Charles doesn't like his brother Edward, Charles will remain Duke of Edinburgh

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Charles loved his Granny, the Queen Mum more than he liked Philip, Andrew, Edward and even his own sons.

A long tradition for male British aristos.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Charles loved his Granny, the Queen Mum more than he liked Philip, Andrew, Edward and even his own sons.

A long tradition for male British aristos.

O/c it should be 'The Queen Mother... and also Lord Mountbatten' there. The extent to which he shares his uncle/surrogate father figure's views is quite telling.

What exactly were THE LAST VICEROY's views, other than not wanting to be a military dictator?

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Insufferably smug and extremely racist! My, my, The Atlantic, but you are spoiling us!

There's a fair amount of classism in the article too, although I'm not sure whether it would seem classist in the UK or not. It describes people who liked and admired QE2--in other words, a strong majority of the British public and for that matter at least a plurality of the public in most of the world's countries--in the same terms similar publications use for "deplorables".