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He is an extraordinarily wealthy man who has a platform that many will listen to.

And he did quite some of that indeed before his coronation. Couldn't shut up, some would say. Among other things, he's never been opposed to Australian republicanism. Now he's bound to protocol, and the protocol says that the King is not to voice any even remotely political opinion whatsoever. He can comment on how nice the food was, that's about it.

Regarding wealth he's something like the 2000th wealthiest person on earth. Theoretically, can't find him on the billionaire list though he reportedly just about makes it. Lots of people have inherited more money and done way worse with it. I don't think it should be possible to inherit that kind of fortune but that applies in general, not just to monarchs.

Everyone has agency, stop pretending one of the richest and most privileged people in the world just doesn’t have any other choice.

The crown is not a person, it cannot choose anything. As said: If Charles abdicates, Parliament will just recognise the next in line (William) as King. And push come to shove there's no end to that line.

Tell them “no thank you, I don’t think my role as king of a colony is appropriate”.

First off, Australia is not a colony, it is an independent Kingdom. Secondly, it'd still be up to Australia to then abolish the monarchy, or force-retire him for behaviour unbefitting for a king and go with William, or whatever.

The monarchy exists because people are lazy and just let it keep existing,

Then blame the people. Blame them for being lazy. Blame them for not agreeing. But why blame a monarch for not needlessly causing a constitutional crisis? He's a mascot, he's doing his job just as in other countries a President is doing their job, and when you compare what he says and does before and after coronation it also becomes obvious that he's playing a role. He literally shut up about absolutely everything ever since he got that crown.

People calling him illegitimate is the right and proper response to him pretending he has some special place in Australian society.

If Aussies want to get rid of the monarchy then they can. Noone but themselves is stopping them. Until they do, you can't blame the monarchy for not telling its subjects what they're supposed to do with the monarchy. For one simple reason: If the monarchy were to abolish itself it would be committing an undemocratic act.

Best I know according to their legal tradition the monarchy cannot possibly do that, only Parliament can, because only it has the power. Charles himself could abdicate but that would not abolish the monarchy, the title would instead move to the next one in line.

He dissolved parliament based on what rules written by whom, on whose orders?

Hint hint: Based on the Australian constitution, written by Australians, on the order (well, "advice", same thing in this case) of the Australian Prime Minister.

Prosecutors have a lead against someone holding Ukrainian citizenship. That doesn't say anything more than that someone with Ukrainian citizenship was involved, in particular it doesn't say that he's not a Russian operative. Or Polish, for that matter, the Poles were uncharacteristically uncooperative.

In any case it's not like Germany would be mad it's the wheels of justice churning as usual. Heck at this point I haven't ruled out that it was a German operation. The whole yacht theory is in general on shaky ground because one does not just lower some sea mines with a yacht. Or smuggle them to a Polish port. etc., etc.

No blame on Westminster, at all? Like, we're ignoring that the UK was a (flawed, but still) democracy for most of Australia's colonial period?

And how would him abdicating help the situation in Australia?

He's taken up a duty, and he's fulfilling it. That includes being a symbol, and as such getting attacked for the past and present wrongs of Britain, Australia, etc. Still doesn't make him responsible, though, in precisely the same way that Bugs Bunny is not responsible for the acts of the board of Warner Brothers.

The kingdom is 2.210.403km^2^, it's huge, 12th largest state in the world, larger than Saudi Arabia or Mexico. Most of it is Greenland though and it's going to be difficult planting forests on glaciers so I think they mean metropolitan Denmark.

I'm not saying he deserves anything I'm saying he has no choice but to be the king, best he could do is abdicate but that only would put his son in the same position. It's up to Australia to abolish the monarchy, not House Windsor.

Without Swan Lake, how can there be putsch in Kremlin? Truly, genius move.

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