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… that sounds like getting paid by the government with extra steps
If he dies before coronation, do we still get a paid day off from work? >

Wouldn't it be another ten days of mourning? >

In Canada I got only one for Liz when she got canned. >

And not even all of us did. :(  
Guessing you have some kind of government-related job. >

Not even, we work for a big ass US based company that's worldwide. I think they gave us one just so we would stop complaining about the passing of our beloved ruler. >

Gahhhhhwd damn it Doug. The bloody US multinational company gave their people a day off, but nooo, us poor suckers gotta go to work. >

"Times are tough, we feel your pain."  
*Hops into helicopter >

When the rich are saying "shit too damn expensive," you gotta wonder how the little man is making ends meet. >

They only know because someone whose job it is to keep track of that told them it would be a good PR move. >


They only know because someone (...) told them it would be a good PR move.

If said trusted advisor also told them suicide would be a good PR move, would they question it? Kinda odd to watch people like this shoot themselves in the foot >

it's the big secret that makes monarchy fucking idiotic. no one in power is any better or smarter than anyone who isn't. they make the same kinds of shortsighted and idiotic comments and decisions one of us would make in their positions. "people like this" are people like you. even their vaunted education counts for naught more often than not, thanks to nepotism allowing the dumbest motherfuckers on the planet to graduate [insert prestige university here]. >

First, let me say I believe democracy is the best way we've yet invented to select leaders. That said, have you seen some of the idiots getting elected in the US (and elsewhere)? >

Yes, it's quite clear some of them haven't had an original thought in over a decade and are probably paid not to. >

But what are they going to do about it? >

They’re going to emphasize it. Duh, it’s right there in the headline >

I mean what else CAN they do? My God with all their power and wealth there is a limit you know! God so greedy.. >

"We've tried absolutely nothing, and we're all out of ideas!" >

Nothing quite sums up "we're all in this together" than being paraded through the streets in a gilded carriage worth £3.5 million, on your way to have a few billion quid's worth of crown stuffed on your head, just because of who your parents were. >

Not to mention the royal family is EXCEMPT from the inheritance tax. Why? Because that would diminish the royal wealth. ????? What about the rest of us? >

Are you a literal king? They ARE. >

Well, I didn't vote for him. >

Nobody votes for kings unless you’re in some germanic tribe from the 200s. >

Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony. >

Be quiet! >

Come and see the violence inherent in the system! Help! Help! I'm being repressed! >

Bloody PEASANT! >

There won't be one? >

He's aged about 20 years since Lizzy died, does seem a waste when there'll probably be another one soon. >

he's even started resemble her in appearance >

It's just Lizzie's soul trying to grab haz body of his to reincarnate. >

Somehow Elizabeth has returned. >

She won't give up her power, I've learned a terrible truth; I think Queen Elizabeth is a Sith lord. >

If what you have told me is true, you will have earned my trust. >

Nothing makes the peasantry happier than to watch ostentatious spending by the Royals and the Aristocracy. >

And yet, plenty will watch and croon. >

Do you know how much a gallon of milk costs?   No really, I don't have a clue >

It's a banana, Michael. How much could it cost, ten dollars? >

Christmas cracker crown, everyone gets there using an Oyster Card, or they're fucking with all of us. >

"i will be thinking of all you poor people struggling to make do from my giant golden throne while they place more gold and jewels onto my head before whisking me away in a golden carriage to my massive palace." He said while shedding a tear. The tear was later revealed to be a diamond that fell out of the his casual daytime gold crown. >

Maybe just do it over Zoom. >

Seems like this would be a good time for the royal family to stop getting any payments from the government.  They should do just fine, living off their billions. >

They don’t get paid by the government. The revenue from their estates goes to the treasury, and they get 15% of it back in the sovereign grant.