Off Topic Hull City Centre Public Realm Strategy

Bearing in mind no one lives in Versailles I guess it’s an open palace therefore more bangs for you buck or Euro in this case.

 

He lives off his cut of the Privvy Purse, which comes from the British taxpayer.

 

I thought the Privvy Purse came from income generated from Crown land.

Did you mean the Sovereign Grant?

 

So it appears that the Royal Leeches aren't paid by the taxpayer. 2 minutes of research. Just saying.

 

lol so much for Olm's request for no politics.

By the way, some of the royal family have served active duty, so yes they have worked. I wouldn't want their life for all the tea in China personally but I think they are an asset to this country and its history, which, let's face it, tourists love.

 

What ever its called. Andrew takes it even though he was 'retired' from duties.

 

From the published information; he takes his money from the Privvy Purse, not the Sovereign Grant. This isn't taxpayers money as you claimed. He is still a nonce **** though.

I, as others have stated, am no Royalist, but if it's the choice of the Monarchy or an elected Head, would rather stick with the Monarchy, even with all the flaws.

The British public have proven that they contain a large proportion of absolute ****wits in the last 10 years. We could and would do a hell of a lot worse.

 

It's all smoke & mirrors.

 

The Crown Estate is land stolen from the UK in the Norman conquest, so by rights the income does come from the taxpayer, albeit by the long way round, I used to be a Royalist but since the press decided to actually report on the disgusting way they behave and still have servants in the 21st century, it’s time for them to go.
Oh and just watching on the news of the first event in the Queens celebrations, it’s showjumping from Windsor, you know that “sport” we all like to do on a weekend, if your very wealthy obviously.

 

Fair point, not wishing to Labour the point, but republics like France and US have far more tourists than the UK. Just saying like. Positively my final input on this thread.

 

The Norman Conquest??? How far do you have to go back to make a point. Pretty sure the UK nicked plenty of stuff during the empire as did most European countries.

 

Liz is 96 and suffering the signs of her age, but the rules mean that she's not allowed to retire, so is still working a 40hour plus week until she pops her clogs, or gets too ill to function.

Some ****ing privilege.

As an aside, I know some people that are involved in horse jumping, and they're not what most people would describe as wealthy.

What's a servant? Someone paid by someone else to carry out a task? Doesn't that fit so many other categories, where we are either servants, or have them ourselves?

A lot of the comments smack of envy, yet those same people don't seem to want to look down from their own position.

If you're happy with what you've got, be happy. If you're not happy, change it. Pulling someone else down will not raise you up.

Give me the strength to change the things I can change, the grace to accept the things I can't, and the wisdom to know the difference.

 

There’s a huge amount of farmland, the Queen is the biggest farmer in the UK, our country used the Fuedal system, which allowed the King to give, GIVE, land to his mates who then rented it to farmers to grow crops to keep the country alive, That’s how this country works, the immensely wealthy rule over us.

 

Oh we did, my point is that in this day and age, the idea of a family who have never had to work for a living, live in massive palaces employing servants, shag under age girls, get mummy to pay the accusers off to the tune of £12m , which makes mummy basically a pimp, while millions in this country are in food and fuel poverty, fairly disgusting.

 

Most of us do not see them like that, certainly not the Queen and not William, I'm happy to say congratulations on your 70 years on the throne your Majesty, GSTQ.

 

The French seem to ok as a Republic, much better than the American, and because the French have had a Royal family, they still maintain all the palaces which we could do here, I would love to have a weekend at Windsor castle as a tourist, and I’m sure millions of other people would.
Off with their heads.