We should all be thankful for the 2 billion a year the royal family earn us

[Itsgonnabeacoldone]

www.express.co.uk/news/uk/881710/Royal-Family-monarchy-Queen-Prince-Philip-Prince-William-Prince-Harry

Just that really!

[QuimJongUn]

@SoNouveau @Honeydragon just had this confusion on another thread. MarmaIadeTwatkins is what DH calls DD so I purloined it as new NN, not knowing someone else had it before. Gone back to my old NN now to avoid further confusion.

HQ aren't recycling NNs - I usually replace a letter in a name with a number where possible (habit I got into years ago on other forums). So the 'l' is actually an uppercase i.

Hope that clears it up 😁

[kalinkafoxtrot45]

Tug your own forelock - it's the 21st century and it's ridiculous we're still fawning over this family, purely because their ancestors were more brutal and conniving than anyone else's.

[HotpInkweaselwearinglederhosen]

Oh

[SparkIingbrook]

Well this could lead to problems

[HuIIlyGully]

Huge ones if anyone used it for evil.

[SoNouveau]

and waves at HulIlyGully

We've missed you m'dear!

[Mitm00]

Heh

[JudgeFIounce]

NOW we’re talking

I’ll stop it now before the comes out

[HopeClearwater]

because they belong to the Windsor family no matter if they keep their royal status or not

They don’t have to. If you were living on the A40 road out of London some years ago then you might be well aware of something called a compulsory purchase order ... if we drop the monarchy and become a republic we can claw back all the land we like. We just have to pass an Act of Parliament to do it. It would please me no end to see Charles without his bloody Duchy of Cornwall land, his stupid ‘model village’ vanity project Poundbury and overpriced Duchy Originals line of rip-off food

[guest2013]

As a foreigner here I like the monarchy. The queen sells the country across the globe. It gives Britain a uniqueness and people abroad lap up all the royal news, despite what you might think it's a huge selling point both for tourism and trading.
You wouldn't see the pennies it costs to keep them going if it was scrapped. They do work and I wouldn't want their lives where nothing is private and they have no real spontaneous life. I honestly think as an outside perspective abolishing the monarchy would just cause further brexit type embarrassment globally.

[ForalltheSaints]

I think that the alternative of President Blair or someone such as Boris Johnson would be so much worse.

[DonutCone]

Fuck. Off. I'll never be anything other than enraged that we pay for those spongers to live in a palace. They don't do anything. Nothing at all that contributes anything to society. All their ribbon cutting crap is just to perpetuate their own existence. It is all totally pointless.

[QuimJongUn]

I think that the alternative of President Blair or someone such as Boris Johnson would be so much worse

But if you thought that, you could vote them out.

[DonutCone]

Exactly!!! You know, what with it being a democracy not a life long autocracy and all I honestly despair with some people.

[logicalmum]

The royals bring fuck all in, they cost us an absolute fortune. I never have and never will believe they bring in the tourists. I do believe we'd get more tourists if they were gone. The obscene amount they're given off the profits of the "royal estates" would all immediately revert back to the UK if they weren't here. They're an embarrassment to our country that is keen to promote a fair and equal society.

[DonutCone]

We could open up their shitty palaces and have tourists look in their bedrooms. That would actually make money.

They are freeloaders. Pure and simple. Unelected, unqualified freeloaders. How much are we, the taxpayer, paying for Camilla to get police protection? How can that be justified?

[logicalmum]

Why does it always have to be "president Blair", if we didn't have a monarchy we could end up with someone like Charles as president. Oh hang on, we're getting him as king. What did he have to do to earn such prestige? Hmm, well just be born.

Instead of people going on about "president Blair" why not try and envisage a republic rather like Ireland, they get by fine with their presidents, and a hell of a lot cheaper than a monarchy too, and the great thing is....they get to vote them out if they're crap.

[DonutCone]

It's always President Blair as that's everyone's worst nightmare. It's a pitiful tactic to keep us plebs in line and coughing up.

[Jinglebellhell17]

She earned her place in my heart the day she pretty much wore the EU flag 😬. I do actually think it’s a good system. Having someone who isn’t elected but is a sort of mentor and has no real power is valuable. She’s had a dozen or so prime ministers. She has experience and insights that no one else will.

[logicalmum]

guest lots of foreigners love our monarchy, they don't have to pay for them.
Nonsense to say the queen "sells" our country across the globe. Our standing in the world shouldn't be reliant on a super privileged "queen" who belongs from an era that has no place in our more enlightened times. We would be taken far more seriously if we didn't depend on a family of rich over privileged toffs to do business with.

[guest2013]

uk.businessinsider.com/5-reasons-the-monarchy-is-good-for-the-uk-economy/#-4

[Viviennemary]

I do not approve of the concept of a 'royal family'. A modern democracy should have an elected Head of State. People are saying they don't want Boris or Jezza but that's the whole point there should be a choice. And all this Royal Family earning billions for the country. It's all smoke and mirrors and doesn't fool me for an instant.

Begging bowl out for Buck House refurbishment and yet squillions stacked away in offshore accounts while the country uses foodbanks for the poorest. How can this be tolerated. Queen pays no income tax and no inheritance duties will be due on her estate. It's the greatest con of modern times.

[PiffleandWiffle]

We could open up their shitty palaces and have tourists look in their bedrooms.

Hang on - I thought you were going to put the poor in those bedrooms?

It's all smoke and mirrors and doesn't fool me for an instant.

Mmm, you do seem pretty sharp!

Luckily, none of you will ever have a say on the matter!! So you can sit there drawing moustaches on your fivers to your hearts content - they're here to stay & will be waving at people from Gold Carriages long after you've choked on your own bile!!!

[Want2bSupermum]

Prince Charles is given a very rough time and hasn't done himself any favours over his extramarital affair. However I do appreciate his opinion on the environment. I see him as being very forward thinking and I appreciate the time he has spent learning about spirituality, the environment and Britains position in the world. I think it would be a shame to not have him as King as our politicians could do with some humanity.

I do think Princes William/Harry and Duchess of Cambridge could do more. Yes they have a young family but you can't expect the benefits without putting in more work for charity. I thought Princess Diana took on too much but DofC could both take on more.

[PiffleandWiffle]

I'll never be anything other than enraged that we pay for those spongers to live in a palace. They don't do anything. Nothing at all that contributes anything to society.

Funnily enough, that was my argument against "re-purposing" the palaces to Social Housing.....