Dysfunctional family on benefits goes on holiday

[TheFaQQer]

I agree, love the royals some of the lesser ones are a waste of space but for the most part their worth there wieght in gold, especially now we have kate and pippa

Pippa isn't in the royal family.

[Paddy]

I agree, love the royals some of the lesser ones are a waste of space but for the most part their worth there wieght in gold, especially now we have kate and pippa

Such taste as well...

[Mich the Tester]

Pippa isn't in the royal family.

She'll have one or two of them in her before long though.

[Doggy Styles]

Who really gives a sh*t.

I'd rather they made the odd c*ck-up than have an elected head of state like Blair and his cohorts.

[Mich the Tester]

Such taste as well...

Is that some kind of portable fold-down gloryhole?

[NickFitz]

I'd rather they made the odd c*ck-up than have an elected head of state like Blair and his cohorts.

Or an unelected head of state like Cameron and his cronies

[Support Monkey]

Pippa isn't in the royal family.

Course she is, and that arse probably brings in 160mill a year in magazine subcriptions alone

[d000hg]

In which case those Londoners who benefited should pay.

Paris brings in £125,000,000 per year excluding Versailles Palace. Get rid of the monarchy, people will still visit Bucking Palace.

If we only ever did things based on economic sense, we wouldn't have any of these wonderful buildings & landmarks in the first place.

Plus, to the Americans particularly the Royal Family themselves are a big draw for tourism, over and above the fact we have palaces - loads of countries have palaces but fewer have proper royalty in them.

I'd rather have the royals than the 3 jet fighters or 1500 public sector workers they'd be replaced with.

[NickFitz]

If we only ever did things based on economic sense, we wouldn't have any of these wonderful buildings & landmarks in the first place.

Plus, to the Americans particularly the Royal Family themselves are a big draw for tourism, over and above the fact we have palaces - loads of countries have palaces but fewer have proper royalty in them.

I'd rather have the royals than the 3 jet fighters or 1500 public sector workers they'd be replaced with.

So why not do what we did with London Bridge and flog them to the Yanks as a job lot? I'm sure they'll do very nicely in Windsorland Florida.

[northernladuk]

I like the Royal Family.

I don't have a problem with paying for them.

But I don't paying out for the minor royals. The Wessex's are probably making their own way in the world (they have a history of not asking too many questions about things like this).

Totally this. It is the hangers on that spoilt it for me but I think the Royals work pretty hard personally. Didn't Prince Charles attend over 350+ official functions in a year, not bad for someone his age. Just hope he didn't say too much at them though

Without the Royals there would be no empire and nothing to make us any more special than the next small island IMO.