Monarchy in the UK

Bones McCoy · **Joined:** Mon Aug 16, 2010 9:08 am **Posts:** 7319

Malcolm Armsteen wrote:

How, in a 'civilised' country in the 21st century can anyone be seriously considering the protocol of bowing or curtseying to another person on the basis of deference to their status at birth and title? How?

This is primitive, atavistic and insane.

I dunno...
Employing divide and rule tactics against royalty must rate as high class performance art.

The Red Arrow · **Posted:** Fri Jun 29, 2012 3:52 pm

Prince Charles's public funding increases by 11.8%

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The prince's private income from the Duchy of Cornwall rose by 3% to £18.3m.

After deducting business expenditure the prince paid £4,496,000 in tax at the 50% rate.

Of £9.38m spent on official and charitable duties, £6.7m - or 68% - went on staff costs.

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Analysis Peter Hunt Royal correspondent

It's become a fixture of the royal calendar - a chance to peek at the prince's spreadsheets.

For a second year, the amount of taxpayers' money spent on the heir to the throne has gone up.

For a second year, his officials say this is down to the overseas travel he is asked to do on behalf of the government.

Read in one way, by his supporters, the Annual Review is a testament to the hard work of a man still waiting to fulfil his destiny.

Read in another way, by his critics and those seeking an elected head of state, the figures reveal a royal spending £6.7m on 135 staff.

What the published accounts don't reveal is the cost of the dresses of the newest royal, the Duchess of Cambridge.

To do so, suggested an aide, would be "rather impolite".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18645331

Samanfur · **Posted:** Fri Jun 29, 2012 5:13 pm

Just like it was "impolite" to tell the Queen Mother that she couldn't run up the same level of massive debt any more.

cycloon · **Joined:** Sun Jun 10, 2007 4:07 pm **Posts:** 3242

BUT THE MAGIC PWINCESS DRESS!!!!

mattomac · **Posted:** Sat Jun 30, 2012 9:03 pm

Sorry but I find such a comment crass, joivial joking "oh we can't possibly ask her har har" I think you can because it's taxpayers money you dickwad and while your at it make yourself unemployed might save a bit of the 6.7m they spend employing tossers like yourself.

Lardboy · **Joined:** Wed Mar 16, 2011 4:00 pm **Posts:** 173

But.. but the Queen Mother "wan two bladdy world wars for us". Either that, or I'm quoting Cockney Wanker from Viz!

Bones McCoy · **Joined:** Mon Aug 16, 2010 9:08 am **Posts:** 7319

£6.7m on 135 staff.
£50,000 each? And why does he need 135 staff?

Time for a bit of free market competition methinks.
Perhaps we could outsource the Dutchy to Bangalore, I'm sure we'd get somebody to do it for 15 Lakh.

Samanfur · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2012 12:36 pm

I was reading Johann Hari's God Save the Queen? yesterday. Couldn't keep myself from wincing when he acknowledged that he'd "drawn heavily on secondary sources", and the amount of inverted commas used made me wonder just how spurious most of it was, but the figures for upkeep even from ten years ago were cringe-inducing.

Has anyone else read that one?

Abernathy · **Posted:** Wed Feb 20, 2013 3:28 pm

I see that Phil's still got it :

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The Phillipines must be half-empty - you're all here running the NHS!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-21519917

*slaps thigh*

Malcolm Armsteen · **Posted:** Wed Feb 20, 2013 3:54 pm

He does a great job for the nation...

Ebon Badger · **Posted:** Wed Feb 20, 2013 4:15 pm

Samanfur wrote:

I was reading Johann Hari's God Save the Queen? yesterday. Couldn't keep myself from wincing when he acknowledged that he'd "drawn heavily on secondary sources", and the amount of inverted commas used made me wonder just how spurious most of it was, but the figures for upkeep even from ten years ago were cringe-inducing.

Has anyone else read that one?

Yeah. I was surprised to find out that Prince Philip has illegitimate kids. Then I was annoyed that I was surprised, as that sort of thing is par for the course with aritocrats in general. Although I have wondered whether that makes Philip a traitor.

sporran · **Joined:** Tue Nov 09, 2010 2:10 pm **Posts:** 1583

Comments as you'd expect, that Phil is such a character, tells it like it is etc etc.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2281771/Prince-Philip-jokes-The-Philippines-half--youre-running-NHS.html

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I love Prince Philip, the man's a legend! When they made him, they broke the mould, he rocks!!!!
- Coco's Mummy, My House, Planet Earth, 20/2/2013 16:29
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What a breath of fresh air the old rascal is, after the humourless, tedious, boring politically correct brigade and their whingeing.
- Ephemera , Newport, 21/2/2013 12:18
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Can't imagine the story being the same if, say, the England football manager came out with such comments. Then it would be a RACE ROW or something.

And this arsehole is one of the public faces of Britain, makes you proud eh

Abernathy · **Posted:** Wed May 08, 2013 11:18 am

State opening of parliament on the TeeVee now. Plenty of absurd Ruritanian pompery.

Just waiting for the traditional sarky remark from Dennis Skinner when Black Rod turns up.

youngian · **Joined:** Mon Oct 01, 2012 1:04 pm **Posts:** 1186

Abernathy wrote:

State opening of parliament on the TeeVee now. Plenty of absurd Ruritanian pompery.

And isn't most of it modern creations to compete with music hall and Gilbert and Sullivan pagentry (which it has a striking resemblence if that is myth)?

Nick Robinson is busy looking every inch the slimy cringing courtier talking an awful lot of nonsense about the marvels of the evolving monarchy.

I suspect the 18th century politicians that are responsible for the present Queen would have regarded her claim to be annointed by god as Papist blasphemy.

Nothing like the state opening of parliament to bring out my inner Cromwell.

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