Is Charles III a closet republican?

I doubt he's in favour of the UK becoming a Republic; but its fairly likely that he doesn't give a toss about the status of NI. He is basically not allowed actually say that, but he can show it by actions.

You're seriously confusing Unionist and Monarchist.

I would say there's a difference between supporting the Act of Union and supporting the DUP (although the latter would probably disagree with that)

There's scenarios where Northern Ireland gains more independence but remains a monarchy under Charles. I imagine he's happy enough with any of those outcomes provided he's still king

Probably worth also remembering that Elizabeth ended her reign over fewer countries than when she started but nobody threw her off the throne for it.

Could very well be that Charles doesn't care about anywhere else as long as he's King of England (and maybe Wales and Scotland, not sure where his thoughts like there)

What was the remark?

I don't doubt that he's a fan of the republic (of Ireland) if that's what you mean

He isn’t a closet republican.

he and his family live a life of wealth, luxury, opulence and absolute ease and comfort, courtesy of their rank and status, directly as a result of there being a monarchy…

his personal wealth is believed to be well over a hundred million since the passing of his parents and him inheriting a good chunk of that

All he has to do, is pay lip service to things that have become de rigueur such as the environment, mental health and possibly a slimmed down monarchy in time. All that is already happening…

The monarchy is a revenue earner, brought in on average just under 2 billion in revenue before covid, that’s per year.

that said, polls in Britain show that support for the monarchy is on the wain, especially amongst young people, teens, twenties etc don’t care for it… but I think the appetite for doing away with it is quite a ways away.

I do believe that in time it will be ninjad though, just not in my lifetime.

Did he really say that ? 😀. Brilliant. He just went up a notch in my estimation !

Having seen him make fun of Jeffrey Donaldson in front of Michelle O'Neill i think he has no great love for the northern unionists.

"Is the King a monarchist?" sounds like an absurd rhetorical question akin to "is the Pope Catholic". Of course he's not a republican.

The DUP are, as usual, wedded to a badly out of date vision of what society should look like. As a result, things that seem to any normal person as uneventful (talking to the leaders of SF or the President of the EC) are an affront to the DUP. The very idea that they're "controversial" implies that we should be taking the small-mindedness of the DUP as a standard.

I think if you injected King Charles with sodium penathol and asked him, he'd say the UK should renounce the six Counties and Ireland should reunite immediately.

In fact, you probably wouldn't even need the drug.

Charles has been in Ireland way more than his public diary would suggest, he often came privately for holidays with friends he has, mostly in Munster.

He loves it here, for the peace, the privacy, the fact people just leave well known folk alone and that he is treated as just another bloke. Plus he loves the outdoors and nature. Its just like Scotland, but with easier hills and nobody bowing.

He and Michael D are also thick as thieves.

I'd go so far as to say if Charles hadn't been the heir, he'd probably be living in Mountbatten's old house in Classiebawn for donkey's years now.

A large part of British history was always about the Parliament and the Monarch and who can decide and do what. This goes back to the English civil war, the beheading of Charles the 1st, Cromwell, The Restauration and later on the Glorious Revolution of 1688.

The King has no right to impose taxes and impose laws and can also not declare war on anybody, even though he's the monarch.

In a nutshell, he can't do very much, other than represent, nice neutral speeches and wreath laying ceremonies on various occasions such as Remembrance Day.

He doesn't even have a passport, neither a driver's license and only travels overseas if he's invited.

Also, imagine, you're living right in central London and can't go out for a beer to a pub or any other meal on your own, or a movie or a theatre or opera performance.

Didn't he say he'd serve for life?

UK has not (yet) left the ECHR, it's nothing to do with the EU.

No. The hardliner NI Unionists have, as Malcolm Tucker would say, all the charm of a rotting teddy bear by a graveside. They're probably a bit embarrassing to him and his title that the most ardent pro-Monarchy fanatics are head-bangers who hate gays and think the world is about 6 thousand years old. They're obviously clowns and it's a blow to the ego to know you're best supported by clowns.

But he has shown no evidence that he doubts the role of the Monarchy. I think the Monarchy is a complete joke that old British people play on themselves. It doesn't so much harm nowadays though so I say leave them to enjoy it.

That doesn't mean death. In the past, it has been interpreted as loss of possession of the monarch's faculties.

If the soundness of the King's mind was ever in doubt, the Government and the Lord Chamberlain could take a decision, confirmed by an Act of Parliament, to name the Prince of Wales as Prince Regent until the natural death of the King and his own formal accession.

It last occurred when 'Mad' King George III was bypassed in 1811 and his son, later George IV, ruled as Regent until 1820.

Apologies if you're joking. But the OP presumably means to ask if Charles is republican on the quearionnof whether the UK should have a Monarchy or not, whether it should be a Monarchy or a Republic. Not whether NI should belong as part of the UK or ROI.