Prince Charles Prince Charles has been sometimes criticised for the way he expresses his views on matters of personal interest to him such as environmental affairs. However, a monarch being involved in political affairs is hardly something that would doom a constitutional monarchy. Charles’s image is really bound-up with the drama of his two marriages rather than his
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Alberta Politics: Why Conservatives love the monarchy, and how without a Canadian monarch real republicans could be democrats
It’s been more than a week since the death of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, but his pale blue eyes still stare resolutely from the home page of the Government of Alberta’s website. Given the challenges facing Alberta, a number of social media commentators have crossly suggested this is
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: A Royal Contribution
If one subject is done to excess in the Canadian media it’s the royals. Witness the front page soap opera “Harry and Meghan move to Canada.” It is, therefore, refreshing when a royal does something that actually matters. Such an event was Prince Charles speech to the Davos Conference. Not
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: Names & Titles Given to Members of the Royal Family by Canada’s First Nations
The Canadian Monarchy has a long history with the original inhabitants of Canada. And despite the failures of successive elected governments to uphold promises made to these First Nations, the relationship between them and the Royal Family remains strong. One comparatively recent expression of this relationship is the giving of names by tribes to Royal Family members.
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: The Royals Who Wrote
Recently I’ve been in the process of de-cluttering my bookshelves of some of the hundreds of magazines I’ve bought overthe last few years. After keeping a few stacks of the moreuseful ones I’ve been selling/donating the rest. And while Ihave a good collection of books on monarchs I don’t have anyby
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: Prince Charles Makes Case For Fighting Climate Change to Donald Trump
Prince Charles Donald Trump’s state visit to the United Kingdom should be winding down by the time this article is posted. It has been an interesting spectacle to watch. The Queen once again proved she can perform as national hostess to whatever guestpays her a visit. And for DonaldTrump’s part he seems to havebrushed up on royal
Continue readingdrive-by planet: Use of Putin-as-fuhrer meme part of effort to demonize Russia: prince Charles’ Nazi relatives
Bottom right: Charles’ great uncle Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson fawning over Adolf Hitler During a recent 4-day visit to Canada, Prince Charles visited the Canadian Museum of Immigration in Halifax. In the course of speaking with a volunteer named Marienne Ferguson whose family fled Poland in advance of the
Continue readingCuriosityCat: From My Blog Cupboard: Tony Blair & Prince Charles
About Prince Charles: Shortly after their first meeting, I bumped into Prince Charles. “I had a meeting with Mr. [John] Prescott recently,” he said. “Ah,” I said, “how did it go?” “Fine, fine,” Prince Charles replied with a somewhat distracted air, “except …” “Yes?” I said encouragingly, knowing some Johnism
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Suicide on a Grand Scale
Prince Charles states the obvious. “Mankind is on the brink of ‘committing suicide on a grand scale’ unless rapid progress is made on green issues, the Prince of Wales warned today.”In very strong language, Prince Charles claimed the planet was do…
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