spend his days in virtual exile following his excommunication. Can the Royal Family recover?
The shame he inflicted on them and his country because of his friendship with pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein will never be erased, like an indelible stain.
Perhaps this explains why Republic now has an unprecedented level of support and has ordered lawyers to launch a special investigation into allegations of sexual assault, corruption and misconduct in public office.
Like millions of families across the UK, the monarchy is being forced to modernise, adapt and change in the lightning-fast pace of the modern world.
But you’ll be hard-pressed to find a home as dysfunctional as the Windsors.
Many feel their presence only serves to highlight the gap between rich and poor in Britain.
The British Social Attitudes survey asked the public for the first time to choose between preserving the monarchy or replacing it with an elected head of state.
Interestingly, support for the monarchy is at its lowest level since records began.
While a majority (58%) still favors retaining the seat, nearly four in 10 (38%) prefer an elected head of state.
While this may have excited former prime minister Sir Tony Blair, who has long thought of him as presidential material, Charles and his wife Camilla, once reviled by the public, remain popular, as do William and Kate.
But would an explosion of collective indifference really be a big surprise if this entire structure disappeared?
If not, blame the clown prince for bringing down the house.
