The Royals
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I've never understood how, in this day and age, we can have something as stupidly elitist as a royal family.
The past year or so has only set that in concrete for me. It's madness. They're not special. They're a bunch of embarrassing ****s.
That would make Boris Johnson head of state.
Its the institution not the individual that is important. Bad eggs have been thrown up from time to time but it doesn't mean that the whole thing is bad. They're an integral part of our national identity, are a large part of the reason that people visit the UK, and, for many people, are a focal point of national unity. Charles has got the right idea though, it needs slimming down.
The monachy should be paired down, along with the top heavy Honours list, what a joke that is. How many Baronesses do we need ffs. Its ridiculous and so expensive we need a tourist industry just to supply the palaces they reside in with cheap liquor.
no it's not you've just been brought up to think that. The tourism they bring would become history tourism and wouldn't be affected. There are no Cesar's left in Rome but people still visit
You've just been brought up to think they're bad.
All of my family especially the female side all loved the Royals, blinded by the glamour, I have never attended a banquet, but have met three of the Queens children, they were the personification of spoiled brats surrounded and supported by sycophants.
Like I said, its the institution not the individual that's important. I know a few people who have had direct encounters of varying kinds with various member of the Royal family, including the Queen, and while the reports are mixed they are generally favourable.
Didn’t the grand old duke of York have 10,000 men? Maybe with that support he could be on the board at Sunderland….
What? The institution and the individual? Yes. That's a large part of the reason for the "never complain, never explain" protocol.
Yes he did, but like CM , they were a sorry sight when the crossed the bar, into the haven of Sunderland.
Jargon is your speciality as is swimming against the tide or is it just looking for arguments ?
He's never going to be head of state so it's an irrelevant question