The British Monarchy

[Trickyblues]

I am neither pro nor anti royal, however, I will say this.
One argument is that if we were to end the monarchy it would hit tourism.
Wandering round the summer palace in Beijing a couple of days ago, there were huge numbers of people, thousands, visiting the site.
The same would be true of the Forbidden City.
Now China hasn't had a royal family for over a hundred years, yet people still go to those sites. The same with the valley of the kings in Egypt or castles in Germany.
None of these places (and others) have had a royal presence for a very long time, but people, thousands of people, still go to them.
If we in the UK abolished the monarchy, would tourism stop do you think? Would it decrease? Would it even increase?
How much of a loss would it actually be to the nation, in £s, to not have a monarchy?

People visit (mainly) London to see the palace buildings not the royals. It would change nothing. Infact you could argue tourism would increase because they could open the palaces up for people to tour round.

 

[joe123]

People visit (mainly) London to see the palace buildings not the royals. It would change nothing. Infact you could argue tourism would increase because they could open the palaces up for people to tour round.

Yep, the tourism argument doesn't really stand up to scrutiny when you look at other former monarchies. For me personally, just don't see how they justify their position in modern Britain, exemplified by the grotesque spending on Charles' coronation whilst we're in the middle of a cost of living crisis.

 

[MeatnSpudsMCFC]

Irrespective of it's economic or diplomatic value, the royal individuals post Elizabeth II have come across extremely sleazy.

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

Irrespective of it's economic or diplomatic value, the royal individuals post Elizabeth II have come across extremely sleazy.

The Royal family always were sleazy before her. But Lizzie was a simple person in not having and great delights other than dogs and horses, and settling down and marrying her cousin as a young adult.

 

[Grassland Blue]

The Royal family always were sleazy before her. But Lizzie was a simple person in not having and great delights other than dogs and horses, and settling down and marrying her cousin as a young adult.

She was a wonderful woman.

 

[ShorehamCitizen]

People visit (mainly) London to see the palace buildings not the royals. It would change nothing. Infact you could argue tourism would increase because they could open the palaces up for people to tour round.

Like France for instance and Versailles Palace.

 

[Koniec]

People visit (mainly) London to see the palace buildings not the royals. It would change nothing. Infact you could argue tourism would increase because they could open the palaces up for people to tour round.

Or turn them into state run and owned hotels. Tidy little earner.

 

[Brewster's millions]

Have to say I thoroughly enjoyed the Trooping of the Colour today, thought it was the best for one for years, with the fly past being a particular highlight.

Nice to see the King on such good form, especially when he was calming his horse down on the way to parade. Also, credit where it’s due, the coverage from the BBC was very good. The piece on HM’s military service was really interesting, especially the comments from the injured Gurkha. Clearly a very brave bloke.

 

[bluethrunthru]

People visit (mainly) London to see the palace buildings not the royals. It would change nothing. Infact you could argue tourism would increase because they could open the palaces up for people to tour round.

True - how often are they in London? None of them like Buck House - all the grace and favour mansions ( sorry cottages ) where they have accommodation will be well protected so you can't get near them - The Queen and Phillip and the Queen Mother always preferred Sandringham and Balmoral which is why they spent down time there at Christmas and over summer and you ain't getting too near to those properties.

 

[Kirkstall Blue]

I forgot it was trooping of the colour so only saw a brief clip of the King riding his horse, I didn’t get to see the fly pass but it would have been immense I’m sure.