Trooping the colour booing

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AIBU to think this was well deserved?

Kate can glower at people as much as she wants but the monarchy is a rotten institution and people are getting more and more annoyed by it

While I wouldn't go myself, our neighbours-who love all monarchy events-are second generation immigrants, and say they feel very welcome. No doubt they will be angry about the nastiness. They are Muslim, so those who say only white Christians are pro-Royal are wrong. The thing I do agree with is that at least we don't have a president.

I think that's what's called a 'straw man argument', which would waste my time to engage with!

If their parents want to put them in the public eye in full awareness that there's a growing republican movement in the country they'll have to accept that people are going to express an opinion in front of them.

And expressing that opinion doesn't make them spiteful cunts.

So the answer is you’re fine with it, for some reason

It’ll be interesting if they do bring the children again next year or to other events where the children will be near the public (who haven’t been vetted and controlled in advance).

Bur perhaps those who strongly support the children being used for good PR for the royals on the grounds the Wales children need to learn how to be working royals will think it’s important they also learn a significant part of the country hate them.

People would continue to visit the tourist sites whether the RF existed or not. Its like going to France and seeing the Eiffle tower

I'm in!

If Kate doesn't like people booing her kids, she and her husband are free to resign. They're absolutely filthy rich, like pigs in shit. But you'd have to drag them kicking and screaming away from the excessive privileges and billions rolling in from the Duchies. Whilst I can understand (to some small extent) that people would choose a monarch over a president, I cannot comprehend the fawning, devotion and adulation that this particular set of humans seems to command. They're the ultimate self preservationists and rotten to the core and have been for centuries.

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

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.

Why are you calling them "the great unwashed"?

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.

Genuinely such a vile thing to say.

What else should I call bullies booing children?

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

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.

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

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.

Anyone who uses that phrase is a raging snob!

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

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.

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

Can you tell where you are from?

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 😂