First a Pope resigns and hands over the keys to the Vatican to another Pope.
Now, Queen Elizabeth seems to be doing close to the same thing.
From The Mirror of London: 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.
One aide said: “This is about passing the baton to the next generation.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/queen-hands-over-reigns-prince-3039892#ixzz2quXF6BMB
Prince Charles has been waiting for mom to bite the dust for many years so he can take over as king.
I'm kind of surprised he didn't push her down the stairs.
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