@Coctaanatis: Affirmative. I figured from the outset it was going to be, and that's wasn't figuring on cancer or other illness, just his age and mileage. When his only son winds up taking the crown, that will be a circus. I mean for serious. The UK hasn't had a young monarch for a long time, and the world has changed enormously. In particular, republicanism has risen a lot and not only in the Isles.