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meatcleaver -> RE: Prince Charles (11/13/2008 12:58:19 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: NorthernGent quote: ORIGINAL: missturbation The royal family are a waste of space. Other than the tourism revenue they create they are useless. Not quite. When the nation was bored with Diana's crying antics on television and wanted her silenced, the queen stepped up to the mark by shooting Diana in the head in a tunnel in Paris. Apart from that, you're absolutely correct. The reason I have little enthusiam for republicans is that all the proof is that when the monarchy is banned, they are usually replaced by a worse bunch of leaches. Apart from that, I've never heard a (British) republican propose a constitution that people believe in. Maybe because people see most prominent republicans as being ambitious for their own advancement and consolidating their own positions in the hierarchy of the country rather like the founding fathers, a Bonaparte or Lenin.

colouredin -> RE: Prince Charles (11/13/2008 1:03:28 AM)
well i like the royal family, they are an institution, the queens speech, sensible william, rascal harry and serious (with a secret ok so not a secret any more but he tried) charles. I wouldnt want them to step down, i know people who adore the royal family.

missturbation -> RE: Prince Charles (11/13/2008 4:36:50 AM)
quote: 'Good value and good quality', said the Keeper of the Privy Purse The Royal Family costs Britons £36m a year, equivalent to 61p per person, new figures on royal spending show. Buckingham Palace's accounts showed that a trip made by Prince Charles to Sri Lanka, Australia and Fiji on a chartered plane cost £300,000. And the Queen got a rebate of over £1m after appealing against the business rate paid on Buckingham Palace. Alan Reid, Keeper of the Privy Purse, said the report highlighted a "value-for-money monarchy". A chartered flight taken by the Duke of York to the Far East to promote UK interests cost just under £125,000. The accounts also detailed a journey made by the Prince of Wales from Aberdeen to Plymouth, Devon, on the royal train that cost almost £45,000. Mr Reid said: "We're not looking to provide the cheapest monarchy. We're looking at one of good value and good quality." http://forums.invisionpower.com/lofiversion/index.php/t175120.html

meatcleaver -> RE: Prince Charles (11/13/2008 4:52:32 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: missturbation quote: 'Good value and good quality', said the Keeper of the Privy Purse The Royal Family costs Britons £36m a year, equivalent to 61p per person, new figures on royal spending show. Buckingham Palace's accounts showed that a trip made by Prince Charles to Sri Lanka, Australia and Fiji on a chartered plane cost £300,000. And the Queen got a rebate of over £1m after appealing against the business rate paid on Buckingham Palace. Alan Reid, Keeper of the Privy Purse, said the report highlighted a "value-for-money monarchy". A chartered flight taken by the Duke of York to the Far East to promote UK interests cost just under £125,000. The accounts also detailed a journey made by the Prince of Wales from Aberdeen to Plymouth, Devon, on the royal train that cost almost £45,000. Mr Reid said: "We're not looking to provide the cheapest monarchy. We're looking at one of good value and good quality." http://forums.invisionpower.com/lofiversion/index.php/t175120.html The rich get just as many tax breaks and priveleges as the monarchy without having to perform any public duties and that won't change with a Republic. Bringing up the public cost of the monarchy is great but why not bring up the costs on the country by tax avoidance and corruption and moral blackmail by the unaccountable rich?

missturbation -> RE: Prince Charles (11/13/2008 4:56:45 AM)
Because my patience for trawling the net for info is limited. I was actually looking for info on how much revenue the royal family bring in from tourism for us but i couldn't find anything. It just amused me the amount of money we spend on these people.

RCdc -> RE: Prince Charles (11/13/2008 5:01:48 AM)
I'm not going to deny the money spent, but do you ever think about the revenue they bring into the UK? (Thats just a general point not aimed at Misst btw) From a tourism POV? About the chariety they support and that they give to? About the profile they exude when promoting causes? How young people benefit from charieties and funding begun by Charles? I pretty much enjoy the royal family. Obviously not all are cool and give out what they get, but then, the whole thing about all the royals being paid for is pretty far fetched. the.dark.

missturbation -> RE: Prince Charles (11/13/2008 5:06:06 AM)
quote: I'm not going to deny the money spent, but do you ever think about the revenue they bring into the UK? *I tried to hunt that info down but couldn't find it.* quote: About the chariety they support and that they give to? About the profile they exude when promoting causes? How young people benefit from charieties and funding begun by Charles? I do but i still can't find a way to tolerate them.

RCdc -> RE: Prince Charles (11/13/2008 5:34:06 AM)
Ergh - post balls up....[:D] Misst - I would believe it hard to pin down. Apart from the revenue the royal buildings bring in, you would have to take into account hotels, merchandise, travel, other stores, public houses and buildings, shows and plays, employment etc too much to even mention here. We may contribute a certain amount, but they have their own and bring infar more than we give on an individual basis. the.dark.

MadAxeman -> RE: Prince Charles (11/13/2008 9:25:20 AM)
Liz is a bit of a crack shot. Dunno why she hasn't slipped a softnose into Philip before. He isn't really an asset to 'The Firm.'

piratecommander -> RE: Prince Charles (11/13/2008 10:12:51 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: missturbation quote: I'm not going to deny the money spent, but do you ever think about the revenue they bring into the UK? *I tried to hunt that info down but couldn't find it.* quote: About the chariety they support and that they give to? About the profile they exude when promoting causes? How young people benefit from charieties and funding begun by Charles? I do but i still can't find a way to tolerate them. misst , it is "possible" that the reason you cant find any info is that facts and figures of that kind "might" be unfavourable to certain "foreign bodies" on these islands.I'm "arguing" that should such figures be available and accurate as well as flattering to "them",there's an unreasonably unfair "fair chance" that such (alleged) figures would have already have been rammed down "ones" proverbial throat. I do not agree with you that we spend money on these people..............they take it and they take it under threat. If you dont pay H.M.R.C. you go to H.M.P

missturbation -> RE: Prince Charles (11/13/2008 10:43:13 AM)
quote: I do not agree with you that we spend money on these people..............they take it and they take it under threat. If you dont pay H.M.R.C. you go to H.M.P Well our various taxes also pay for medical care, firemen, police service, bin men etc etc etc. Is that taken under threat to? Or do you feel differently about those kinds of things your tax money pays for?

piratecommander -> RE: Prince Charles (11/13/2008 11:04:27 AM)
Yes and Yes. Other monies are taken which if you do not pay there's a similar consequence You list several essential services.The key word being essential,like I stated (pythonesque maybe ?) "I didn't vote for him" Clearly I wouldn't.......I don't have the option however.

missturbation -> RE: Prince Charles (11/13/2008 11:31:44 AM)
Well like i said the royal family are intolerable to me. However they do bring a lot of revenue in with tourism etc. So on balance i'd say financially they would probably work out as an advantage. I actually think it is ESSENTIAL that we get all the revenue we can into this country especially in the economic climate right now. If some of that comes from tourists visiting or buying all thing royal, so be it.

missturbation -> RE: Prince Charles (11/13/2008 11:33:02 AM)
Crap i'm ill *feels forehead* Yep i have a temperature. Phew defending the royal family is only down to a moment of fever.

susie -> RE: Prince Charles (11/13/2008 11:58:51 AM)
Prince Charles made an agreement with the government to pay tax on his income from the Duchy of Cornwall. He uses his after tax income to fund his public and charitable work. He has been able to increase the income from the Duchy quite considerably over the time he has been Prince of Wales and has therefore increased the amount of income tax he has contributed. I am not a huge fan of the Royal family in general but I do think that Prince Charles does some amazing work. His Prince's Trust has helped huge amounts of young people.

NorthernGent -> RE: Prince Charles (11/13/2008 12:43:27 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Darcyandthedark I'm not going to deny the money spent, but do you ever think about the revenue they bring into the UK? (Thats just a general point not aimed at Misst btw) From a tourism POV? the.dark. Hmmm..... How on earth can anyone calculate the value derived from monarchy related tourism? For a start, how do you know tourism is due to a residing monarchy rather than the history of this country or palatial grandeur? It's simply too subjective to nail down. Where this is the best 'case', a highly dubious case at that, for the existence of a residing monarchy, then I'd say the monarchists are struggling for a decent argument.

osocurious -> RE: Prince Charles (11/14/2008 4:29:06 PM)
....slips in quietly ... fearfully whispers ... well I like the Royal family and all that they stir slips back out

xBullx -> RE: Prince Charles (11/14/2008 4:40:15 PM)
-fast reply- I'd like to be a Knight.... is that possible? My father is a Duke...

GreedyTop -> RE: Prince Charles (11/14/2008 4:49:54 PM)
hi Bull!! how've ya been?

xBullx -> RE: Prince Charles (11/14/2008 4:55:03 PM)
Hi back at ya Greedy, I've been really good. May the holidays bring you good will and much cheer. I hope that for us all. have a great night, Bull edit due to content and a ps "how's about another bar beertender"

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