Chinahand Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Get them off the news. They don’t deserve the attention or coverage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 There can't be many left still living a 'public life'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc.fixit Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 but we are all still paying for them! I think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 They are expanding in numbers though? Seem to remember something on the news online the other day about Liz bypassing Charlie for King and passing the crown straight to William too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheldon Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 "Et ses mains ourdiraient les entrailles du prêtre, Au défaut d'un cordon pour étrangler les rois." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Down Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 33 minutes ago, doc.fixit said: but we are all still paying for them! I think? Quite happy to do so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Harry's having none of it. Good lad. Must have a job to go to... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallaDoc Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 I'd be sorry to see the Royal Family abolished, because they are part of British history and tradition, promoting the British brand to the rest of the world, etc. but if the younger royals start playing fast and loose with it, that is where we are heading - it will give ammunition to people who want to abolish the institution altogether. If they are getting money from the public purse they should carry out their public duties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIchard Britten Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 They are a bunch of entitled, free loading, law breaking, kiddy fiddling wasters who are a net drain on the tax payer. Do away with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallaDoc Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 11 hours ago, Sheldon said: "Et ses mains ourdiraient les entrailles du prêtre, Au défaut d'un cordon pour étrangler les rois." Interestingly, he wrote that before the French Revolution. Had he seen the result of it, he might have changed his mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc.fixit Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Never ever had any time for any of them, right from when I was a small boy. I don't suppose they'd have time for me either, even if they had any interest, concern or care for us folk lower down in the elitist's hierarchy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallaDoc Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 The French royal family used to live in the Palace of Versailles until the French Revolution, when they were evicted and guillotined in 1793. The Palace of Versailles is now a tourist attraction, attracting over 7 million visitors per year. Would people like to see the same thing happen to Buckingham Palace (apart from the guillotining bit of course)? There are no right or wrong answers to this - I'm just curious to take an opinion poll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Down Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 1 hour ago, RIchard Britten said: They are a bunch of entitled, free loading, law breaking, kiddy fiddling wasters who are a net drain on the tax payer. Do away with them. To be honest, they don't even know who you are... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIchard Britten Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 2 minutes ago, Neil Down said: To be honest, they don't even know who you are... The French nobility didn't know the name of the populace who cut their head off either, what none point are you trying to make? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 2 hours ago, RIchard Britten said: are a net drain on the tax payer. The annual cost per individual tax payer for the entire royal family is less than a pound. This generally seems to be the biggest gripe about the firm by any 'anti-royalists' and is pretty narrow-minded when you take into context the above. They provide much more than this in return via goodwill, patronages, heritage, tourism etc. It might be a valid point for the 'lesser' Royals, but they are being phased out and Harry seems to be have volunteered for it! The 'senior' Royals do a frankly mind boggling amount of work with engagements, visits etc. No one would really want to do all the visits and small talk that they seem to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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