Father’s Day photo

[Mylovelygreendress]

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If you read it again - I referenced mean minded comments over the 17 pages of this thread; not specifically aimed at you, altho this is the second time in about an hour when you've taken my posts to be personal to you.

As you're clearly spoiling for a fight and determined to get annoyed, I'm not engaging with you any further.

@smilesy fellow carer here.

I understand Republicanism as a valid belief, I really do. However, if anyone thinks the entire RF suddenly being teleported to Planet Posh and leaving behind every single thing they own would improve living standards for the people of this country, I'd say they were very naive.

I'm amused that someone who earns enough to pay 40% tax is feeling sour because their £1.50 per year contribution isn't giving them value for money. If you think they're not good value then don't look too closely at where the rest of your tax goes; you'll be bloody furious.

Anyway, I think it's a nice photo. It demonstrates a close and loving relationship between them all.

No, I’m simply answering the complaint you addressed to me. I can’t see where anyone has prevented you from expressing your opinion.

If you're not aiming your comments at me, this would be clearer if you didn't include my posts in quotes/bold. However, I agree there's nothing to be gained by further engagement because we clearly have very different opinions on this topic, so I wish you a good afternoon.

I think it's a lovely photo

Happily I’m no fool and am quite content having a Royal Family.

To the best of my knowledge I have not heard the RF saying they have taken any person for a fool.

One person here has suggested it though.

Oh. And I am ex forces. A carer. Someone who also takes tax payers money so I can provide a service that most have something to say about yet seem really reluctant to walk in my shoes for a bit.

Folk are entitled to their opinions. There is far worse wrong with this country than the RF. I’m assuming my taxes go on a lot of things I would happily opt out of.

But I don’t have the bitterness or the energy to argue with those, as said above, who are spoiling for a fight and dressing up their insults like they think we can’t see them.

Folk don’t like the photo then fine.

But as I’ve said above, imagine being so bitter that you feel you have to be negative about a photo, celebrating love, when it has cost you the sum amount of fuck all.

You do know that you don’t have to announce your departure ?

It never fails to amaze me the number of people who come onto the RF board to say how much they dislike and disagree with the RF .
Why bother ? Obviously it’s up to individuals what they contribute to but i can’t imagine going into a board about horses ( for example) and say that I dislike horses and can’t imagine why anyone likes them.

@Mylovelygreendress

I’m fond of those who announce departures. As well as those who close down arguments wishing people well.

It has such a comforting air of familiarity don’t you think?

I'm not departing, sorry to disappoint! I'm agreeing, at another poster's suggestion, not to engage further with that poster.

Ah, it would be a boring place though and I do think it’s the right one for the discussion.

It’s just odd to think everyone must and should have the same opinions. Even more so when it’s just a photo.

When James Bond went into the Queen's office I thought it was that impersonation lady to begin with, and then it was, "Wow, it IS the Queen."

Air is such a precious resource. As is time.

Like most precious resources, I don’t tend to waste them if it can be helped.

It serves me well.

What a great sense of humor.

🥰
(and The Queen looks good too😉)

And just to add that the Waleses aren't funded by the taxpayer. The are funded by the Duchy of Cornwall (& were when Charles was POW and paid for their expenses).

Nice shop!

https://www.duchyofcornwallnursery.co.uk/shop

Absolutely right. It was headline news all over the US--on all the morning shows, discussed even on the hard news, reported in every major news outlet, even reported on my local news. Charles, Camilla, Kate and William are global hyperstars in a way that I don't think people in the UK quite grasp. There is no amount of money that you can pay for that kind of promotion of Brand UK.

Was this post meant for one of the VAT on school fees threads?!

They do get some money from the Sovereign Grant - but it’s only used for specific engagement expenses. So the money from the tax payer is only used if they are on an official engagement.

Which is why it’s silly adding up the work days of any royal individual and saying the tax payer is paying for them to sit at home.

The SG can also be reduced if there’s too much excess left at the end of the year. There’s a government department that audits the books to check what was spent on what.

As I said, I don't have children, so have no active part in the VAT on school fees argument. For the little it's worth, I agree with VAT on private school fees.

Lovely @PracticallyYesterday good for you. Just so you know, there’s loads of threads on it if you want to go and share your wisdom there instead, maybe a better place for you to echo chamber. Or start your own thread on tax, cost of the monarchy etc. This thread is for discussing a lovely family photo.

But why is that inherently a good thing? I don't particularly want to be associated with a 'Brand' that is built on the Royal Family, and I particularly deplore celebrity 'hyperstar' culture in whatever form it takes.

You were the one to bring VAT on private school fees into the thread - not me.