Sort-of memes that are cracking you up at the moment

Look at the other one.... FFS

I Refuse to believe that's real ^

that girl looks permanently startled

now you're thinking with portals

Thank fuck the royals are just a tourist attraction and don't actually hold much responsibility that's all I can say.

r e p p e d

I want to take a claw hammer to her teeth..

Dremel Multi Tool FTW

After I have smashed her mouth in.. Dremel the rough edges down..

Thank fuck the royals are just a tourist attraction and don't actually hold much responsibility that's all I can say.

Their lack of real responsibility just makes me more angry that they're a heavily subsidised tourist attraction.*

*And one that I am not convinced really brings in more tourists than we'd have in their absence. People don't go to Paris and say, "this is lovely, but I wish they had some monarchs". For one, we'd make more money out of the palaces if we got rid of the royals and turned them into museums.

No we wouldn't. Museums are free.

Mind you a third of the world was watching on Friday, that's incredibly good PR for Britain.

the alternate side to that though is we just set back the average American's impression of English people by 30 years as they'll all think we're queen loving, flag-waving royalists again.

Again? Don't think that's ever changed...

this certainly won't have helped though.

Mind you a third of the world was watching on Friday, that's incredibly good PR for Britain.

They might have been watching but what were they thinking?

No we wouldn't. Museums are free.

Not all museums are free. Also, not all parts of free museums are free.

YA RLY!

Re: The royals

YouTube - The True Cost of the Royal Family Explained

i'm non-plused about the monarchy but I thought this was very interesting.

No we wouldn't. Museums are free.

Some are, not all.

where are his sources? I'm not sure those figures are right

@Spotter - I disagree with the 2nd and 3rd parts. I don't think the monarchy bring in more tourists than we'd otherwise get without them. He says the yanks come over here instead of France because we have a real monarchy inhabiting our castles.** Unfortunately for him, France is the most visiting tourist destination in the world.**

As for the political side of things, an elected president (plus elected house of lords) would curb any of the worries that parliament could do what it pleases.

I don't have any knowledge of the finances but my republicanism doesn't come down to money.

Some are, not all.

pedants :-)

Many of the the royal palaces are already open to tourists, and are already really expensive.
The Tower of London,
Buckingham Palace,
Sandringham,
Windsor Castle, etc.

Getting rid of the royal family would make tourists less likely to want to visit them, not more.

They might have been watching but what were they thinking?

Australia was mostly amused.