How about we replace them all with an elected President. I'm sure someone like Tony Blair could do a much better job at representing the country abroad. He was very successful at that when he was prime minister
Are you aware the people called the royals you all suck up to, are descendants of the very first King (whether you think its King of Wessex or Ethelstan, as in Edward the Elders Son is debatable ?) who won his crown by stealing, killing and generally having a bigger army than anyone else. The first royal was never appointed by the people, he just took what he wanted by murdering, raping and friggin stealing. So, all you sucker upper'rers are in fact worshiping a highly diluted, with no direct blood line (As they are Greek and German now) bunch of murdering tossers, who take what the fuck they want, when they want....... Worlds biggest benefits family !!! Sack the lot of them :rage:
While im not a fan of the royals - he seems like an ok sort of person, the other one seems to just kinda mosey along through life...while im totally opposed to the sheer amount of wealth they have between themselves (the lot of them) it kinda does give the country a little bit of history which the rest of the paying punters of the world seem to like (the yanks especially) I do however hate prince Andrew...i think in the wiki leaks papers some Yank congressman said pretty well that he was an idiot. Him and prince Andrew were sent to the UAE to flog helicopters and not only did he not sell any he convinced the Saudi's not to by english or american ones either... I think probably hate the hangers on further down the royal food chain more TBH Doesnt someone on here have his old 1098R??
Better that than a bunch of blood sucking tax draining benefits scroungers !!! And before you all give me that bollox about "they make more than they earn" who produces those figures ? Oh yeah, the royals !!
I have heard that said many times, the royals bring in tourism. The country that gets the most tourists in the whole world is France. France does not need to spend a fortune on the royal family and palaces, we have places like Carcassonne and the Pyrenees instead, they are much cheaper to keep.
You may all laugh at the US with Donald Trump, but what you don't see is that the world is laughing at you with Boris Johnson representing your country.
I don’t understand the Brits. I never have. , I just don’t get the national psyche. They’ll rage furiously at the thought of a hard-working Polish plumber grafting his arse off because he’s “stealing our jobs” yet fawn, grovel, bow and scrape at a collection of German-Greek immigrant benefit-scroungers bleeding the country dry. As long, of course, as they’re wearing crowns while they do so. Despite all of Cromwell’s efforts, the British remain a people in love with the Monarchy and their fascination with the interminable minutiae of the Royals’ pampered lives remains a source of endless fascination. They’ll tell you better Mrs Windsor than Mr Blair as head of state, any day of the week. Quite how and why Tony Blair would be the mandatory head of state if we didn’t have a monarchy is something only they know. Why they feel we need a head of state at all, in fact, is a topic you’ll debate at the risk of your sanity. They seem to think, also, that the Windsors are to be thanked for generating every single pound of tourist revenue and that, that justifies their existence. In fact, to the British, it seems as if the Windsors are the constitutional equivalent of the bloody Beatles; every single thing of any merit is to be laid at their door, irrespective of any evidence to the contrary. It’s a nonsense argument, of course. Like all the arguments from toadying monarchists are nonsense. It presupposes that somehow, someway, were we to rid ourselves of this decaying, corrupt, anti-democratic, feudal hangover, people would suddenly cease to visit our septic isle. People come to see the sights, the palaces, the artefacts, and the visible reminders of centuries of history. It’s not as if the Queen, or one of her dysfunctional offspring, pop out onto the lawn at Buck House to pose for photos with Japanese tourists, is it? Rant over :anguished:
As i say, ive got no love for them....but he seems like an ok sort of bloke.... Quite a few years back i used to work just out side of Malmesbury...me and my boss had a tough morning, went to the pub just outside of Malmesbury for some egg and chips....as we parked the car there were 2 blokes in a Range Rover staring at us...my boss mouthed the words "what the fuck are you looking at" to them we got out the car went inside and my boss said to the bar lady "theres 2 dodgy blokes outside in a range rover" turned out it was the rear part of the royals armed escort...the three of them were in drinking about 15 mins before we got there.....thats about as close as ive been...
I was invited to a garden party at Buck house when I was in the RAF. My first question was do I have to wear uniform? The answer was no so I went in civvies and made a point of talking to the chap who's job it was to shine shoes in the bogs, the ladies serving the sandwiches and anyone who was working there. The rest of the brown noses there were just a$$holes in my opinion. My wife then enjoyed it as she was a scrounger who could spend other peoples money too. I got rid of her shortly afterwards.
But they aren't really, are they......? However, it appears the majority of the world's population are descendants of Charlemagne..........
Ah but the reality was probably that he was there to flog himself, which he no doubt did. The helicopter company was only involved to pay his expenses for the trip.
