Trooping the colour booing

That doesn’t make it any better.

I thought Kate glowering was actually the single most interesting thing she’s done since she joined that pointless lot.

She’s usually so Stepford, it was nice to see.

There is something queasy about them being trotted out for the great unwashed to bow and scrape to.

I believe it has historical roots

Booing republicans remind me of those insufferable people who know the cost of everything and the value of nothing. YABU,

You are really comparing a rich upper class privileged family with institutional organisations? OK.

I would love the privilege of not paying IHT, if nothing else!

No one was shouting abuse directly at the children.

I thought it was marvellous. I’d not do it as I’m largely too ambivalent to protest, much as I’m a republican and hate the lot of them. I thought it was great their voices were really heard this time. The utter ludicrousness of these people parading through the streets in carriages. Bring on the boos!

A member of this group Republic asked Charles about Andrew. Not long after Charles made the big Mountbatten-Windsor statement. If the Royals only surround themselves with sycophants they will never know what the public feel about the monarchy paying an enormous sum to Virginia Giuffre, sitting on the Epstein emails for 6 years, etc. The Not My King movement is entirely peaceful and just chant and hold up banners. They are repeatedly moved and shut down by the police.

Do you believe in freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, what say you?

I don't agree with booing small kids (although booing itself is a non threatening gesture imo)
I couldn't think of anything worse than travelling to London to boo at people who have no meaning in my life, and who I will never give any fucks about 🤷🏻‍♀️
But my 'King', yeah, in name only.
I would never vote for these people, given the opportunity.
Obviously 🤫 don't tell anyone on the Royal Family site, I'll be lynched 😂

Can you tell where you are from?

The people in other countries 'find in fascinating' for reasons other than you think.

As someone not from these parts, I look on this stuff with great bemusement. It is absolutely bonkers to defend, bow and scrape to ostentatious, protected inherited wealth like this. It really is a cult and posters on this thread are proving that in bucketloads.

You are missing the point entirely
People visit because we have a royal family as well as our heritage

Having lived abroad in several countries people find it fascinating.

but if you have figures from a non biased source that prove that massive financial plus wouldn’t drop it would be an interesting read

Anyone who uses that phrase is a raging snob!

I think those are all fair and good things to expect of the institution.
“Not my king” makes it sound like the sole issue is with the head of state being unelected. Which I'm no longer sure is the worst arrangement a nation can have.

It also reminds me too much of US protests and makes me suspicious the protestors are just very online types who don't understand the differences between the two places.

Quite. If anything it’s monarchists who are living in the past, clinging to an outdated institution with increasingly little relevance to modern life.

cretins? For expressing an opinion?

FFS. Do you think any of the royal palaces have been clad with cheap combustible material? Material that was banned in other countries and should not have been used here either, but was used because it was cheap, cheap, cheap and it was being put up on the little people's housing so what did it matter.

If they don't want their children to encounter legitimate protest, then they can leave them at home.

What else should I call bullies booing children?

For anyone interested, highly recommend these books by respected authors Norman Baker and Andrew Lownie respectively.

Norman Baker broke ranks from being a Minister of State and Privy Counsellor to analyse the role that royals play in society.

Andrew Lownie is a historian and author who rigorously researched and had to submit rather a lot of Freedom of Information requests at considerable personal cost.

Why are you calling them "the great unwashed"?

I love how royalists think they're better than republicans but neither are right or wrong.

Everyone has different views. I don't agree with the royal family but others think their the greatest thing to walk the earth. The hero worship of a family by default of birth is weird in the 21st century. The fawning over Kate is really weird, royalists post things about her being absolutely stunning and a great future queen when they have no idea what she thinks or what she'll be like but hey she looks good in expensive frocks so she'll be a great future queen!

At least a president can be voted out, we're stuck with a king or queen whether we agree with them or not.

No but I wouldn't parade mine about like that in the first place