Bulgarian Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 yes they do. One of our main draws though is the royals and their houses. I read somewhere that more people go to see Tower Bridge and the London Eye than the palace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Sleeps Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Do you really feel downtrodden by the Royal Family? Not overly. I feel the same about them as i do a wasp in a car. I really really want to it **** off. what are they ruling? They are just figure heads they don't have official powers. So they are useless? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Can't the Royalty have their heads chopped off instead. I like living in the old socialist Republic of South Yorkshire thanks. That would bring the tourists in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJC1 Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 You were inferring that the trip to the Far east wasn't value for money...can you back that up...easy question..where are your facts that it wasn't? The major banks, bailed out by the tax payer are still paying huge bonuses to ceos. Yet the banks are said to be bringing money into the economy. Is that value for money? For the record the duke cost us £674,000 in travel costs in the first 6 months of 2010. Im pretty sure he aint travelling easyjet. If that doesnt bother you at all though, you can pay my 68p. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Casper Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 They've been living together and <removed> for years, how preposterous. On the BBC website, it states how William asked Kate's father's permission. I asked my future Father-in-law for his daughters hand in marraige, he said "Tha's had everything else lad, tha might as well av her hand!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingjimmy Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 I doubt it, I reckon your posts may have convinced a few to come over to the other side. Even if they do, that doesn't make them correct! But clearly either way, saying they are less important than jordan has made you look a little foolish! At least Jordan and Peter Andre earned their wealth and celebrity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffragette1 Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 The tourism argument doesn't work for me either. After all plenty of people visit France and we know what happened to their moanachy. At least the silly non story is no longer the headlines on the BBC now that they've realised that 1000's of people in Cornwall are being flooded. Pity they didn't realise last night. Nor me, it's a rather facile argument and justification in my view. As I, you and others have pointed out, Versailles which is the biggest tourist attraction near France's capital has not been a royal residence for over 200 years. It's the history which is the main pull and we would still have history without the Windsor clan. Do people flock to Stratford in droves hoping to get a glimpse of Shakespeare? Besides, the royals aren't even in residence in Buck House during the peak tourist season, they're all off at Balmoral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoddyHolder Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Yer wot? How on earth have you managed to infer that? They are a total anachronism and epitomise a rigid class system based on privilege and accident of birth. Ey yup Her royal suffering highness is spitting the dummy again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffragette1 Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Ey yup Her royal suffering highness is spitting the dummy again Good to see you acknowledge that you know your place and that I am superior to you in every way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoddyHolder Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Good to see you acknowledge that you know your place and that I am superior to you in every way. I know my place..Im a man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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