Disgusting!!

[Onelife]

You can’t make it up...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c880mg120jjo

On Yer bike freeloaders.

[Mervyn and Trish]

By stark contrast, since the weekend Kamala Harris has been given £77m in donations. That's in addition to what Biden had been given by his faithful. And all that in addition to what Trump has been given. And that's just for the election campaign. All be gone by Christmas. Makes you realise how much cheaper a Presidency is.

[oldbluefox]

They bring in more than they cost. Great value and long may they prosper.

[Mervyn and Trish]

They bring in more than they cost. Great value and long may they prosper.

[Onelife]

By stark contrast, since the weekend Kamala Harris has been given £77m in donations. That's in addition to what Biden had been given by his faithful. And all that in addition to what Trump has been given. And that's just for the election campaign. All be gone by Christmas. Makes you realise how much cheaper a Presidency is.

Considering the USA is about 40 times bigger than the UK one would expect there to be a difference in the amounts of money donated and spent…at least they have a democratic process when electing their president…when did we last get a vote on who we want representing this country?

[Onelife]

They bring in more than they cost. Great value and long may they prosper.

You’ve been paying far too much attention to the figures “Brand Finance” keeps pumping out. Brand Buckingham is a secretive organisation that doesn’t adhere to the same rules as everyone else, at best we can only guess at the vast wealth they have accumulated/stolen through their inherited birth rights…what a load of twaddle to suggest they are value for money when a growing percentage of the UK don’t value the roles they play.

[towny44]

They bring in more than they cost. Great value and long may they prosper.

The way I read it was that the Sovereign grant would have been £145m higher had King Charles not agreed the reduction, and of course if the monarchy had not given up their rights to the crown estates, they would have been £1.05bn better off.

[Stephen]

I think they should get more and it should be funded by Shropshire residents.

[Mervyn and Trish]

They bring in more than they cost. Great value and long may they prosper.

You’ve been paying far too much attention to the figures “Brand Finance” keeps pumping out. Brand Buckingham is a secretive organisation that doesn’t adhere to the same rules as everyone else, at best we can only guess at the vast wealth they have accumulated/stolen through their inherited birth rights…what a load of twaddle to suggest they are value for money when a growing percentage of the UK don’t value the roles they play.

Current support for Monarchy 62%.

Current support for elected head of state 26%.

[Onelife]

They bring in more than they cost. Great value and long may they prosper.

The way I read it was that the Sovereign grant would have been £145m higher had King Charles not agreed the reduction, and of course if the monarchy had not given up their rights to the crown estates, they would have been £1.05bn better off.

It really is DISGUSTING that we can band figurers around such as 2.50bn as if it was a drop in the ocean.

The Monarchy didn’t give anything up least of all 1.5bn revenue from the crown estate as it was never theirs to give away in the first place.

[Onelife]

They bring in more than they cost. Great value and long may they prosper.

You’ve been paying far too much attention to the figures “Brand Finance” keeps pumping out. Brand Buckingham is a secretive organisation that doesn’t adhere to the same rules as everyone else, at best we can only guess at the vast wealth they have accumulated/stolen through their inherited birth rights…what a load of twaddle to suggest they are value for money when a growing percentage of the UK don’t value the roles they play.

Current support for Monarchy 62%.

Current support for elected head of state 26%.

Current support for Monarchy 62%. And falling

Current support for elected head of state 26%....And rising

[oldbluefox]

It costs 77p per person to fund the monarchy and they bring in more from tourism alone than they cost. I'm happy to pay OL's share if it means we avoid the possibility of a President Trump, Corbyn, Truss et al. I'm all heart .

[Onelife]

It costs 77p per person to fund the monarchy and they bring in more from tourism alone than they cost. I'm happy to pay OL's share if it means we avoid the possibility of a President Trump, Corbyn, Truss et al. I'm all heart .

If you stump up another £19.23 for this Saturdays bet I will leave you all in peace for a few days

[towny44]

It costs 77p per person to fund the monarchy and they bring in more from tourism alone than they cost. I'm happy to pay OL's share if it means we avoid the possibility of a President Trump, Corbyn, Truss et al. I'm all heart .

If you stump up another £19.23 for this Saturdays bet I will leave you all in peace for a few days

If only it was that cheap!!!

[Stephen]

It costs 77p per person to fund the monarchy and they bring in more from tourism alone than they cost. I'm happy to pay OL's share if it means we avoid the possibility of a President Trump, Corbyn, Truss et al. I'm all heart .

If you stump up another £19.23 for this Saturdays bet I will leave you all in peace for a few days

If I make it a round £20 can you make it a month

[Mervyn and Trish]

You’ve been paying far too much attention to the figures “Brand Finance” keeps pumping out. Brand Buckingham is a secretive organisation that doesn’t adhere to the same rules as everyone else, at best we can only guess at the vast wealth they have accumulated/stolen through their inherited birth rights…what a load of twaddle to suggest they are value for money when a growing percentage of the UK don’t value the roles they play.

Current support for Monarchy 62%.

Current support for elected head of state 26%.

Current support for Monarchy 62%. And falling

Current support for elected head of state 26%....And rising

That's still more than 2 to 1 in favour. More than twice as many as voted for any party in the recent election.

[Onelife]

Current support for Monarchy 62%.

Current support for elected head of state 26%.

Current support for Monarchy 62%. And falling

Current support for elected head of state 26%....And rising

That's still more than 2 to 1 in favour. More than twice as many as voted for any party in the recent election.

The only hope you have of keeping anywhere near that percentage is if Kathrine sticks around long enough while deciding whether she puts puts duty before happiness...I of course wish her well while she comes to that decision.

[oldbluefox]

Perhaps you are forgetting she is recovering from cancer when you mention duty vs happiness
Personally I hope she makes a full recovery and we see her back fulfilling her role in the very near future.

[Ray B]

Who kicked him off on one of his rants again. A spell in the tower may quiet him down a bit.
Long live the King.

[oldbluefox]

I wonder if he places bets on the King's horses?
Perhaps he's on one cos they have let him down a few times. I expect they do well getting the best food, the best bedding, the best jockeys, the best trainers.............all at the taxpayer's expense.

Blue touch paper lit.......stands back!!!

[Mervyn and Trish]

I saw a hilarious story today. Harry (remember him?) blames his rift with his family on his court battles with the media. What a laugh. So nothing to do with the interview with Oprah, the Netflix series or his book, in all of which he slagged off his relatives? No, nothing to do with any of that.

[Onelife]

Perhaps you are forgetting she is recovering from cancer when you mention duty vs happiness
Personally I hope she makes a full recovery and we see her back fulfilling her role in the very near future.

AS you well know I take a personal interest in everything Royal therefore I’m fully aware of Kathrine’s cancer woes. I like the rest of the country wish her a positive outcome and a truly happy life thereafter…. whatever she chooses to do.

[Onelife]

I wonder if he places bets on the King's horses?
Perhaps he's on one cos they have let him down a few times. I expect they do well getting the best food, the best bedding, the best jockeys, the best trainers.............all at the taxpayer's expense.

Blue touch paper lit.......stands back!!!

Watch out Foxy incoming projectile

I rarely backed the late Queens horses and that hasn’t changed with Charlies inherited brood… with about 80 in training they are well looked after and so they should be when you consider it costs in the region of £25k to keep one racehorse in training for a season. Apart from his dodgy dealings most of the money comes from his personal wealth estimated to be approaching £700 million.

[Onelife]

I saw a hilarious story today. Harry (remember him?) blames his rift with his family on his court battles with the media. What a laugh. So nothing to do with the interview with Oprah, the Netflix series or his book, in all of which he slagged off his relatives? No, nothing to do with any of that.

I saw a picture of them today and thought how happy they looked.

[oldbluefox]

Watch out Foxy incoming projectile

I rarely backed the late Queens horses and that hasn’t changed with Charlies inherited brood… with about 80 in training they are well looked after and so they should be when you consider it costs in the region of £25k to keep one racehorse in training for a season. Apart from his dodgy dealings most of the money comes from his personal wealth estimated to be approaching £700 million.

According to the Times Rich List it's £610million which places him 258th out of 350. Rich but not as rich as you might think as most of what you see belongs to the State.
Fear not he is still behind Lord Keefy of Ludlow