UK: Do we even need a Royal family?

[Thermal]

Personally I'd prefer the Royals any day of the week to Brown and his corrupt little party. I'd rather be ruled by a real bunch of stinking rich toffs than a bunch of aspiring to be ones.

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[Furunculus]

Originally Posted by Caraveloto View Post
"Personally I'd prefer the Royals any day of the week to Brown and his corrupt little party. I'd rather be ruled by a real bunch of stinking rich toffs than a bunch of aspiring to be ones."

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thirded.

[Incongruous]

thirded.

Ummm...

Fourthded?

Huzzah!!!

[rasoforos]

What is the point of feeding and pampering one single family in the most extravagant way?

We are facing a recession. People lose their jobs, their houses. People go hungry.

Instead of spending money to make the Queens royal behind fatter we could use the money to save several families.

We kicked our own monarchs out by the way. They weren't even Greek (Germans and they never bothered to marry a local 'native' :P ) anyway and in any case a king in the country that gave birth to democracy is an insult.






The only form of Royal Pampering I approve is the one where you provide a person or royal blood with food,drink and women beyond his wildest dreams for a year and you sacrifice him to your Gods at the end of the year. It brings good luck and ensures a good harvest

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Instead of spending money to make the Queens royal behind fatter we could use the money to save several families.

Ask yourself two questions:

1) How much money does having a Royal Family bring in tourist and media revenue?
2) How much of the money that the Queen uses (and that her family uses, for that matter) is her own money?

[rasoforos]

Ask yourself two questions:

1) How much money does having a Royal Family bring in tourist and media revenue?
2) How much of the money that the Queen uses (and that her family uses, for that matter) is her own money?

1. In my country? 0.00 euros

(In the case of the UK the Royals can still create touristic revenue without spending money on them. They ll just need to cut down on having 10 butlers each and will have to eat less cucumber sandwiches)

2. Her own money? Money originating from public property that remained under her control for no good reason you mean?

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

What is the point of feeding and pampering one single family in the most extravagant way?

We are facing a recession. People lose their jobs, their houses. People go hungry.

Instead of spending money to make the Queens royal behind fatter we could use the money to save several families.

We kicked our own monarchs out by the way. They weren't even Greek (Germans and they never bothered to marry a local 'native' :P ) anyway and in any case a king in the country that gave birth to democracy is an insult.

The only form of Royal Pampering I approve is the one where you provide a person or royal blood with food,drink and women beyond his wildest dreams for a year and you sacrifice him to your Gods at the end of the year. It brings good luck and ensures a good harvest

Your Royal Family was Danish.

1. In my country? 0.00 euros

(In the case of the UK the Royals can still create touristic revenue without spending money on them. They ll just need to cut down on having 10 butlers each and will have to eat less cucumber sandwiches)

The Royals are actually quite cheep all in all, they have a smaller staff than many presidents and their landed holding mean that they are very rich, which makes them largely self supporting

2. Her own money? Money originating from public property that remained under her control for no good reason you mean?

No, the money and property which she inherrited from her father, unless of course you believe that the state should take everything from you when you die.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Is an Ekatarinburg solution required?

[InsaneApache]

By jingo man, we don't shoot down our royals, it's just not cricket old bean. No, we rather they lost their head. Much more fun.