[smudgie]

They are a great asset to the country.
Just a bit fed up of all the hype of this wedding.
Probably watch some of it still

[kirklancaster]

We ALL support them - through our taxes.

[Black Dagger]

Take them or leave them. This wedding talk has bored me ****less tho.

[Maru]

Originally Posted by kirklancaster

We ALL support them - through our taxes.

[Maru]

I would support them... govt supports a lot of supposedly "useless" things actually... like historical buildings, DC tourist industry, national parks, museums, the Public Broadcasting Network... I'm sure there's a lot more horrible govt waste I can find in that that dumpster fire...

At least your family, you can ask them to do diplomatic/political work on your country's behalf. It also generates additional income for your country in the way of tourism and keeps your newspapers happy, creates jobs, and employs a lot of people actually... and it keeps people actively interested in your history and keeps your country relevant in affairs. Since these "useless" things often are help you to promote your country, bolster the moral of your countrymen.... are actually must haves in a first world country as a "resume" to your relevance of your culture and deep wealth of collective knowledge and history.

There are a lot of things that govt often supports that can be deemed a giant money pits... but their actual value isn't in the income they generate, but rather are job generators (so helps the economy), enables the staff to conduct research/keep statistics if it's a geological site for example and shows the country is not only interested in those fields, but has put money into them...

Another example, one that is not as obvious.. in Baltimore, my husband used to work at a historical building (one of the few that didn't burn down)... anyway, it had a bank in it. They didn't generate much in the way of loans or customers in having it in that location... peddlers lived on that block and so they were harassed walking in and out, so a lot of customers didn't like going there either... in fact, it was a money pit all the way around. What made it "profitable", was that by having a certain amount of locations in "low income" or "urban areas", they were able to qualify for a major kickback from the govt... so actually, keeping it open did make them a lot of money... but you could say it was a money pit as far as the govt was concerned. My husband used to take people upstairs, including kids on a field trip... he would show them the old vault (like the classic ones with the heavy round doors, etc)... so he worked on the side as a museum worker, but doubled as a security guard... was kind of ironic in retrospect ("... and here's the vault where all the money goes!"), but he took the initiative, the mgrs loved it and the kids and tourists learned more about the history of that time period.... it had a big dome at the top, marble pillars and a very high ceiling, gold-plated. The "conference" room was the employee lounge, and the door was kind of hidden... felt like a mob boss sitting at the end of this old expensive very heavy table eating my donuts while surrounded by period elaborate wood paneled walls and guilded age era-stuff all over the place... I'm sure they got some sort of kickback for keeping that property maintained... but it was way over the top for a simple bank.

[user104658]

No and never. I have nothing against most of them individually, but I'm completely opposed to the very concept of "superior bloodlines", and there absolutely is still an impression in many circles that they are somehow "better folks" than anyone else. They may well now be little more than obscenely rich reality stars, that sounds pretty accurate, but they're still a symbol of elitism that's designed from the ground up to "keep average Joe in his place".

Its not worth the tradeoff.

[Cal.]

Only Lady Di, Will, Kate and Harry!

[waterhog]

its not a yes or no - the life runs by the queen and it will never bite the dust.

[Mystic Mock]

I'm a bit weird tbh in the sense of I don't love or hate the Royal Family, they're a bit meh for me which I know that most people normally tend to fall into one of the other camps instead of my meh feeling towards them.

I do get annoyed at how the Media make a bigger deal out of a Wedding though.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Brother Leon

Other- I don’t give a **** about them. Harry is the only Royal I probably think is cool enough to care about abit.

If Harry was King I'd probably be more passionate about them.

[Livia]

Do You Support The Monarchy threads are a bit like How Old Are You threads and What Do You Do For A Living threads inasmuch that they come round every year or so. And I always say the same thing... The Royals bring in more than they cost. They are patrons of loads of charities, they contribute to international trade with diplomatic visits and by receiving foreign guests here. They are also major employers and The Prince's Trust has such an impact on young people and gets so little credit that people underestimate the work it does... and I've not even mentioned Tourism yet.

[Glenn.]

The Royal tourism makes about Ł500m a year and a quick google tells me that it costs each taxpayer 65p a year to 'pay for them'

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Livia

Do You Support The Monarchy threads are a bit like How Old Are You threads and What Do You Do For A Living threads inasmuch that they come round every year or so. And I always say the same thing... The Royals bring in more than they cost. They are patrons of loads of charities, they contribute to international trade with diplomatic visits and by receiving foreign guests here. They are also major employers and The Prince's Trust has such an impact on young people and gets so little credit that people underestimate the work it does... and I've not even mentioned Tourism yet.

Countryfile is covering the Queens farms starting in Windsor tonight BBC1 7pm, people are quick to forget how much employment they create

[Kazanne]

I don't mind them,I know we pay a lot out to them but they also generate a lot back in tourism etc, I am not envious of them in anyway,quite like the younger ones,but the media don't half go on about them,which can be annoying.

[TomC]

Originally Posted by Glenn.

The Royal tourism makes about Ł500m a year and a quick google tells me that it costs each taxpayer 65p a year to 'pay for them'

All that money goes to the government either way though so you can't really compare those figures.

[reece(:]

Don't really care

[Glenn.]

Originally Posted by TomC

All that money goes to the government either way though so you can't really compare those figures.

I don’t see what people have a problem with then.

[Firewire]

Love Meghan. But otherwise, no.

[waterhog]

I live for the queen. George is my number 2.