If you think your job is worthless...

[Major Nikon]

[guillaumeb]

1. How much does it pay?

Is there an application process?

[Major Nikon]

2. I'm pretty sure nepotism is involved

[NNadir]

5. The British Monarchy is of course, the ultimate in nepotism.

Of course many historical and current monarchies are defined as such; including the Kim Monarchy in North Korea, and the organized crime family in the White House today.

[Generic Brad]

3. He could kick Charles' ass

(If he had to).

[Wolf Frankula]

4. When the new Sovereign is crowned, the Champion throws down his gauntlet

and makes a challenge. What would happen if somebody rides up on a horse, in armor and takes up the gauntlet and challenge?

Wolf

[jpak]

6. What happens?

Whoopass Royale

yup

[jmowreader]

8. Any challenger is required to engage in mortal combat with the Champion

They've changed it a little since the old days. Now the Champion carries the Royal Standard in the Coronation Procession.

BTW the current Champion, one Francis John Fane Marmion Dymoke, is a chartered accountant. He probably wishes the Champion still engaged in mortal combat on occasion; chartered accountancy is not the most exciting of professions.

[Farmer-Rick]

7. She also has a hand washer.

These are inherited jobs because....well....that's how feudalism rolls.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

9. I'm going to guess that very little of these

archaic things will change when Charles is king, but William? While he, Kate, and the kids won't exactly move into Council housing, I suspect that a many, maybe most of these outdated things will go away.