Juan Carlos calls it a day

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The right decision. I respect him for his work in ending Fascism, but he had become a liability in his later years. Also, he shouldn't have hunted those elephants

Seems like a weird spate of abdications recently

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I think it's time Elizabeth did the same.

Isn't the future King George VII still rather unpopular in the UK?

Do you mean Charles? Nah, I don't think he's not that unpopular anymore, even if he occasionally says some questionable stuff...

He's easily the weakest link in the current succession line. I feel bad for the guy, quite frankly - an extremely messed up childhood (thanks Philip), constant mockery and a tortured personal life. Although I'm ambivalent towards the monarchy I often feel a strange feeling of pathos towards its constituent members. Ludicrous, I know.

I can't find the poll, but I'm pretty sure a large majority support the monarchy, but want it to skip a generation upon Brenda's passing. Which seems to me like, err, they don't really understand the monarchy?