Is Prince Charles Right To Want To Move The Royals Away From Their Traditional Role Of Figureheads...

[sandyRoe]

...and have them meddle more in politics?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-28066081

[maggiebee]

Well, we can't have a future king saying what he thinks can we?

[sandyRoe]

No. It wouldn't do. Imagine he said in the run up to a general election that the Tories were a bunch of ****s and he'd vote Labour if he had a chance.

[maggiebee]

Yes Sandy and if he had an independence vote he might even vote YES!!

[sandyRoe]

I'm not so sure. That does seem to be stretching things a bit. :-)

[tonyav]

It would have to be Wales though wouldn't it, he would be king of Wales then.

[woofgang]

No. When he is king, like the Queen he will have the audiences with the PM for expressing his views. He should learn from his Mother.

[boxtops]

No. It's not his place to meddle. We don't elect him to represent us.

[poorclare]

No he cannot be King of Wales as it is a Principality.
And yes he should have a say.

[shaneystar2]

Trouble is ,he uses his position to try and influence the government .He means well though .The last King who tried to meddle with parliament came to a sticky end .
Once he's on the throne he'll have to learn to button it .

[jeffa]

https://www.royal.gov.uk/MonarchUK/QueenandGovernment/Queenandvoting.aspx

[tonyav]

Would it be a principality if Wales was independent though.

[jeffa]

"No he cannot be King of Wales as it is a Principality."

Correct.

[boxtops]

Nice link, jeffa.

"they also are required to preserve their political neutrality" why doesn't he, then?

[jeffa]

He certainly ought to, in my opinion!

[tonyav]

Not just Prince Charles though !

Former prime minister Sir John Major also told the documentary that he changed policies after discussing them with the Queen.

[maggiebee]

Off with their heads!!

[anneasquith]

no...........

[sandyRoe]

Whose heads? The disobedient PMs who won't do as they're told or should the scaffold at the Mansion House in Whitehall be rebuilt for the meddlers?

[Baldric]

No he's not!

[jeffa]

I've no interest in decapitating them, I just don't see any reason for a "royal" family in this day and age.