Alongside the QEII death-anniversary articles, we\u2019re also getting a lot of thinkpieces about King Charles\u2019s first year as monarch. A few days ago, I read a really scathing piece by royal historian Clive Irving about how Charles is basically doing everything wrong, especially when it comes to money and democracy (you can read the piece here – I\u2019m not covering it because it\u2019s way too complicated). This one from the Telegraph is much more mild, it\u2019s just a comparison piece between QEII\u2019s first year as monarch and Charles\u2019s first year as monarch. While Charles worked more than his mother in their respective first years, it\u2019s also worth noting that Charles worked a lot more as Prince of Wales. And the new PoW is one of the laziest people out there, so\u2026 good for them.<\/p>\n
\nThe King has worked for more days in his first year as monarch than his mother did after her accession in 1952, new analysis has revealed. In his first 12 months as King, Charles has clocked up a total of 161 days during which he undertook official engagements, which is four more when compared with Elizabeth II\u2019s total during her first year on the throne.<\/p>\n
Since becoming King on Sept 8 last year, he has also travelled to all four nations of the UK and attended dozens of official functions. The late Queen almost matched Charles, having undertaken 157 days of engagements in her first 12 months on the throne, though she had a lighter workload and fewer visits to begin with.<\/p>\n
However, the analysis from issues of the Court Circular, the official record of the Royal family\u2019s daily activities, has shown that the King has not quite equalled the pace set by his grandfather. In comparison with Charles, George VI managed 183 days of engagements in his first year on the throne. The data also shows that while all three monarchs undertook common engagements, such as Royal Ascot and garden parties, there were also striking differences that reflect more modern times and attitudes. For example, George VI undertook far more meetings and audiences with Government ministers than his daughter and grandson, showing his close interest in affairs of state and politics. They outstrip him, however, when it comes to audiences held with prime ministers. The late Queen held 27 audiences with Winston Churchill in the 12 months after becoming the monarch in February 1952.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
[From The Telegraph] <\/p>\n
The Telegraph goes on and on with the comparing-and-contrasting, like QEII\u2019s first year wasn\u2019t 1952-53 and she was a 25-year-old mother being told what to do by a bunch of ancient Tories. It\u2019s remarkable that she was able to travel as much as she did, given the logistics of national and international travel less than a decade after the end of WWII. Something which has surprised me about Charles\u2019s first year is how little he has traveled, and his failure to prioritize traveling to his Commonwealth \u201crealms\u201d in the first year. That was originally part of Charles\u2019s extensive plans for his first year as monarch – to travel to (at least) Canada, Australia, New Zealand and more. The man couldn\u2019t even make it to France in his first year (because the Frenchies threatened him with the guillotine). <\/p>\n
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