Atavistic

[poliphilo]

I think I've made it plain that I'm not a monarchist but watching footage of Prince Charles striding round the flooded Levels with his stout walking stick,  offering sympathy and good humour to the victims and muttering angrily about the failings of those in power, putting Ministers (who have stayed in London) to shame simply by being there, I felt a wave of emotion that caught my inner censor off guard.   "If you're going to have kings and princes," I thought to myself. "Then this is what they're for." The Telegraph (which has just this moment come through the door) has a full length, full frontal portrait of him splashing through the water and looking as much like Henry V at Agincourt as anyone not wearing a suit of armour possibly can. 

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[sovay]

"If you're going to have kings and princes," I thought to myself. "Then this is what they're for."

If he cares, and he can express it in ways that help, and he can actually do something (even if not personally hold back the sea), then I don't think it matters whether he's prince or minister or angry man with a walking stick; I'm glad that's how he's responding. And your inner censor is doing fine.

The Telegraph (which has just this moment come through the door) has a full length, full frontal portrait of him splashing through the water and looking as much like Henry V at Agincourt as anyone not wearing a suit of armour possibly can.

Link?

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

This?



That's the most royal I've ever seen him. The stride, the gauntlet...

Nine

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

That's the one. It's rather splendid, isn't it!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Charles doesn't have direct power, but he has influence. His intervention in a matter like this- where he knows what he's talking about- can have a huge impact. Government ministers don't like falling foul of the Royals.