69p a year - Are the Royal Family value for money?

[Mad Cyril]

The Royal family cost every person in the UK 69p last year.

Note that this figure does not include security provided by the police and armed forces which I would imagine does not come cheap.

Do you think this is value for money?

For comparison purposes the family sized pack of Bacon Fries (fake Frazzles) I just purchased from Waitrose cost a similar amount.

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

I'm somewhat torn on this one, particularly as I love fake Frazzles. The patriot and traditionalist within me would like to be an ardent royalist, but I just don't find the current crop of royals particularly likeable. I enjoy Phil's racist Alzheimers, but Liz just strikes me as a dulled down 'To the Manor Born' character. Chas gets right on my tats with his enviro-Mental bollocks and his two chinless wonders of sons only wear their Air Corps uniforms for jolly ups with the chaps. If Big Andy was the man, with Koo at his side, I'd happily shell out 75p. As things stand, I'll take the maize snacks.

 

[CarrowRoad_Hero]

I am somewhere in the middle, I want to be a royalist, I like the idea of a King and Queen. The great British traditions, however something inside me thouroughly dislikes them. I think part of it is because I think they should have a bigger role over its "people"; with more say on the things that are terrible about Britian over the last 12 years. Surely the Queen can't be happy meeting the Muslim council of Britain leaders etc etc. Give them more powers and I would be £10 a year!!

 

[Beefy]

A Presidency would cost far more and bring in far less. So, yes, they are worth it.

 

[Uncle Leo]

Cut out some of the chaff. Duke of Gloucester, Princess Michael, James Hewitt's boy - on yer bike. Queenie, Phil the Greek, Prince Chuck and Bald William - you're alright.

 

[Jedi Shrimper]

What I want to know is, I've been paying my 69p per year for quite some time now, surely I'm entitled to some "alone time" with Princesses Beatrice & Eugenie?

 

[maninasuitcase]

Which means we give the Royal family over £40m a year to live in palaces where they're waited on hand and foot, travel the world first class to shake a few hands.

I say get rid of the lot of them.

 

[Swiss Tony]

69p worth every penny,God save the Queen.

 

[Mad Cyril]

I'm somewhat torn on this one, particularly as I love fake Frazzles. The patriot and traditionalist within me would like to be an ardent royalist, but I just don't find the current crop of royals particularly likeable. I enjoy Phil's racist Alzheimers, but Liz just strikes me as a dulled down 'To the Manor Born' character. Chas gets right on my tats with his enviro-Mental bollocks and his two chinless wonders of sons only wear their Air Corps uniforms for jolly ups with the chaps. If Big Andy was the man, with Koo at his side, I'd happily shell out 75p. As things stand, I'll take the maize snacks.

I'd like to see William and Harry shipped off to the Falklands for 12 months. No nightclubs, polo matches or rugby games - just the occasional morale boosting Jim Davidson concert.

I wonder if they would still be as keen to do 'the job they trained for'?

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

I'd like to see William and Harry shipped off to the Falklands for 12 months. No nightclubs, polo matches or rugby games - just the occasional morale boosting Jim Davidson concert.

I wonder if they would still be as keen to do 'the job they trained for'?

I'd gladly swim to South Georgia for a Nick Nick gig.

 

[OldBlueLady]

Cut out some of the chaff. Duke of Gloucester, Princess Michael, James Hewitt's boy - on yer bike. Queenie, Phil the Greek, Prince Chuck and Bald William - you're alright.

To be fair, at the Armed Forces Services over the last weekend, it was only HM and the Duke of Gloucester who deigned to be representative of the Royals. He does an awful lot more than some of those on the civil list. Where were the boys? Well, Harry was out partying, Wills....wasn't. Eddie was on official business elsewhere but none of the others would appear to have been at all interested in showing appreciation to the vets.

 

[chadded]

I'd like to see William and Harry shipped off to the Falklands for 12 months. No nightclubs, polo matches or rugby games - just the occasional morale boosting Jim Davidson concert.

I wonder if they would still be as keen to do 'the job they trained for'?

Is this the right place to mention that I'm off to the Falklands for 6 months in August?

 

[Hotman]

Absolutely.

You need to look at cost vs return. The "cost" of 69p is surely outweighed by the following:

• Our tourism - Britain (and certainly London) benefits from inward migration during the summer - not for the weather, but for the Royal Family and the palace etc
• Trade - without the monarchy countries like Australia would **** us off for someone cheaper
• World Status - for some reason the monarchy still holds some weight in overseas negotiations.

I agree, they're a bunch of *****, but I'm sure they pay for themselves

 

[manor15]

For comparison purposes the family sized pack of Bacon Fries (fake Frazzles) I just purchased from Waitrose cost a similar amount.

So this thread is the monarchy vs family sized pack of fake Frazzles?

Think of all the jobs we get from tourism of people coming here to go to Buckingham Palace, etc. Although we probably still would get tourists coming to see those places without a monarchy I doubt there would be as much.

 

[Stats]

Prince Phillip is worth the 69p alone.

He normally comes out with some classic goofs every year, you'd pay a darn site more to see a reputable comedian down the Apollo.

 

[canveyshrimper]

Can't say I'd fancy 69 with Princess Anne.

 

[Swiss Tony]

Absolutely.

You need to look at cost vs return. The "cost" of 69p is surely outweighed by the following:

• Our tourism - Britain (and certainly London) benefits from inward migration during the summer - not for the weather, but for the Royal Family and the palace etc
• Trade - without the monarchy countries like Australia would **** us off for someone cheaper
• World Status - for some reason the monarchy still holds some weight in overseas negotiations.

I agree, they're a bunch of *****, but I'm sure they pay for themselves

Thats what i like,a good decisive answer.

 

[Hotman]

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[Hotman]

Thats what i like,a good decisive answer.

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[maninasuitcase]

Absolutely.

You need to look at cost vs return. The "cost" of 69p is surely outweighed by the following:

• Our tourism - Britain (and certainly London) benefits from inward migration during the summer - not for the weather, but for the Royal Family and the palace etc
• Trade - without the monarchy countries like Australia would **** us off for someone cheaper
• World Status - for some reason the monarchy still holds some weight in overseas negotiations.

I agree, they're a bunch of *****, but I'm sure they pay for themselves

What costs v return? You haven't put any figures in to your arguement.

How many people visit the UK just because of the Queen and what income does that generate?

I would guess we import more from countries like Australia than we export.

World status, where is your evidence to support that claim?