Video – The True Cost Of The Royal Family

By Thursday April 21, 2011



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  1. bobbo, I'm not a Royalty guy says:
    4/21/2011 at 12:15 am

    HA! I was all set to HATE this, but wound up agreeing. Not the income from the estates bit as that could fairly just be taken from them, but the tourism bit. Hey, money talks and BS walks.

    Amusing they showed Mnt St Michael, a french property, as if it was UK owned. A rather gross error for touting something that was English and not Plastic. Mon Dieu!!

    I’ve often thought we need a similar bifurcated Head of State/Ceremonies concept. The Presnedent “should” have enough serious duties not to have to meet and greet make public appearances and so forth. Always thought it was a good job for the VP. Makes me wonder how much thinking/time/study the Pres actually puts into any of the various laws/actions that are nominally “his.”

    Yea, verily.

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  2. brm says:
    4/21/2011 at 12:34 am

    I would pay more taxes to not support a royal family. On principle. Seriously.

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  3. bobbo, I'm not a Royalty guy says:
    4/21/2011 at 12:48 am

    Yea, and that would be a declining principle each year. Think of the money, think of them as pets. Be pragmatic.

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  4. DickMNixon, I'm Tan Rested and Ready for 2012 says:
    4/21/2011 at 1:12 am

    I have been living in London for 7 months now and find most brits like having a royal family, it makes them feel special.

    America is crazy for this shit, the wedding is getting more play and airtime there then here.

    And for once I agree with bobbo, they are pets, they just need to watch the inbreeding to avoid hip displacia

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  5. envirotex says:
    4/21/2011 at 1:38 am

    Canny Minecraft reference.

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  6. bobbo, I'm not a Royalty guy says:
    4/21/2011 at 1:40 am

    Well, thank you Dick, I hope you aren’t being tricky.

    Did make me wonder about how many other things I am “against” I would support if I got paid to do so. Dog Fighting came to mind immediately, but actually while I would never do it or watch it, I don’t really care. The point being:

    I DON’T FORCE MY MORALITY ON OTHER PEOPLE.

    Frankly, I don’t see any difference between dog and cock fighting and boxing or the rodeo.

    They are just dumb animals. You figure it out.

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  7. Dallas says:
    4/21/2011 at 4:35 am

    Are there any good looking Kennedy’s around? They were close to Royalty and they were good looking too, for marketing purposes.

    Skip Obama. Too soon for a black King.

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  8. Pedro's Pet Donkey, says:
    4/21/2011 at 5:11 am

    [Ed. - comment deleted for violation of posting guidelines]

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  9. bobbo, I'm not a mindless insult guy says:
    4/21/2011 at 5:41 am

    Good call on Pedro’s Donkey. He should have at least waiting until Pedro posted? Was that the violation?===because everything else he posted was accurate. ((Joke!))

    Seems to me the guy made about the same comment mutliple times in the past. Maybe I missed them getting banned or you are actually reading your assigned threads?

    Anyway, good job. Yes, I see the sword over my own head………

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  10. admfubar says:
    4/21/2011 at 6:21 am

    actually i always felt a little sorry for the royal family, their entire life is essentially an amusement park ride for the tourists.

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  11. Ben-in-the-woods says:
    4/21/2011 at 8:38 am

    shoot them and take their land.

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  12. sargasso_c says:
    4/21/2011 at 9:05 am

    America in fact does have a Royal Family. Complete with guards, castles and tax free status. But unlike the British Royal Family they do not have a problem with accession of heirs to the throne. We all love them and know their names. Mickey! Minnie! Donald! Goofy!

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  13. McCullough says:
    4/21/2011 at 9:29 am

    Sitting in a London Pub in 2001, being fed free drinks by the owner (winning!), I asked the question about how much the royals cost the good people of England. The answer: Oh, we stole that money from other countries centuries ago.

    Made sense to me.

    Winning!

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  14. Rob Leather says:
    4/21/2011 at 9:35 am

    Sorry, but that’s the most inane argument I’ve heard in quite some time.

    Without the monarchy the money from the land would STILL go to Parliament and we’d save £40 million. Plus you fail to mention how much money Price Charles makes as pure profit (no tax) from the Duchy of Cornwall. It was £20m alone.

    http://tinyurl.com/3v2g2d7

    As for tourists. I wasn’t aware the Queen met them all personally. France killed it’s Royal family. Yet Versailles is hugely popular.

    But best of all, the “awesome” UK castle you show, haloed in sunbeams, is actually Mont San Michel, which is in Normandy, France. I assume you didn’t realise the difference between this and St Michaels Mount which is in Cornwall, UK. The later is smaller and has no spire on it’s church.

    Great job!

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  15. Benjamin says:
    4/21/2011 at 9:41 am

    Sure we don’t have a royal family to support. We can barely afford to pay for President Obama’s vacations.

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  16. hfidek says:
    4/21/2011 at 12:39 pm

    wait a minute at 2:55 that place is in france its the mont saint-michel

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  17. kaore says:
    4/21/2011 at 1:15 pm

    When he says UK’s castles are awesome, he’s actually showing Mont Saint-Michel Monastery… in France.

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  18. alex says:
    4/21/2011 at 2:51 pm

    Slaves defending their slave-masters. Hilariously sad.

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  19. Cursor_ says:
    4/21/2011 at 4:39 pm

    It is quite amusing that people still wish to see a well to do German family.

    Cursor_

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  20. Traaxx says:
    4/21/2011 at 5:24 pm

    So boobbutt,

    If you vote you are forcing your morality on someone, if you support any law (what so ever) you are forcing your morality on someone. Morality=Laws=Society Values. Your morality may not be reflected by society and it’s laws, but judgment and morality are reflected in both.

    The UK should get rid of the royals, we have enough elitist scum to last a life time just in the Pregressive Demoncrats / Commie / Repukiecans. Read a few biographies about the “pets” as you describe them. Sick, evil twisted people, everything a Demoncrat will love.

    Whatever………………………………
    Traaxx

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