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What good are the royal family?

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What is the point of having a royal family? What good do they provide to the people/country? and why are they able to live off everyone elses tax money?

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  1. Personally i don't mind the royal family,it's the hangers-on,you know , 275th in line to the throne etc,but having a royalty only means we aren't a republic.

    btw,the Queen must be the only woman that can l**k the back of her own head ha-ha!


  2. I suggest you have a look at this site you might learn a thing or two

    http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page1.asp

  3. I'm assuming you are talking about the British Royal family. I'm not British so I can't really speak. However, personally I see the British Royal family as being a living party of tradition and a symbol of England. They do a lot of really wonderful things, fundraisers, awareness, I mean just look at the work the HRH Prince William and HRH Prince Harry are continuing from Princess Diana. If I was British, I would want the Royal family to stay. Again though I'm not British, I'm American. But I'm just saying.

  4. They're the UK equivalent of Paris Hilton.

  5. I don't know, really. Nothing makes them special except for the crown and the corgis! As my mother once said, their ancestors were once just farmers who got lucky and kept having kids. It's just one of those crappy assets of life.

  6. The sooner they all abdicate the better.

  7. They bring in much money for the economy with tourism. They bear the reponsibility of being the head of state and so in some ways, the monarch could be seen as the most powerful person in Britain. They lead the armed forces, and finally, they are incredibly cool!

  8. Simply tradition....

  9. A bunch of worthless ar8e holes who wouldn't,t spit on you if you were on fire... should of been got rid of years a go.  Up the Republic!!!!!

  10. er, they, er maybe er, well they er dunno

  11. like others said tradition. If there was a royal family around for centuries and to simply get rid of them would be very uncomfortable for some people.

  12. all they are their for is for show

  13. I think it's the history they represent that gives them value. I'm sure they all do things for the benefit of their country, although I'm not sure of the specifics.

  14. tradition, its part of our heritage, its what makes us as a nation who we are.

  15. They give something for the Brits to laugh at and say "thank God our family is not like that!"

  16. What good are you ?

  17. nothing, they are just a bleed on the tax payers money, and i dont see why we should have to pay to keep them living in the lap of luxury.

  18. jack ****

  19. They are the biggest tourist attraction here, for what the bring into the economy, what we give them in tax is actually nothing...

  20. nothing whatsoever

  21. Well i don't mind the family, it only costs a couple of pence per tax payer to uphold them. This family provides us with entetainment but more improtantly makes us unique and special. Many countries want a royal family so we should be happy we gt one.

  22. i don't htink theyre good for nothing but your not one of them so how do you know what they do. What about pastors and preachers don't they live of the peoples money too not sure

  23. omg im soo sick of of the royale sceptics. first of all they bring tradition and culture into a country. second of all the british brings in millions and millions of dollars every year to charity and what about the tourism industry?million of tourists(including me) come in every year to see the gaurds change and soo think of how much the british economy makes off them. the royale family   bring soo much to the society and they didnt even ask for it. they have given up having a slightly normal life soo show them some respect!

  24. Feel sorry for the English Royal Family. They are born into a life that none of them would choose. Sadly, some of them should not be classed as royals as their fathers are not obvious. Meanwhile they laugh at their subjects (lowness) and expect to be called highness.

    A Republic is the answer to the royal problem.

  25. As an anthropological study. They show the apes at their most stunted narcissistic development ... rather expensive pets .

  26. They are not Saxon so are not royal. Sacke 'em.

  27. being born in a royal family is just luck

  28. if you dont like it f**k off to russia,cuba or some where else

  29. They're born rich & come with good genes & class.

  30. an example of dysfunctional and inbreeding....so we know how not to behave...

  31. I think they are pointless too. I personally think people keep them for tradition now. Oh well, everyone has their opinions :)

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