Kate Middletons baby

[AtW]

Oh well.

My 500-1 outside bet of Adolf Genghis Himmler Windsor didn't come off. What a waste of £100.

You call that waste? Just watch what the lucky bookie did with your hundred quid

[TheFaQQer]

I thought I was being clever when I thought it might be George, but upon checking Paddy Power had it down as 6/4 favorite.

So potentially we can have:

Charles III
William V
George VII


qh

Then Henry IX

[mudskipper]

I wonder if the monarchy will still be around for King George to take the throne. Realistically we're probably looking about 50 years away.

[SimonMac]

I wonder if the monarchy will still be around for King George to take the throne. Realistically we're probably looking about 50 years away.

I certainly hope it is, I think the switch is still 83%/17% between Royalists and Republicans, and as there is no single factor that could cause a dramatic change in opinion (due to the fact the royals have very limited actual powers).

They are mainly for show, good will and the bump to the economy that they bring, which at an estimated £1bn a year is much more than they get from the Tresury, which in fact since the Civil List was scrapped is actually money given BACK to the Royal Family from profits of the Crown Estates

[mudskipper]

I certainly hope it is, I think the switch is still 83%/17% between Royalists and Republicans, and as there is no single factor that could cause a dramatic change in opinion (due to the fact the royals have very limited actual powers).

They are mainly for show, good will and the bump to the economy that they bring, which at an estimated £1bn a year is much more than they get from the Tresury, which in fact since the Civil List was scrapped is actually money given BACK to the Royal Family from profits of the Crown Estates

I like the royal family too, but I think you only need one of them to start behaving like a dickhead and their popularity will plummet. The queen has always behaved impeccably and that's why she's so well respected. Charles lost a lot of respect with the whole Diana/Camilla thing although he does seem to have recovered. Wills hasn't really made any sort of mark yet.

[TheFaQQer]

I like the royal family too, but I think you only need one of them to start behaving like a dickhead and their popularity will plummet. The queen has always behaved impeccably and that's why she's so well respected. Charles lost a lot of respect with the whole Diana/Camilla thing although he does seem to have recovered. Wills hasn't really made any sort of mark yet.

If Harry can recover from the whole dressed-as-a-Nazi, strip billiards, racist video thing then what must the next generation do to cock it up???

[VectraMan]

I certainly hope it is, I think the switch is still 83%/17% between Royalists and Republicans, and as there is no single factor that could cause a dramatic change in opinion (due to the fact the royals have very limited actual powers).

Presumably that's like saying 70% of us Christians, which of course is complete cobblers in reality, most just fit into that wishy washy not really sure bracket.

I suppose it depends exactly what you mean by "monarchy". I object to them having any part in the operation of the state, and certainly object to them being given a whole load of tax payers money when they're already stinking rich. So remove the monarch as head of state, stop giving them cash (unless they do work for the state which is different), but The Queen can still be The Queen.

They are mainly for show, good will and the bump to the economy that they bring, which at an estimated £1bn a year is much more than they get from the Tresury, which in fact since the Civil List was scrapped is actually money given BACK to the Royal Family from profits of the Crown Estates

Also cobblers. How do they bring a boost to the economy? The fact we have had a monarchy, and all the history that goes with that brings in money, but all those American tourists won't stop coming to see Buckingham Palace, The Tower of London etc. just because we don't have a current monarch.

[mudskipper]

If Harry can recover from the whole dressed-as-a-Nazi, strip billiards, racist video thing then what must the next generation do to cock it up???

Harry isn't in line for the throne. If Wills had done that stuff I don't think it would have been tolerated quite as well.

[d000hg]

I wonder if the monarchy will still be around for King George to take the throne. Realistically we're probably looking about 50 years away.

I see no reason it wouldn't.

[TheFaQQer]

Harry isn't in line for the throne. If Wills had done that stuff I don't think it would have been tolerated quite as well.

He's closer to the throne than Victoria was when she was born...