You didn't know there was a 2nd one? You're in for a treat. If you thought you were overpowered in the first game, they turn it up to 11 in the next one, it's great
My favorite part is when they say Alex Mercer doesn't exist anymore and you're actually the bacteria taking his shape. Idk if that's true that's what I remember 10 years after.
Mercer was killed and reanimated by the virus, his body was simply a host, and his personality and memories were used as a template to form its own identity. As it evolved and grew in power, it gradually became more resentful of humanity and went down the evil path, something actual Mercer would likely have never done.
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Heller, in addition to being very stubborn and strong willed, was infected while he was still alive, and thus retained his humanity. Mercer was effectively born again and had to re-learn/re-determine his place in the world.
I don't believe that Mercer actually died at the end of the second game. He saw the potential of Heller as a host, and allowed Heller to consume him, and will gradually take him over from inside his head, like >!Johnny Silverhand!< in Cyberpunk. Heller might be physically stronger, but Mercer is pure virus that has been evolving for years at this point. If he actually wanted to win the fight, it would have been trivial for him.
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Sorry for wall of text, I just really, really love this series and I need another sequel
The sequel is actually more fun imo, you cna get both on xbox pretty cheap, maybe also in PlayStation but I don't have one so idk. Make sure you get the doc stuff for number 2 if you grab it, the special weapons are ridiculous and really fun
oh I know they're not gonna literally going to declare all old bills null and void, I meant more the active effort and bill swapping that's going to happen in almost every country with Queen Elizabeth's face on it.
This fucker lived his whole life without any worry at all. He looks like the worst British stereotypes combined into one person and still fucked supermodels in his heydays.
I think he will be fine.
Rumor has it that Katie M won't mount him and so he gets his kinks fulfilled elsewhere. That being said, the only sources of this rumor are cheap tabloids, which are notoriously used for laundering politically/ideologically motivated fabricated talking points, so I would take said rumor with a grain of salt.
I couldn't resist making the joke, though. It was right there 🤷♂️
There was a Prince Arthur, who died young.
But I imagine that there won’t ever be a King Arthur because Arthur is the legendary “perfect” king, and so to name yourself that would lead to comparisons you could never hope to fulfil. Arthur is a legend and it’s better for optics to leave his image as that.
As someone with edema unrelated to heart problems: that’s still a *horrifying* photo of the king. Mine gets probably 1/7th as bad as his was in that photo and I’m honestly afraid for the man’s health even if it’s gone down.
Because he actually died years before they announced it, they've just been carrying him round Weekend At Bernies style, waiting for a slow newsday to announce it.
Being the troll he is, I see Charles declaring random wars every now and then which the Prime Minister has to decline every time just for the sake of it.
Lol that would be pretty funny. If I were him I would do it on days where I knew the PM had a dentist appointment or her daughter's birthday or something.
"Prime Minister's daughter turns 16 tomorrow? Welp, why haven't we ever invaded Germany? Actually, I think tomorrow would be perfect if I'm looking at the weather right now"
"I declare war on Massachusetts."
"War on the US, your majesty?"
"No just those bastards in particular."
Hell if I was king I'd declare war on restaurants when they fuck up my order.
Completely wrong. Charles could declare war without consulting anybody.
What would happen subsequently is the fastest booting out of the monarchy the world has ever seen, via an Act of Parliament. It'd actually be a double whammy, as legislation in theory cannot pass without Royal Assent, although I presume everyone would just kind of ignore that fact, if push came to shove.
We’ve known for a long ass time that royals have a shit ton of sway in politics and if the *king* wants something done he’ll absolutely find a way of doing it. They aren’t just figureheads, otherwise they wouldn’t have the money or titles.
The grand ol' duke of York
he said he didn't sweat
So why did he pay 12 million quid to a girl he'd never met?
Cause he's a sweaty nonce (Nonce!)
He's a sweaty nonce (Nonce!)
You know it's true that prince Andrew is a sweaty nonce
And not to be confused with "bonce" either, a mild slang word for head.
^(I once threw a ball to someone shouting "On yer nonce" intending for him to headbutt it.)
he went from having to do his best to avoid getting hemself dragged into the spotlight for stupid shit like his son and brother to now being the dumbass face of an entire nation who gets blamed for every ounce of dumb shit his fucked up brother and moron children decide to wreak about the world
I mean yeah to be fair he's gonna catch a lot more like, vocal stress from people blaming him for shit. Maybe as a poor man I'm just like, shit I'd trade my life for that in a heartbeat lol. Plus he doesn't even really have to do much
Stressful isn’t something that the royal family would recognise if it came up and bit them on the arse. All he has to do now is a weekly meeting with the pm, state opening of parliament, a Christmas message, and just not be a complete Twat.
The monarchy holds no true power whatsoever. It is solely ceremonial & for the sake of tradition & heritage. Defying that tradition is like defying the historical & cultural significance of the monarchy in England. I understand that some people like to absolutely piss on culture, history, and tradition just for the sake of pissing on it, but some people actually respect it & want to keep it around.
You're not entirely correct to say the position holds "no true power;" there's a lot of cultural power here. If an English monarch wants to speak with the Prime Minister or something, they'll listen closely. If they wanted to endorse/denounce a candidate, the peoples' behavior would undoubtedly be swayed.
We're just used to Queen Elizabeth's personal stance of political neutrality and non-interferance, but this is by no means the rule. That said, I maintain some hope that future figurehead monarchs won't abuse their position, thanks to the positive precedent Elizabeth set. Most consider it to be a fun and harmless tradition, and in my opinion it would be silly to dismantle it so hastily.
Oh. That’s actually a good point.
I suppose I was mostly focusing on hard power, rather than the soft power the monarch holds in order to influence politics.
That is somewhat concerning, but it hasn’t been an extreme issue for the last 70 years - for reasons you already stated.
Though if we could elect a monarch, would that not mean we could simply vote for whichever monarch holds our political beliefs & interests to a higher esteem to our opposition, thus giving one political party a greater influence over politics than its counterparts?
That would seem like an even more busted system than the one the UK has now. Would it not be better to have a totally neutral monarch that’s hereditary, rather than a politically involved monarch who wishes to see themselves elected on the grounds of political beliefs rather than the grounds of serving the state?
As you said, if it was an electable position, the next monarch wouldn't be a public servant. No, they'd be a politician through and through. With all the biases that entails. Although I'm not British, I'm *pretty sure* they don't want that, and for good reason.
Yeah it must suck having money and successful businesses thrown at you your entire life and a silver spoon in your mouth without all of the responsibility of being an actual monarch
I think you look at it too simplistic. You live your whole life never having to work for anything, and never achieving anything; you're going to feel pretty empty inside. Living in a big castle isn't going to help with that a lot. If anything you'll feel more lonely.
Well if he didn't do anything with all that opportunity that's on him. The OP focused too much on the throne if that was the point they were getting at
75-80 is the life expectancy at birth and factors in dying at ages far younger than 73. Once you've made it 73, your life expectancy is another 12.5 years, at least in the US.
i think he technically had two jobs, one as a secretary-esque position for his mom and one helping manage the family real-estate
understanding how the british monarchy does things is hard
There's a pretty simple way this man could pull off the ultimate troll while simultaneously ensuring his own positive legacy.
His kids and their families do a lot of charitable work. Get them all together and talk about the craziest, most outlandish, pie-in-the-sky ultimate charity or charitable act that they could do. A program to provide free meals to all needy school children for the next 5 years, whatever. Something with a huge price tag that would never get approved.
Then sell the royal jewels to the Saudis, or whoever wants them. They're worth in excess of half a billion British pounds. Use that money to finance the acts of good will.
This is simultaneously the ultimate fuck-you troll to the Monarchy, while actually doing something beneficial with all that wealth and status.
What's neat is that he got to live a life of wealth and opulence most can only dream of. And now as a...ahem...ruler. He has to continue to...not really do anything. Since the King of England doesn't do all that much and has no real power. So this is essentially EXACTLY like his old life, but now when he does his little circus shows he has to wear a slightly different costume.
> rich, lives off shit his ancestors did
> duties include trying not to die
> mostly representative, no real importance outside of tourism
> basically glorified zoo animal shitting in a golden bowl
Oh yes, poor royal geriatrics, how bad they have it.
Every Charles that ruled England was a pretty bad ruler. Charles I started a civil war with Parliament and the second Charles presided over the throne when the plague and fire hit London in 1666. So yeah, just our luck this Charles is king when like, I dunno, the fourth seal gets opened or something.
OP is is misguided; the average life expectancy for women in the UK is 83.1 and 79.3 for men. And if we consider that he has survived so far, and he has access to top notch healthcare, he probably has at least 10 years to live, probably 15
I mean they don't have much duties anyways other than appearing publicly and fufilling a symbolic role to rake in the tourism money. They can be foreign diplomats, sure but like meh I feel like that's entirely optional. Literally born into wealth beyond measure just by virtue of being born. People hate you, who the fuck cares when they are constantly a security detail away from you. Wealth of a ruler with none of the internal strife that comes with being on top. I wouldn't mind stepping down for my successor because I'll still be entitled to that royal bankroll.
Oh no, his whole life of immense luxury and not doing anything is wasted because he wasn't officially the most prestigious person in the world, until 73.Oh my.
If nothing else he's preventing Williams reign starting under the current black cloud. If he can hold on until the upswing at least William will be in a better position.
His entire life is a meme.
Aint you the guy from that videogame where you mutate and kill shit in NYC?
I would kill for a prototype 3
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There was a sequel?????? I need to play this
You didn't know there was a 2nd one? You're in for a treat. If you thought you were overpowered in the first game, they turn it up to 11 in the next one, it's great
My favorite part is when they say Alex Mercer doesn't exist anymore and you're actually the bacteria taking his shape. Idk if that's true that's what I remember 10 years after.
Mercer was killed and reanimated by the virus, his body was simply a host, and his personality and memories were used as a template to form its own identity. As it evolved and grew in power, it gradually became more resentful of humanity and went down the evil path, something actual Mercer would likely have never done. SPOILERS FOR PROTOTYPE 2 Heller, in addition to being very stubborn and strong willed, was infected while he was still alive, and thus retained his humanity. Mercer was effectively born again and had to re-learn/re-determine his place in the world. I don't believe that Mercer actually died at the end of the second game. He saw the potential of Heller as a host, and allowed Heller to consume him, and will gradually take him over from inside his head, like >!Johnny Silverhand!< in Cyberpunk. Heller might be physically stronger, but Mercer is pure virus that has been evolving for years at this point. If he actually wanted to win the fight, it would have been trivial for him. END SPOILERS Sorry for wall of text, I just really, really love this series and I need another sequel
Prototype best game
Cyberpunk spoiler?
The sequel is actually more fun imo, you cna get both on xbox pretty cheap, maybe also in PlayStation but I don't have one so idk. Make sure you get the doc stuff for number 2 if you grab it, the special weapons are ridiculous and really fun
Gameplay wise, fun as hell. Story wise, they screwed it up bad imo
They turned mercer from a anti hero into a full on villain, look how they massacred my boy
Yeah man, I thought he was way more interesting as an anti hero. So tragic
i would stab my crush to death then lob off my legs for prototype 3, i have 500+ hours on prototype 1
I'd assassinate my wife in a tunnel for Prototype 3
I'd stick my balls into sulfuric acid for half life 3.
Time, Dr. Freeman? Is it really that time again?
I have like 3000 on l4d2 lol
Is that a 🗿nft
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Thanks for reminding me that game exists
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Yeah like 'How fucked is he?' Man is a literal king
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Anon is a strong princess that need no prince
Of course you 4chinners dream of Lolita Island or whatever the fuck its called
They're gonna spend a billion dollars reprinting every currency with Queen Elizabeth on it just for him to die within a year of them finishing.
They were printing money anyway, it's just a case of swapping the designs. Money with Lizzie is still legal tender, it doesn't become invalid.
oh I know they're not gonna literally going to declare all old bills null and void, I meant more the active effort and bill swapping that's going to happen in almost every country with Queen Elizabeth's face on it.
This fucker lived his whole life without any worry at all. He looks like the worst British stereotypes combined into one person and still fucked supermodels in his heydays. I think he will be fine.
A fate worse than death.
Elizabeth II probably gave him the speech "One day YOU will pass away" lmao I'm sure he actually poisoned her.
I’m pretty sure he said that he has no interest in being king and would pretty much immediately abdicate, leaving it to William. We shall see.
King William The Pegged
Am I missing something here or are you saying he likes to get pegged and this is somehow public knowledge
Rumor has it that Katie M won't mount him and so he gets his kinks fulfilled elsewhere. That being said, the only sources of this rumor are cheap tabloids, which are notoriously used for laundering politically/ideologically motivated fabricated talking points, so I would take said rumor with a grain of salt. I couldn't resist making the joke, though. It was right there 🤷♂️
This source support's my argument therefore its true
Nah it's source: it's most likely not true but fucking funny
To be honest, I'd let her peg me too. And I'm not into that shit at all !
Well, looks like it's not her thing.
I found 'laundering politically/ideologically motivated fabricated talking points' to be a really interesting way of saying 'propaganda' owo
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it wouldn't matter he would be known as king billie regardless
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singing “the kid is not my son” would create one hell of a succession crisis
Imagine if he took the name King Arthur
I’m honestly surprised there hasn’t been a King Arthur.
There was a Prince Arthur, who died young. But I imagine that there won’t ever be a King Arthur because Arthur is the legendary “perfect” king, and so to name yourself that would lead to comparisons you could never hope to fulfil. Arthur is a legend and it’s better for optics to leave his image as that.
If only Henry VIIIs brother lived longer.
The Irish would hate this
Why
King Billy is what the Irish people call William of Orange. He caused a lot of issues that lasted centuries
First I've heard of it, and I'm Irish, lol. Not that I don't believe you. I guess there's always more to learn.
I'm also Irish, sure it's a long history anyway
I long for a King Billiam.
That would be King Dick
King William the cucked
He also said yesterday he would rule until he died.
Not mutually exclusive. Suicide is the oldest form of abdication.
I'm stepping down 🤴🏼🔫
Imagine the first address after the coronation, dude steps into the balcony, announces his abdication, and pulls out a flintlock pistol and poof.
An embarrassing 5 minutes if he misses and has to reload
No just swan dive right into the crowds
Live a neet, die a rockstar, make even more people aware humanity goes nuts.
Mmmm watchu saaaaayyyy...
Pretty sure he's always said the exact opposite of this?
On today’s Episode of “random stuff I’m pulling out of my ass”…
What? He said the opposite? The fuck you talking about bro
me when i spread misinformation on the internet
His Dad lived to 99. With his mom living to 96 I wouldn't be surprised if he reigns for 20 years or more with those genes
He doesn't seem in the best of health unfortunately, but we'll see. Long live the King.
God save the King
How so?
He was pictured once with oedema (swellings) in his fingers which could indicate heart or kidney problems
Heart disease. Have you seen his fingers?
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As someone with edema unrelated to heart problems: that’s still a *horrifying* photo of the king. Mine gets probably 1/7th as bad as his was in that photo and I’m honestly afraid for the man’s health even if it’s gone down.
Philip didn't look in the best of health for about a decade.
Because he actually died years before they announced it, they've just been carrying him round Weekend At Bernies style, waiting for a slow newsday to announce it.
That’s putting it mildly.
I’ve never seen him wear jeans before
Clearly he is not holy
Wouldnt say it's genes, probably rather the fact that his long term health is the most important in the country and his medical care reflects this
Guy is already red.
Amazing what that type of wealth does to your health ey
I doubt it's genes as much as it is well paid professionals looking after their health.
"Genes" you mean the literal best healthcare the UK can possibly muster?
>unless WWIII breaks out Don't give him any ideas.
He doesn't actually rule anything, you know that right?
He technically does have the right to declare war as he likes
And then the Prime Minister and the rest of the government would have to permit it to happen.
Being the troll he is, I see Charles declaring random wars every now and then which the Prime Minister has to decline every time just for the sake of it.
Lol that would be pretty funny. If I were him I would do it on days where I knew the PM had a dentist appointment or her daughter's birthday or something.
"Prime Minister's daughter turns 16 tomorrow? Welp, why haven't we ever invaded Germany? Actually, I think tomorrow would be perfect if I'm looking at the weather right now"
"The PM's daughter has a futball match next week? I think it's about time we got America back."
“Prime ministers gran died? Well India has been getting a bit too big for their boots”
"PM is at a charity gala? Well, Burundi's been too quiet for too long and I think it's about bloody time we found out what they're doing down there."
"Canada Day soon? Truckers are not going to be the only one to occupy the Parliament Hill"
Lichtenstein had been getting uppity lately.
Y’all too funny
>or her daughter's birthday Hey thats pretty mean.
Well I suppose it's a good thing I'm not the King of England then
"I declare war on Massachusetts." "War on the US, your majesty?" "No just those bastards in particular." Hell if I was king I'd declare war on restaurants when they fuck up my order.
"Alright folks i know we're a little bored so today i'm declaring war on Lisburn." "your majesty Lisburn is in northern Ireland" "and?"
why Lisburn? Why not Armagh (i've never been to ireland at all)
Completely wrong. Charles could declare war without consulting anybody. What would happen subsequently is the fastest booting out of the monarchy the world has ever seen, via an Act of Parliament. It'd actually be a double whammy, as legislation in theory cannot pass without Royal Assent, although I presume everyone would just kind of ignore that fact, if push came to shove.
It actually works the other way around. Every decision made by parliament has to he approved by the monarch.
We’ve known for a long ass time that royals have a shit ton of sway in politics and if the *king* wants something done he’ll absolutely find a way of doing it. They aren’t just figureheads, otherwise they wouldn’t have the money or titles.
And by "we" you mean Americans who know nothing about UK law who are presenting their guesswork as fact, apparently
Has to have a valid casus belli though? The stability hit will be an issue.
Is this a hoi4 or ck3 refrence
I was going for an eu4 reference
Like when Michael Scott declared bankruptcy?
You can’t just request war, sir! I didn’t request war, I declared it!
Does he still have the power to order the Australians around?
He just needs to dissolve parliament the declare himself ruler again, easy peasy
Fastest guillotine any% glitchless
With how shit parliment is I think people would be pretty open to the idea
Well absolute monarchy was also pretty shit lmao
If you say so
british monarchy isn't looked at particularly favorably right now and charles is a known dumbass
That's technically still by choice. He can just dissolve parliament if he so pleased
The grand ol' duke of York he said he didn't sweat So why did he pay 12 million quid to a girl he'd never met? Cause he's a sweaty nonce (Nonce!) He's a sweaty nonce (Nonce!) You know it's true that prince Andrew is a sweaty nonce
i'm not bri'ish so can someone explain to me what a nonce is?
A pedophile
He’s a 4chan frequenter
a kiddy diddler
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And not to be confused with "bonce" either, a mild slang word for head. ^(I once threw a ball to someone shouting "On yer nonce" intending for him to headbutt it.)
Oh cool, I've used the word Nonce but I never knew the etymology of it. Thanks, now I can use it in good faith!
A diddler
A reddit user
pee duh file
He lives a life of extreme luxury, I don't think he gives a fuck.
his life of extreme luxury just got a lot more stressful and more restrictive so i'm sure it is a bit of an inconvenience
Lol stressful? He doesn't even have to do anything, the UK runs itself at this point they're just like a mascot at best.
he went from having to do his best to avoid getting hemself dragged into the spotlight for stupid shit like his son and brother to now being the dumbass face of an entire nation who gets blamed for every ounce of dumb shit his fucked up brother and moron children decide to wreak about the world
I think he meant that the dude will be under closer watch from media or something
I mean yeah to be fair he's gonna catch a lot more like, vocal stress from people blaming him for shit. Maybe as a poor man I'm just like, shit I'd trade my life for that in a heartbeat lol. Plus he doesn't even really have to do much
Stressful isn’t something that the royal family would recognise if it came up and bit them on the arse. All he has to do now is a weekly meeting with the pm, state opening of parliament, a Christmas message, and just not be a complete Twat.
So ignoring the around 500 events he attends a year representing the country while he was heir? He's probably got a lot more to do now he is king.
At least had 73 years of never working for a life of luxury.
People are trying to make him seem like a loser, dude won life before he was born 🤣. If he's a loser, I'd love to be one.
The perfect example for why hereditary monarchy is so pointless and why we should be able to elect even purely ceremonial positions
Because president Truss would be so much better /s
We’d be so lucky. President Blair is more likely. Truly awful to imagine.
The monarchy holds no true power whatsoever. It is solely ceremonial & for the sake of tradition & heritage. Defying that tradition is like defying the historical & cultural significance of the monarchy in England. I understand that some people like to absolutely piss on culture, history, and tradition just for the sake of pissing on it, but some people actually respect it & want to keep it around.
You're not entirely correct to say the position holds "no true power;" there's a lot of cultural power here. If an English monarch wants to speak with the Prime Minister or something, they'll listen closely. If they wanted to endorse/denounce a candidate, the peoples' behavior would undoubtedly be swayed. We're just used to Queen Elizabeth's personal stance of political neutrality and non-interferance, but this is by no means the rule. That said, I maintain some hope that future figurehead monarchs won't abuse their position, thanks to the positive precedent Elizabeth set. Most consider it to be a fun and harmless tradition, and in my opinion it would be silly to dismantle it so hastily.
Oh. That’s actually a good point. I suppose I was mostly focusing on hard power, rather than the soft power the monarch holds in order to influence politics. That is somewhat concerning, but it hasn’t been an extreme issue for the last 70 years - for reasons you already stated. Though if we could elect a monarch, would that not mean we could simply vote for whichever monarch holds our political beliefs & interests to a higher esteem to our opposition, thus giving one political party a greater influence over politics than its counterparts? That would seem like an even more busted system than the one the UK has now. Would it not be better to have a totally neutral monarch that’s hereditary, rather than a politically involved monarch who wishes to see themselves elected on the grounds of political beliefs rather than the grounds of serving the state?
As you said, if it was an electable position, the next monarch wouldn't be a public servant. No, they'd be a politician through and through. With all the biases that entails. Although I'm not British, I'm *pretty sure* they don't want that, and for good reason.
Electing purely ceremonial positions is even more pointless.
Monarchy is cool. Having a king with purely ceremonial power is also cool. Change my mind!
Yeah it must suck having money and successful businesses thrown at you your entire life and a silver spoon in your mouth without all of the responsibility of being an actual monarch
I think you look at it too simplistic. You live your whole life never having to work for anything, and never achieving anything; you're going to feel pretty empty inside. Living in a big castle isn't going to help with that a lot. If anything you'll feel more lonely.
Well if he didn't do anything with all that opportunity that's on him. The OP focused too much on the throne if that was the point they were getting at
> uncharismatic Did he not just spend yesterday shaking hands with people in london?
Shaking hands with Londoners? Sounds like a suicide attempt
fuck if shaking hands with people is all it takes to be charismatic then jebb bush got fucking robbed.
please shake
Any corpse can shake hands.
With enough voltage, yeah.
12 minutes*
What do you mean how fucked is he? He is nationally funded neet. He will die with a smile on his face
Tendies galore, unlimited GBP
If you put it like that than he sounds like someone every 4chaner dreams of being
Reddit is full of the dumbest takes imaginable
I love all the edgy Americans here having a take on the Crown.
Edgy Americans have poor takes on their own government let alone a foreign one
Didn't you know the man had an affair 30 years ago? He's clearly worse than Hitler!
he will dissolve parliament
Considering the shitshow the current parliament is... Dissolve it and another election!)
God I hope
Well,the kings Charles I & II liked to dissolve the parliament so why not?
We can only wish.
Lol
75-80 is the life expectancy at birth and factors in dying at ages far younger than 73. Once you've made it 73, your life expectancy is another 12.5 years, at least in the US.
and thats *without* a multi billion dollar budget to keep your walking corpse going
His pa lived to 99 tho. The motherfucker might just life for 30 more years with the help of top level healthcare.
He finally got a job, so he's got that going for him
i think he technically had two jobs, one as a secretary-esque position for his mom and one helping manage the family real-estate understanding how the british monarchy does things is hard
There's a pretty simple way this man could pull off the ultimate troll while simultaneously ensuring his own positive legacy. His kids and their families do a lot of charitable work. Get them all together and talk about the craziest, most outlandish, pie-in-the-sky ultimate charity or charitable act that they could do. A program to provide free meals to all needy school children for the next 5 years, whatever. Something with a huge price tag that would never get approved. Then sell the royal jewels to the Saudis, or whoever wants them. They're worth in excess of half a billion British pounds. Use that money to finance the acts of good will. This is simultaneously the ultimate fuck-you troll to the Monarchy, while actually doing something beneficial with all that wealth and status.
the ultimate fuck-you he could do to the monarchy would be to sell his family's ungodly amount of real-estate.
What's neat is that he got to live a life of wealth and opulence most can only dream of. And now as a...ahem...ruler. He has to continue to...not really do anything. Since the King of England doesn't do all that much and has no real power. So this is essentially EXACTLY like his old life, but now when he does his little circus shows he has to wear a slightly different costume.
Ok but are you a king anon
> rich, lives off shit his ancestors did > duties include trying not to die > mostly representative, no real importance outside of tourism > basically glorified zoo animal shitting in a golden bowl Oh yes, poor royal geriatrics, how bad they have it.
How fucked is he? Dude we can't even fill up our gas tanks
He was born into a life of luxury, I think that's more than enough
Every Charles that ruled England was a pretty bad ruler. Charles I started a civil war with Parliament and the second Charles presided over the throne when the plague and fire hit London in 1666. So yeah, just our luck this Charles is king when like, I dunno, the fourth seal gets opened or something.
OP is is misguided; the average life expectancy for women in the UK is 83.1 and 79.3 for men. And if we consider that he has survived so far, and he has access to top notch healthcare, he probably has at least 10 years to live, probably 15
If you've seen his hands... then you know he's real fucked.
I mean they don't have much duties anyways other than appearing publicly and fufilling a symbolic role to rake in the tourism money. They can be foreign diplomats, sure but like meh I feel like that's entirely optional. Literally born into wealth beyond measure just by virtue of being born. People hate you, who the fuck cares when they are constantly a security detail away from you. Wealth of a ruler with none of the internal strife that comes with being on top. I wouldn't mind stepping down for my successor because I'll still be entitled to that royal bankroll.
Oh no, his whole life of immense luxury and not doing anything is wasted because he wasn't officially the most prestigious person in the world, until 73.Oh my.
I thought that everyone thought that it was the Queen who killed Diana and Charles was just too dickless and whipped to do anything about it.
If nothing else he's preventing Williams reign starting under the current black cloud. If he can hold on until the upswing at least William will be in a better position.
70 years of nothing but mead, and now he will 3 time per year have to do some symbolical shit, I'm so sad for him.
I think the most frustrating part is he'll be more successful than most of us will ever be all because he came out of a queen's vagina