AIBU to think Harry and Meghan are taking the piss?

[ohymygodbethenny]

How are people not more outraged? And no, tourists do not visit the UK specifically because of the royal family.

"This year, 320,000 people were recorded as homeless in Britain"

@Nannewnannew, you are wrong that a woman born in 1955 receives her pension at age 65.

I was born in 1954 and I won't receive my pension until 2 months before my 66th birthday

There wasn't an increase in funding, people just like to froth!

If you don’t have a problem with this when we have 340,000 homeless people there is something wrong with you.

Think about where the money has gone before you rage about it. It will have paid the wages of the people doing the work, the wages of the people who supplied and made the materials used, the wages of the people who designed, planned, approved the work, etc etc

What a stupid argument. Ok well the tax payer can build me a £2.4 million home then? I mean it will have paid the wages of the people doing the work, the wages of the people who supplied and made the materials used, the wages of the people who designed, planned, approved the work, etc etc.

"Separate accounts show the Crown Estate provided a record £343.5m to the Treasury in 2018-19, up 4.3% on last year."

Doesnt this mean the royals paid in 343 million to tax man?

My point was that people seem to think the money was wasted. It wasn't. It went into helping the local economy. The royals had that money anyway - better to pay local tradespeople and companies than to spend it flying around the world on trips to meet people in the commonwealth, or whatever else they do.

If you don’t have a problem with this when we have 340,000 homeless people there is something wrong with you

THIS MONEY WAS NEVER GOING TO SPENT ON HELPING PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY.

Harry and Meghan are not stealing money from homeless people. The Crown (meaning the state) receives x amount of money per year from the taxpayer which goes towards the upkeep of buildings like Buckingham Palace. If it's not spend, it goes into "savings" to be spent in future years. It's not money that was ever intended to be spent on anything else.

If you don’t have a problem with this when we have 340,000 homeless people there is something wrong with you

THIS MONEY WAS NEVER GOING TO SPENT ON HELPING PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY.

YES - BUT IT SHOULD BE!!!

YES - BUT IT SHOULD BE!!!

I've never said it shouldn't, I've said complaining about Harry and Meghan getting 2% of that money towards their house is a total waste of time and energy. All it does it distract from the real problem, which is people live in poverty in the UK when they absolutely shouldn't do.

But there are always going to be families with wealth - you're never going to create a society where everyone has the same.

So it cost's everyone in the UK £1.24 to keep the Royal family in a life style we can only dream about, people say they bring in a lot of tourist who spend a lot if money which is good for the economy where does the money go, it's not spent on helping the poor and the needy because they are getting less and less to live on, Frogmore is owned by the crown estates at the moment its Harry and Meghan's home for the foreseeable future so they should pay for there own restorations, we are hearing that Harry and Meghan are planning to live in South Africa for 5 mths of the year, Guess who'll be paying for that it certainly won't be the South African Government

“Yes but it should be”

Ok, how do you propose we distribute the money to these homeless?

I'd rather pay £1.24 a year than live my life in the public eye like that - irregardless of the supposed "luxury" they have.

I'm glad i don't pay tax, the country obviously doesn't need it when the royals get such high benefits.

I agree that the Royal Family are all pisstakers and need to be abolished

BUT

anyone who criticises Meghan & Harry while singing the praises of Kate & William, despite the fact Kate also wears expensive clothes, had expensive house renovations and never had a "real job", need to have a good hard think at why they are doing that.

I think people are just annoyed at the extravagance (s) they have been together less than 5 years and have already had a couple of residencies then they were going to live in Africa oh no we are moving to the cottage oh wait we need to renovate the cottage the pair of them seem flakey and entitled and I can see how that is irritating.

I liked Harry& Meghan but they are now becoming annoying as I said he is in danger of mirroring uncle Andrew

@adaline yes there are alway's going to be wealthy people, and your right there's never going to be a society where people are the same. But people should be able to have the basic's in life earning a decent wage, a roof over there head's and not having to chose to heat or eat in the winter, be able to feed there families without having to use food bank's, i'm not talking about car's, holiday's etc, just simply the basic's to live,

Ok, how do you propose we distribute the money to these homeless?

Spend £2.4 million on a hostel?

anyone who criticises Meghan & Harry while singing the praises of Kate & William, despite the fact Kate also wears expensive clothes, had expensive house renovations and never had a "real job", need to have a good hard think at why they are doing that

Kate does not always wear designer, is always recycling clothes, she wore the same outfit to Charlottes Christening as she did to Harry’s wedding. Can you imagine Meghan doing that?

Also they are not equals in terms of their role. Kate is future Queen, Meghan is the wife of Harry who is SIXTH IN LINE. He is no longer the spare. He will be becoming more minor every year George gets older.

@savethecake are you always this mean to women who have given birth to baby's that are a few months old
No certainly not, I've never been "mean" about anyone who's given birth. Why would I?

Of course they should @happyhillock but not spending 2.4million on Harry and Meghan won't change how the homeless live.

If you want to change that, you'd have to overhaul the entire government and the way taxes are distributed. It would also be sensible to make sure big corporations like Starbucks pay their taxes too!

That would be a far better use of time and energy and would actually make a difference to most people's lives.

stirring unrest on MN against the downtrodden masses is having little effect and proving counter productive.

Get a proper job instead.

*Kate does not always wear designer, is always recycling clothes, she wore the same outfit to Charlottes Christening as she did to Harry’s wedding. Can you imagine Meghan doing that?

Also they are not equals in terms of their role. Kate is future Queen, Meghan is the wife of Harry who is SIXTH IN LINE. He is no longer the spare. He will be becoming more minor every year George gets older.*

You're genuinely defending Kate because sometimes she wears the same expensive designer dress TWICE? I'm pretty sure Meghan has also done that. Try wearing the same jacket every day for years like most people have to. I'm pretty sure Meghan paid for all the things she got criticised over with her own money, like the baby shower. Kate definitely did not because she's only worked for about 5 minutes.

This whole lineage thing is ridiculous. Beatrice/Eugenie are way down in lineage and spend loads of money on designer clothes. Eugenie had a fancy wedding in Windsor too. Don't see much criticism of them.

Criticise the whole lot, why Meghan in particular. Kate also goes around ooh-ing and aah-ing at homeless bedsits in Blackpool and going on about the importance of children spending time outdoors, when loads of kids live on rough estates in London.

I don't understand this at all.

I thought the building belongs to the state, its part of the royal palaces estates isn't it? If the couple are using their own money to fund renovations over and above essential maintenance that's a good thing isn't it?

also this money isn't being pocketed by the royals to slosh around in a bank account, it will be paid to British contractors for their work, so its all going back into the economy, via wages and so on. There are so many people getting het up about this today but happily use Amazon/Vodafone and other corporations who avoid paying tax into the economy. Or am I missing the point?