Because The British Royal Family

[Argus]

Poor bastard, he waits all these years to sit on the throne and it gives him arse cancer  

[Ssnake]

That's actually par for the course. The old king must die, which is usually when you're only slightly younger. Elizabeth and Victoria were the crass exceptions with their sixty-year reigns, and that chiefly because they were so young when they became queen, and in times where kings and queens no longer rode into battle.

The average king has maybe fifteen years.

[Stuart Galbraith]

Well, Edward VII did rather help it along with lots and drinking and whoring. OTOH, the French loved him for it, even used to hang out banners with 'Notre Roi' on them, if Tuchman is to be believed.

[Der Zeitgeist]

 

[Murph]

Any word on King Chuck?

[rmgill]

On 2/6/2024 at 1:29 AM, Ssnake said:

That's actually par for the course. The old king must die, which is usually when you're only slightly younger. Elizabeth and Victoria were the crass exceptions with their sixty-year reigns, and that chiefly because they were so young when they became queen, and in times where kings and queens no longer rode into battle.

The average king has maybe fifteen years.

Don't forget 45 years for Elizabeth the 1st. 

[rmgill]

https://www.britroyals.com/reigned.asp

 

Monarch	Dates	Days	Length of Reign
1.	Queen Elizabeth II	Ascended: February 6, 1952 -  Died: September 8, 2022	25,782	70 years 7 months 1 days
2.	Queen Victoria	Ascended: June 20, 1837 -  Died: January 22, 1901	23,226	63 years 7 months 2 days
3.	King George III	Ascended: October 25, 1760 -  Died: January 29, 1820	21,644	59 years 3 months 2 days
4.	King Henry III	Ascended: October 18, 1216 -  Died: November 16, 1272	20,483	56 years 29 days
5.	King Edward III	Ascended: January 25, 1327 -  Died: June 21, 1377	18,410	50 years 4 months 25 days
6.	Queen Elizabeth I	Ascended: November 17, 1558 -  Died: March 24, 1603	16,198	44 years 4 months 5 days
7.	King Henry VI	Ascended: September 1, 1422 -  Deposed March 4, 1461, Restored Oct 3, 1470, Died: May 21, 1471	14,294	39 years 1 months 18 days
8.	King Aethelred II The Unready	Ascended: March 18, 978 -  Died: April 23, 1016	13,915	38 years 1 months 5 days
9.	King Henry VIII	Ascended: April 21, 1509 -  Died: January 28, 1547	13,796	37 years 9 months 7 days
10.	King Henry I	Ascended: August 3, 1100 -  Died: December 2, 1135	12,904	35 years 3 months 28 days
11.	King Henry II	Ascended: October 25, 1154 -  Died: July 6, 1189	12,673	34 years 8 months 11 days
12.	King Edward I Longshanks	Ascended: November 20, 1272 -  Died: July 7, 1307	12,646	34 years 7 months 14 days
13.	King George II	Ascended: June 11, 1727 -  Died: October 25, 1760, Note: Adjusted for change from Julian to Gregorian calendar 1751/1752	12,098	33 years 1 months 14 days
14.	King George V	Ascended: May 6, 1910 -  Died: January 20, 1936	9,390	25 years 8 months 15 days
15.	King Edward The Elder	Ascended: October, 899 -  Died: July 17, 924	9,055	24 years 9 months 15 days
16.	King Charles II	Ascended: May 29, 1660 -  Died: February 6, 1685	9,019	24 years 8 months 9 days
17.	King Charles I	Ascended: March 27, 1625 -  Died: January 30, 1649	8,710	23 years 10 months 4 days
18.	King Henry VII	Ascended: August 22, 1485 -  Died: April 21, 1509	8,642	23 years 7 months 28 days
19.	King Edward The Confessor	Ascended: June 8, 1042 -  Died: January 5, 1066	8,612	23 years 6 months 28 days
20.	King Richard II	Ascended: June 22, 1377 -  Died: February 14, 1400	8,272	22 years 7 months 23 days
21.	King James I	Ascended: March 24, 1603 -  Died: March 27, 1625, King of Scotland 57 years 1567-1625	8,039	22 years 3 days
22.	King Edward IV	Ascended: March 4, 1461 -  Deposed October 3, 1470, Restored May 21, 1471, Died: April 9, 1483	7,841	21 years 5 months 18 days
23.	King William I The Conqueror	Ascended: December 25, 1066 -  Died: September 9, 1087	7,563	20 years 8 months 14 days
24.	King Edward II	Ascended: July 8, 1307 -  Died: September 21, 1327	7,380	20 years 2 months 14 days

 

[Stuart Galbraith]

Ah, dear old Edward II. Only in Britain can you have assassination by Red Hot poker. You can keep your grassy knolls.

[rmgill]

 Certainly a more interesting way than dysentery which is what killed the Black Prince. 

[Stuart Galbraith]

Yes, always very partial to the Black Prince. Reputedly there is a saphire in the crown today that comes from a crown the Black Prince war at crecy. or at least, the legend is, that he drilled a hole in it, so he could wear the Prince of wales feathers in it. As the late Queen said, seems a rather rash thing to do.