Quote Originally Posted by rasoforos
I have to agree with Jag. I dislike monarchies. I cant understand why taxpayers have to pay good money so a selected few wont have to even bother to scratch their own arse. Its just silly and it doesnt do justice to the country.
As previously:
The Crown Estates, Her Majesty's private property, earns about £175 million a year. All of this money goes to the Government. Her Majesty and their Royal Highnesses cost the British Taxpayer much less than £175 million. Hence, Her Majesty provides money for the british people reaching into hundreds of millions of pounds per annum.

And they are not even British anyway. So its not like they are guardians of any great tradition...
They have been of born in this country since Queen Victoria (her children, not herself). If someones family is resident in a country for over 150 years, they are generally considered to be of that country