Go for it Harry marry Meghan.
#31
Re: Go for it Harry marry Meghan.
Good luck to them. Bloody hard enough these days to sustain any marriage let alone one that will be in full view of the press, criticised, scrutinised and analysed.
Being papped might seem glamorous at first, but I'm sure it gets very tiring very quickly.
Being papped might seem glamorous at first, but I'm sure it gets very tiring very quickly.
#32
Re: Go for it Harry marry Meghan.
Pardon... so all those hangers on who receive the dole from the civil list, and the grace and favour homes, and the cash ladled out to the family itself and the police who'll be out if force to keep the riff raff at arms length, all paid for by Charles et al from their own pockets? I don't think so.
But it is a touchy subject and one recognised by the note on the card.
But it is a touchy subject and one recognised by the note on the card.
#33
Re: Go for it Harry marry Meghan.
They have age (and a bit of experience) on their side, so I think they will be fine.
#34
Re: Go for it Harry marry Meghan.
Surely not this tired old chestnut again. I'm no huge royalist, but there have been countless reports and studies that very clearly demonstrate that the net financial benefit to the UK of all the royalty stuff (including, presumably, the thousands of tourists who will be spending their hard-earned in Windsor next May as they hope for a glimpse of the Ginger One and his new bride) far outweighs the cost of the Civil List etc.
#35
Re: Go for it Harry marry Meghan.
Not sure what that's supposed to mean. Even the notoriously anti-monarchist Independent was a bit sniffy about some dodgy maths by anti-monarchist campaign groups such as Republic a couple of years ago. The general consensus, as far as there is such a thing, seems to be more or less in line with the Huffington Post's report here Royals Vs Republicans: Does The Royal Family Really Pay For Itself? which suggests that the net economic benefit in 2015 was somewhere in the region of 750 million pounds.
#36
Re: Go for it Harry marry Meghan.
Not sure what that's supposed to mean. Even the notoriously anti-monarchist Independent was a bit sniffy about some dodgy maths by anti-monarchist campaign groups such as Republic a couple of years ago. The general consensus, as far as there is such a thing, seems to be more or less in line with the Huffington Post's report here Royals Vs Republicans: Does The Royal Family Really Pay For Itself? which suggests that the net economic benefit in 2015 was somewhere in the region of 750 million pounds.
#37
Re: Go for it Harry marry Meghan.
I saw an article today which suggests they may move into a 7.5 million pound house after they get married.
Would it kill them to show a bit of understanding that, for 95% of the population who pay for their lifestyle, life is pretty damned hard? Do they really NEED to live the pampered lives they do?
Anyway, the very best of luck to them as individuals, and hell mend them all as an institution.
Would it kill them to show a bit of understanding that, for 95% of the population who pay for their lifestyle, life is pretty damned hard? Do they really NEED to live the pampered lives they do?
Anyway, the very best of luck to them as individuals, and hell mend them all as an institution.
#38
Re: Go for it Harry marry Meghan.
Surely not this tired old chestnut again. I'm no huge royalist, but there have been countless reports and studies that very clearly demonstrate that the net financial benefit to the UK of all the royalty stuff (including, presumably, the thousands of tourists who will be spending their hard-earned in Windsor next May as they hope for a glimpse of the Ginger One and his new bride) far outweighs the cost of the Civil List etc.
#39
Re: Go for it Harry marry Meghan.
I saw an article today which suggests they may move into a 7.5 million pound house after they get married.
Would it kill them to show a bit of understanding that, for 95% of the population who pay for their lifestyle, life is pretty damned hard? Do they really NEED to live the pampered lives they do?
Anyway, the very best of luck to them as individuals, and hell mend them all as an institution.
Would it kill them to show a bit of understanding that, for 95% of the population who pay for their lifestyle, life is pretty damned hard? Do they really NEED to live the pampered lives they do?
Anyway, the very best of luck to them as individuals, and hell mend them all as an institution.
#42
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I suppose that's a quote from Robert Mugabe? Or perhaps Grace?
#43
Re: Go for it Harry marry Meghan.
Most of us realise that Downton Abbey is just a TV programme. But for some it is still a way of life, and WE pay for it!!!!
#44
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I think the British people would be for more willing to splash the cash on a house for them if it was somewhere like Pitcairn Island or the Tibetan plateau so we never have to see or hear about them ever again.
#45
Re: Go for it Harry marry Meghan.
Pardon... so all those hangers on who receive the dole from the civil list, and the grace and favour homes, and the cash ladled out to the family itself and the police who'll be out if force to keep the riff raff at arms length, all paid for by Charles et al from their own pockets? I don't think so.
But it is a touchy subject and one recognised by the note on the card.
But it is a touchy subject and one recognised by the note on the card.