2024-03-25 00:58:19
Kate Middleton appeared in a short video in which she announced that she had been diagnosed with cancer
London | Weeks after tabloids and social networking sites in Britain and the world were preoccupied with a number of conspiracy theories about Kate Middleton’s absence from the public scene, the Princess of Wales and wife of the Crown Prince appeared in a short video in which she announced that she had cancer and was starting to receive chemotherapy, asking everyone to give her and her family some… Calmness and privacy so you can continue your treatment journey in peace. This worrying news about the health of the next Queen of Britain has expanded the circle of concerns about the health of the entire monarchy, as it came weeks after the announcement that the British monarch, King Charles III, also suffers from cancer and will undergo treatment. Despite the courage and optimism in which these announcements were framed, the fragility of the monarchy, which relies on a limited number of executive individuals, seemed to be a very pressing issue, especially after Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan – that is, half of the entire second row – chose to withdraw from official roles associated with the institution of the throne. They moved to live on the other side of the Atlantic, and Prince William – the next king according to the hereditary system – seems to lack the ability and desire to play major roles in running the United Kingdom in the same way that his late grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, did. As for the King and his wife, Queen Camilla, they are seventy-six years old, while the children of Crown Prince William and his wife Kate (third grade) are still children under ten. The parallel lines of the Germanic blue blood line offer no possible alternatives. The King’s brother, Prince Andrew (58 years old), has disappeared from the limelight after it was revealed that he was involved in sex scandals with minors within the network of the late American billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, while his wife turns seven years old within months. Princess Anne (73 years old) is also retired, and the same applies to the King’s cousins, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, who is 88 years old, and Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who is 79 years old.
If we accept for the sake of argument that the superior medical care that the King will receive may extend his lifespan for an additional ten years, the entry of the third-ranking princes (George, Charlotte, and Louis) into the executive service is not a foregone conclusion, especially if copies of their uncle Harry’s book about the psychological predicament that surrounds him reach their hands. Royal titles (see Al-Akhbar 1/26/2023), and at least some of them may choose to abandon official executive roles in favor of other professional and family interests.
Doubts about the ability of the royal dynasty to continue playing the role of the head of the British system, based on a deep and ancient alliance between the bourgeoisie and the aristocracy that succeeded in protecting the island between Europe and Ireland from the republican fever that swept Europe after the French Revolution and the beheading of King Louis XVI, are no longer limited to supporters. The republican system in Britain after Princess Kate’s announcement even extended to the heart of pro-monarchy circles. The popular Daily Mail newspaper headlined half of its cover page last week: “If the royal dynasty is not quite at its eleventh hour, it is dangerously close.” Observers speak of a “worrying dysfunction” in the dynasty’s ability not only to manage the kingdom, but even to manage its own affairs, including the huge empire of real estate, lands, and financial interests that it owns, whether in Britain or Europe, and the tax havens belonging to the British Crown. This led many to question the feasibility of maintaining such a large number of royal palaces and castles and their service staff (Buckingham Palace alone contains 775 rooms) at a time when there are no longer enough members of the dynasty to pass through them, while a quarter of Britain’s children reside in the margins on both sides of the line. Poverty, they barely get two meals a day. However, no one in the Kingdom seems to be planning to deal with the reality of the disappearance of the dynasty, and the shape of the regime the next day. With the fading of the personalities produced by the ruling elite to lead the country’s government and the lack of opportunities for them to establish a new social contract, everyone – monarchists and republicans – is as if they are waiting for Godot to indicate to them what to do. Since Godot, the hero of Samuel Beckett’s famous play, will not come, his place at this moment in history will inevitably be filled by none other than Uncle Sam. Will Donald Trump, the most likely to be president of the United States in the next four years, decide the future of the British monarchy?
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