Thread by @GinaMcGalliard

The phrase “slimmed-down monarchy” is growing more and more irksome. The #britishroyalfamily has about a dozen palaces and vast wealth that other European monarchies don’t come close to. #KingCharlesTheCruel wanting a “slimmed-down monarchy” does NOT mean a few of those 1/

palatial residences are getting sold off and turned into museums like the Palace of Versailles—fwi France takes in WAY more royalty-related tourism dollars than Britain does. “Slimmed-down” in this case means concentrating titles/wealth privileges among an even smaller group 2/

of (white) people! FFS HOW DO PEOPLE NOT SEE THIS FOR WHAT IT IS?!

Thank God #GoodKingHarry and #PrincessMeghan called their bluff in the Oprah interview about #PrinceArchie having a title—the Palace was going to let the world falsely believe that the Sussexes CHOSE it! 3/

Now the truth is known, this raises a lots of questions about minor royals who “chose” not to give their children titles. They lied about #PrinceArchie, so we can no longer take at face value that, for instance, Princess Anne and #PrinceEdward (the new #DukeofEdinburgh, yay!) 4/

chose of their own free will for their children “so they could have more normal lives.” (This is the standard rationale used when royal grandchildren, rather than automatically being Prince or Princess as dictated by the letters patent, or either not given titles at all or 5/

given downgraded titles, as Prince Edward’s children were). By contrast, Charlotte and Louis were given upgrades—at the time of their birth they were NOT grandchildren of the monarch, nor in direct line of the throne—yet they were at birth titled Princess and Prince. While 6/

Archie and Lilibet were not even given downgraded aristocratic titles. The gall.

On an interesting note, Lady (not Princess! 🙄) Louise, Prince Edward’s daughter, is expected to “decide” upon her 18th birthday whether or not she will be styled HRH. I hope she does. We can 7/

surmise there’s a fairly good chance she’s being pressured NOT to “choose” it.

So enough 💩 from #KingCharlesTheCruel and #PrinceWilliamIsABully and #KKKKate wanting to show everyone who the “real royals” are. We see you. We know you are lowlifes unfit to be king and queen. 8/