Monarchy and the Press?

Question

I always thought that the Monarchy was above politics, that it was a proud simbol of the country, that it was not to be envied but admired.

Granted, the Queen's children's marriages have largely ended in divorce, but were their stats any higher than the national average?

There's money to be made in dissin them, there's no money to be made in reporting good deeds.

Seems like people wait for years and years for something to focus on and then cry out, yet, truth be known, they are no better.

So, is the Royal Family better than the rest of England or are they no better? It seems that if they don't move with the times, they are condemned. If they do what everybody else is doing, they are condemned. Where's the middle ground?

Answer 1

The royals are an expensive joke! we would all be richer without them

Answer 2

royals got one hand in every brits pocket, the other over every brits mouth, and the media in britain doesnt dare criticize them, lest the royals use their power to ostracize against the media and start their own $$$ controlled media to continue to glorify themselves. Stuff shirted brits just keep going on and on with this money grabbing gang exploiting tradition and history to pack their pockets full.

Answer 3

I love your country and the royals, I think their "vocation" or "station in life" commands respect however they are human and they also live in the world with all its changes, we like some of them (like when they marry commoners) but when they divorce then we dont like that.  Sometimes I am sad because I think royality as we know it dies with this Queen and my grandchildren will not know the type of devotion and sacrifice she lived.  But you dont miss something you never had, they will know a different royality, who live in their time and their world.

The sad part is the press for they are the ones who, like you say, never like anything anyway. I do wish we would rise above buying s**t papers that tell lies and live off gossip and show a higher standard of living. If those papers didnt sell they would write something better, so it is a 2 way street, they will give us what we demand and pay for.

Answer 4

You seem to want to determine what arguments are allowed and which are not?...

It is a fact that in Britain we are allowed to express whatever opinion we hold.

I do not hate the royal family on a personal level...but I reject them as representing me in any way shape or form.  They are an institution that is nothing more than a leeching and despicable drain on the nation I belong to...and that they don't!!!!

I am sick to death of all the sycophantic toady's that crawl up to them and try to persuade us that they have any worth.

Cry for Princess Diana all you wish...her death was just a worthwhile cut in public spending as far as I am concerned.

I know that will not be popular...I did not wish her harm as an individual...but this BS must end some time!

Answer 5

Let's face it - the royal family are in reality, just people like everyone else. Gone are the days when we lived in the blissful yet ignorant belief, that "royals" had special blood in their veins - that they were created by God to rule us "lesser" beings.

The Queen is simply a rich, elderly lady who lives under the delussion she's worthy of having people bow & kneel before her. Any decent person would be ashamed to have people bowing and kneeling etc. Of course, we can't blame the Queen personally for the fact she remains happy in her antiquated and somewhat surreal circumstances, she is after all, a product of our society, just like everyone else - it has to said, she's kept up a pretty good show and played the part of royal with heartfelt sincerety.

Even if they weren't royal, the Windsors would still be big-shots in the world arena - they'd still benefit from their vast wealth, not only that, they'd be free to live as they pleased, without the stress of constant and invariably negative, media attention.

So while I think it'd be better if the monarchy were dissolved - this is as much for their own sakes as anyone elses - I feel particularly concerned for the children born directly into the media "goldfish-bowl", like Wills & Harry, even their father and the Queen herself - all groomed from early childhood and brainwashed into performing the task of "royalty".

I bear them no ill-will, but nonetheless, must express my opinion that all exessive individual wealth is obscene and unfair; while we can't blame people like the Queen for their inheritance, we can ask them to question the ethics of how they came to be so rich; what makes their time so infinitely more valuable than ours?