Dysfunctional family on benefits goes on holiday

[NickFitz]

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

The same can be said of slavery, yet we've managed to abolish that.

[d000hg]

The same can be said of slavery, yet we've managed to abolish that.

The Yanks copied slavery though, they didn't copy royalty.

[DodgyAgent]

Or an unelected head of state like Cameron and his cronies

So exactly who then IS the elected head of state?

[Peoplesoft bloke]

I have far less of a problem shelling out for the Royals than I do for the banks.

[NickFitz]

So exactly who then IS the elected head of state?

We don't have one, we have a monarchy. Do keep up!

[DodgyAgent]

We don't have one, we have a monarchy. Do keep up!

I am doing my best

[Alf W]

Bunch of German spongers. I don't buy the economic justification at all. Nobody does business with British firms because of the Royal Family. The Yanks and the Japanese would still come and see our castles etc even if we stopped the big handouts.

Harry's the only one out of them that has anything about him and we all know why that is don't we?

[MarillionFan]

Bunch of German spongers. I don't buy the economic justification at all. Nobody does business with British firms because of the Royal Family. The Yanks and the Japanese would still come and see our castles etc even if we stopped the big handouts.

Harry's the only one out of them that has anything about him and we all know why that is don't we?

Yep. He's a green lizard alien.

[d000hg]

Bunch of German spongers. I don't buy the economic justification at all. Nobody does business with British firms because of the Royal Family. The Yanks and the Japanese would still come and see our castles etc even if we stopped the big handouts.

But not as much, it would then just be history. I don't know why, but the Yanks really are into the Monarchy.

What do you reckon the gross sales were on Will & Kate tea-towels for instance?

[Paddy]

The Royal Family are so down to earth too...

Prince Philip's Lame Lockerbie Lament - Top 10 Gaffes from the British Royal Family - TIME

The 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 killed 259 passengers and crew members; in addition, large sections of the plane crashed into homes in Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 11 residents. In 1993, as he was visiting the street where the victims on the ground died, the prince shocked locals by comparing their tragedy to problems at the royal estate. "People usually say that after a fire, it is water damage that is the worst," he said. "We are still trying to dry out Windsor Castle."