Ahhhh crap

I knew it had to happen sometime but there was always hope that Chuckles would off himself in some way and let Prince William take the throne. From the UK Mirror:

Queen hands over the reigns to Prince Charles - historic step closer to a new king
It is being dubbed the �gentle succession� � as the Queen gradually begins to relinquish some of her traditional duties as monarch.

As she approaches her 88th birthday in April after almost 62 years on the throne, she has agreed to hand over part of her workload in a historic �job-share� arrangement with Prince Charles.

In a royal first, he will be taking on more head of state-style responsibilities as the Palace starts to make tentative plans for his eventual succession.

Courtiers yesterday described the softly-softly move as �wise� � and �just plain common sense�.

The first sign of the partial power transfer will be the merging this week of the Queen and Charles�s press offices.

In future any announcements concerning the monarch and her 65-year-old eldest son will now come from the same source. Palace sources insist the switch will be entirely seamless.

Princes William and Harry will also play their part in the new set-up, with both assuming far more responsibility since they relinquished their military roles.

At my most charitable, Prince Charles is a braying ninny. A swivel-headed loon. Fifteen ounces short of a pint. The thought of him being on the Throne gives me the blue-blind paralytic willies. Court Jester maybe but most certainly not King. Charles is a guy who makes John Forbes Kerry look competent.