The Royal Family

[Rugeley Villa]

6 minutes ago, mjmooney said:

Most of the country? I think not. 

Just watched the BBC 10 o'clock news. I fully expected the Coronation to be the lead story. No problem with that. But it was the only story. The entire news programme. Like nothing else is going on in the world. The people who care about this stuff watched it all day, anyway (BBC gave us no options - same schedule on BBC1 and BBC2). Can they not accept that - impressive though the spectacle undoubtedly was - there are other (arguably much more) important things happening? 

I agree,  there’s other pressing matters too but don’t be surprised it’s overtaken everything today and tomorrow 

[Follyfoot]

https://brandfinance.com/press-releases/new-analysis-finds-the-uk-monarchy-produces-a-net-economic-benefit-for-the-uk

 

-A new and updated cost-benefit audit conducted by Brand Finance reveals that the Royal Family continues to make a positive financial impact on the United Kingdom’s economy, despite costs rising and benefits declining.

 

[Rugeley Villa]

26 minutes ago, bickster said:

Recent polling suggests 25% of the population already supports the abolition of the monarchy 

But it’s still adored worldwide 

[foreveryoung]

3 minutes ago, Rugeley Villa said:

But it’s still adored worldwide 

Population of VT. 

[Rugeley Villa]

5 minutes ago, chrisp65 said:

Where?

 

https://www.investmentmonitor.ai/features/how-much-money-does-the-monarchy-bring-to-the-uk/
 

How much money does the monarchy bring to the UK? Some £1.7bn a year…

Criticism and praise for the monarchy has heightened following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Her funeral cost UK taxpayers millions, but the royal institution brings in far greater sums each year.

[mjmooney]

Just now, Rugeley Villa said:

But it’s still adored worldwide 

By whom? If Facebook is anything to go by, its biggest fans are middle aged American women who see it as a fluffy soap opera, mostly based on the Netflix 'Crown' series, and 'Hello' type magazines. 

[bickster]

3 minutes ago, Rugeley Villa said:

But it’s still adored worldwide 

So was Dallas and Dynasty

[Rugeley Villa]

For me it’s more to do with our identity, hence why I feel we should keep the monarchy. It’s like taking away our claret and blue colours. 

[mjmooney]

Just now, bickster said:

So was Dallas and Dynasty

Same reason (see my post above). 

[mjmooney]

Just now, Rugeley Villa said:

For me it’s more to do with our identity, hence why I feel we should keep the monarchy. It’s like taking away our claret and blue colours. 

'Our'? 

[Rugeley Villa]

1 minute ago, mjmooney said:

By whom? If Facebook is anything to go by, its biggest fans are middle aged American women who see it as a fluffy soap opera, mostly based on the Netflix 'Crown' series, and 'Hello' type magazines. 

By the millions of people that visit and watch every year 

[Rugeley Villa]

1 minute ago, mjmooney said:

'Our'? 

Now you’re playing silly buggers with me 

[Follyfoot]

25 minutes ago, chrisp65 said:

I’m not sure what you’re saying?

You’re saying the figures are available but you don’t want to post from a source that’s ropey?

As you will see, I’ve stuck them up anyway, but my point is the last time that somebody put these figures into the VT ether they were dismissed out of hand, even though the firm is a fully regulated accountancy practice with substantial reporting listed, showing how they came to their conclusions

[Seat68]

The only royal family I subscribe to are on BBC2. Benny, Bjorn, Agnetha and Anni-Frid. 

[mikeyp102]

3 hours ago, tonyh29 said:

Probably upset at being forced to take Monday off work … oh wait 

None of them work anyway, so everyday off

[tomav84]

 

 

[Follyfoot]

4 minutes ago, tomav84 said:

 

 

Probably going to be a mix of being with his family without the trouble and strife, and also being happy for his father on his coronation day. But how they try eh

[Rugeley Villa]

6 minutes ago, tomav84 said:

 

 

Seems happy for his father probably. It’s stuff like this which adds fuel to the fire. As bad as the other side who try and make him look bad. Tit for tat I suppose.

[chrisp65]

Ah yeah I see the possible problem with this brand finance thing, different companies making different nebulous guesses on how to rank brands. I guess the main problem for many would be the presuming people have come here and spent money they wouldn’t have if there was no King. If they don’t buy King Charles souvenirs then their money would have stayed in their pocket, rather than buying a I heart London souvenir. Which is also sort of disproven by Versailles, I think the French king is dead but their palaces still get some visitors, more than ours even. Or taking the money made by the Crown Estate, which has been granted rights to the seabed and ‘owns’ £16 billion in properties around the UK and gets paid for the right to put wind turbines in the sea and all that weird shenanigans over and above then being granted millions in public money. Taking that and presuming it would be lost to the nation’s finances if it wasn’t royal. Like, it would disappear somehow if it wasn’t for a living monarch?

Personally, I’m not convinced the UK would lose 1.7 billion a year if we didn’t work the system so heavily in their favour. We even pay ground rents on prisons to the royals, no wonder they’re raking it in. 

So yeah, I can see why even those suggesting they are a positive, couch it in slightly vague terms.

But it can’t just be down to money anyway, can it? I guess if you’re in to it, you’re in to it.

[rjw63]

1 minute ago, Rugeley Villa said:

Tit for tat I suppose.

We on about Penny Mordaunt again?