The British Monarchy

metalblue said:
Pointless and unrelated list as that includes domestic tourism. The royal family brings in £500m directly from foreign tourists who come here just for the royal family and are part of the £5bn that foreign tourists spend whilst visiting the UK for culture and heritage reasons (which is the top reason people visit the UK). That’s a somewhwre between £500m (this equates to 8,600 jobs) and £5bn (86,000 jobs) in our economy that simply wouldn’t be there without them.

I’m not sure how many people travel from overseas just to visit Legoland but given they are dotted all over the world I’m going to go with very few.

The monarchy is also not just a tourist attraction.
Click to expand...
Could you give us a source for your cloud cuckoo figures?
 
metalblue said:
£500m in this report (2013) https://theconversation.com/fact-check-do-tourists-visit-britain-because-of-the-royal-family-88335


£550m in this report (2017) https://brandfinance.com/wp-content/uploads/1/bf_monarchy_report_2017.pdf
Click to expand...

However to counter that I'd have to point out thats a report published in 2017 so will relate to tourism figures for at least 6 years ago - thats pre-pandemic - pre-increased costs of living and travel and they do relate to the year in which Harry began to date an American woman - the future looks very different. Lets see how tourism figures stack up this year and going forward for the reasons outlined above and as the Americans have seen one of their own vilified - will they have the same warm fuzzy feeling to the family? And last but for from least we have to acknowledge that Elizabeth's reign is now severely time limited and will the family hold the same attraction once she has gone?
 
bluethrunthru said:
However to counter that I'd have to point out thats a report published in 2017 so will relate to tourism figures for at least 6 years ago - thats pre-pandemic - pre-increased costs of living and travel and they do relate to the year in which Harry began to date an American woman - the future looks very different. Lets see how tourism figures stack up this year and going forward for the reasons outlined above and as the Americans have seen one of their own vilified - will they have the same warm fuzzy feeling to the family? And last but for from least we have to acknowledge that Elizabeth's reign is now severely time limited and will the family hold the same attraction once she has gone?
Click to expand...
There’s no doubt the monarchy will be hugely diminished when she goes, possibly fatally so in time. Think the numbers in favour of abolition could increase quite quickly, within a year or two.

Charles is going to struggle to keep it together Imo.
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
There’s no doubt the monarchy will be hugely diminished when she goes, possibly fatally so in time. Think the numbers in favour of abolition could increase quite quickly, within a year or two.

Charles is going to struggle to keep it together Imo.
Click to expand...

Particularly with the on-going investigations into his staff
 
I am a Republican but I think the Queen is the only thing keeping the monarchy together. Once she goes it will all change.
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
There’s no doubt the monarchy will be hugely diminished when she goes, possibly fatally so in time. Think the numbers in favour of abolition could increase quite quickly, within a year or two.

Charles is going to struggle to keep it together Imo.
Click to expand...
It's gonna be a fuckfest when she goes.
Charles aint got the balls to lead, his wife is disliked by millions, so is he.
Now there's all this other shit about honours for money, Harry & Megs cant stand any of them (particularly Camilla, and who can blame Harry for that) so they will be having a regular go big time from California.
Andrew wont disappear, he'll be fucking Charles over when he gets the chance, his horrible wife/not wife will be stirring him up....and this Epstein thing is far from over with him imo.
I'm not a Royalist but I admire Liz. But once she's gone, the monarchy is fucked.
So put all the fancy dress and fake medals into a museum, charge the yanks 50 quid to see them. Get rid of ALL titles, Dukes, Earls, Princes etc fuck it all off and move into the modern age.
The need to bow to anybody imo is ridiculous. Deference will be gone.
There's only 2 people I would ever bow too, both black, both dead, one a musician and one an ex boxer. (Well, maybe Colin Bell also)
Seriously that frail old woman is propping up the whole pack of cards.
This historic picture exemplifies Royalty to me, King George I believe. It says many things.




begger_king_george_V_1920.jpg
 
Last edited:
Bill Walker said:
It's gonna be a fuckfest when she goes.
Charles aint got the balls to lead, his wife is disliked by millions, so is he.
Now there's all this other shit about honours for money, Harry & Megs cant stand any of them (particularly Camilla, and who can blame Harry for that) so they will be having a regular go big time from California.
Andrew wont disappear, he'll be fucking Charles over when he gets the chance, his horrible wife/not wife will be stirring him up....and this Epstein thing is far from over with him imo.
I'm not a Royalist but I admire Liz. But once she's gone, the monarchy is fucked.
So put all the fancy dress and fake medals into a museum, charge the yanks 50 quid to see them. Get rid of ALL titles, Dukes, Earls, Princes etc fuck it all off and move into the modern age.
The need to bow to anybody imo is ridiculous. Deference will be gone.
There's only 2 people I would ever bow too, both black, one a musician and one an ex boxer. (Well, maybe Colin Bell)
Seriously that frail old woman is propping up the whole pack of cards.
This historic picture exemplifies Royalty to me, King George I believe. It says many things.

View attachment 36762
Click to expand...
George V.
 
I think there will always be an appetite for the royal family. Ideally it would jump from liz to william, but it wont.

whatever your feelings towards the royal family, millions still get a thrill out of seeing them. Thousands will turn out for a glimpse.
But the whole thing needs slimming down. Id be happy with it just being the direct lineage. Charlie-william-george.. and so on. The rest of them should be given ample warning that its all coming to an end and to start using their current status to look to standing up for themselves in the near future.

the queen looked very frail recently and unfortunately all the above could be upon us sooner rather than later.
Whatever your thoughts , its difficult to deny that she has given her life over to the country and deserves respect for that
 
Bill Walker said:
It's gonna be a fuckfest when she goes.
Charles aint got the balls to lead, his wife is disliked by millions, so is he.
Now there's all this other shit about honours for money, Harry & Megs cant stand any of them (particularly Camilla, and who can blame Harry for that) so they will be having a regular go big time from California.
Andrew wont disappear, he'll be fucking Charles over when he gets the chance, his horrible wife/not wife will be stirring him up....and this Epstein thing is far from over with him imo.
I'm not a Royalist but I admire Liz. But once she's gone, the monarchy is fucked.
So put all the fancy dress and fake medals into a museum, charge the yanks 50 quid to see them. Get rid of ALL titles, Dukes, Earls, Princes etc fuck it all off and move into the modern age.
The need to bow to anybody imo is ridiculous. Deference will be gone.
There's only 2 people I would ever bow too, both black, both dead, one a musician and one an ex boxer. (Well, maybe Colin Bell also)
Seriously that frail old woman is propping up the whole pack of cards.
This historic picture exemplifies Royalty to me, King George I believe. It says many things.




View attachment 36762
Click to expand...
Seen this photo many times before. No body literally knows whats going on really do we. Interpret how you wish
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Unread Posts

Don't have an account? Register now and see fewer ads!

SIGN UP
Back
Top