[Ammi]

Originally Posted by MTVN

I think it definitely would, if anything I think the amount of tourism that is brought in because of the royal family gets understated. Pretty much all of our main historical landmarks are royal sites and major royal events still attract a huge amount of interest and tourism. The royal wedding gave a big boost to the economy and attracted so many visitors and so much attention, it's often the countries who got rid of their monarchs like Germany, France, Russia etc. who are the most fascinated by ours

The monarchy might be mainly ceremonial these days but it's still so strongly connected with our country's identity and history that you can't really separate it from them, I don't think we will ever abolish it because public support remains strong but it would be a sad day if we did

..yeah, that used to be my thought process as well/that they were beneficial because of tourism but I'm not so sure anymore because I think the history of the monarchy is preserved anyway and tourists would still come to see that...I'm not sure that the current monarchy itself is really necessary, their homes etc are all partially open to the public and that's probably what they come to see/it would just be 'where the monarchy used to live/how they lived' rather than, they live here/spend time here...

...the weddings etc do attract much interest from all over the world and therefore visitors..but when they're often made into public holidays, they also lose a lot of revenue....


..I'm not 'anti-monarchy' as such, I'm just not convinced that we need them so much anymore...thay often seem more 'celebrity-ish..'....