Why won't Queen Elizabeth step down and allow Prince Charles to be King?

Question

I just can't understand why she wants to reign so long. Her mother gave up the throne when she was still young, so I don't understand why she won't allow Charles to finally be king.

Answer 1

Because chuck is an incompetent wh*re monger.   He can't find his way out of a wet paper bag.

Her mother stepped down because Elizabeth wasn't a complete buffoon.

Answer 2

Oh please, just look at Charles, why would she step down, look toward William, he is the one!!

Answer 3

Oh God, anyone but him! William, Harry, or even yourself -- anyone but ol' Charlie!

Answer 4

She'll be there until she dies.

Answer 5

Her mother never had the throne to give up.  The line of succession went to Elizabeth when her father (the king) died.  A ruling king or queen does not step down, they are there for life.  The last time it happened was when Edward(?) gave up the throne back in the 1930s to marry Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee.  This was a terrible scandal, as giving up the throne is just not done.  I think it has only happened one other time in all of British history.  You rule until you die.

Answer 6

Prince Charles is not her choice due to his life experiences and to her, does not represent her meaning of a correct monarchy.Besides, she wants to beat the record of Queen Victoria in the number of years she has reigned which will be 7 more years, because Queen Vic reigned for 62 years.

Answer 7

Might be in the English Law there's a clause says that; "thy King or Queen shall rule the land til thy die"

Answer 8

She is able and willing, and her mother was only a Queen Consort. She shouldn't be penalized for her longevity. Charles will get his turn.

Answer 9

Why should she do that, is she doing such a bad job?

It seems weak to give it away and shes not feeble.

Answer 10

Time is of the essence,and it's not time.

Answer 11

She does not believe in abdication and he will only ascend to the throne once she passes away. God Save the Queen and long may she reign!

Answer 12

Her mother never had the throne.  Her father did, and EII inherited when he died.  She will be queen until she dies.  If she outlives Charles, then he will get it until he dies.

Answer 13

She can still do that.

Now she is the longest reigning .... so.. why not?

Answer 14

not charles!     and i am american

Answer 15

Historically, there were no records of a British monarch stepping down so the male heir who is next in line could "have a go." I highly doubt Queen Elizabethh II would want go down in history as the first female monarch to abdicate for no legitimate reasons. A monarch is for life, unless they were forced by parliament to abdicate like King Edward III (Queen Elizabeth II's uncle), who chose to abdicate on his own free will rather than give up Mrs. Simpson. Even Queen Elizabeth's own father, King George VI who was very sick towards the end of his reign, still remained a monarch til his deathbed instead of passing the crown to then The Princess Elizabeth, who was also first in line of sucession just like Prince Charles of Wales.

With all that in mind, why would Queen Elizabeth give up her throne when she is still in prefect health at the cripple old age of 81?

Note: The Queen's Mother was never "Queen of the United Kingdom", the British crown was passed onto Elizabeth II by her father, King George VII. The British crown cannot be inherited by the wife, it goes to either their eldest son or eldest daughter if they did not have a male heir.

Answer 16

Would you have Charles in any of your succession plans?

Its called Trust, afterall he is more interested in poking Camilla that being King!

Answer 17

When one becomes a  British monarch,one becomes a monarch FOR LIFE.And her mother did not give up the throne as her mother was only a CONSORT,a wife of a king,which is very different than being a reigning QUEEN REGENT.Queen Elizabeth,the Queen Mother,was the King's consort and not the hereditary ruler of the United Kingdom.Her husband was hereditary ruler,and when he died,his heir,Elizabeth II vowed to serve "all the days of my life'' as the Coronation Oath states.

People who think she ought to abdicate don't understand the nature of the British monarchy,it's an office one is born into and therefore die in it. When the Queen heard that Queen Juliana of the Netherlands was abdicating in favor of her daughter,Elizabeth II replied,"Typical Dutch."

Answer 18

why should she-shes there for many years yet me thinks

Answer 19

because she has more balls than he does. He will never be King His son will get the crown. He has his camilla and she is not a Royal.

Answer 20

Because she knows what an idiot he is ~ look at his inbred father .

Answer 21

Her mother lost her husband and Queen Elizabeth was coronated. Kings and Queens don't usually give up their thrones, as long as she is in good health, she feels free to  reign.  There is also the fact that Charles with his marriage to Camilla, isn't the most popular man in England.  Since he himself isn't any youngster anymore, he could die and then it would go to his eldest son, who is rather unseasoned and unwed.  If that were to happen while the Elizabeth were alive it would be such an unwelcome oddity that I'm sure, they feel its better to let nature take its course.  Elizabeth may be eighty, but her mum lived to a hundred.

Answer 22

That's her job - be Queen until she dies.

She became Queen when her father, the King, died.

Answer 23

Why should she?  She's still in great health, has a sharp mind.  No reason to just quit what she's done for all these years.

Answer 24

Her Mother was married to her father, who died rather young, and Elizabeth assumed the throne--the mother couldn't have served.  I think she both always planned to reign until her death, plus she is so against divorce that she doesn't want a divorced Prince to be King (Charles is also married to a divorcee, which makes it even worse).  I think Charles will be bypassed altogether for Prince William.