Disgusting!!

[Onelife]

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

And bloody right too…I earnt my money through hard graft not swanning around shaking hands and cheating on his wife, Oops! That just popped out

[oldbluefox]

A bit like all your facts and figures

[oldbluefox]

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.

Makes it up as he goes along. He forgets which lies he told when.
What happened to his private life away from publicity and the media gaze?

[towny44]

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.

It's amazing what you can do with the latest photo shop software nowadays.

[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.

It's amazing what you can do with the latest photo shop software nowadays.

Tell me about its John…I used photo shop the other day and within minutes I was as handsome as I was 40 years ago….it will probably take you a lot longer to achieve but keep trying you’ll get there.

[Stephen]

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

It's amazing what you can do with the latest photo shop software nowadays.

Tell me about its John…I used photo shop the other day and within minutes I was as handsome as I was 40 years ago….it will probably take you a lot longer to achieve but keep trying you’ll get there.

That must have taken some doing.

[Onelife]

You often hear this slogan banded about… “They bring in more from tourism alone than they cost” which of course is what the Firm want you to believe, however for those of you who don’t go blindly into believing everything the firm want you to believe, some of you might find this interesting…

https://www.republic.org.uk/tourism#:~: ... %20revenue.

[oldbluefox]

Don't believe everything you read on this Mickey Mouse site. This is one of many independent surveys which all point to the same conclusion. There are more but all point to the same thing. I reckon you're backing the wrong horse Keefy!!!

https://www.regionalstudies.org/news/bl ... %20billion.

This makes for an interesting read.........

https://www.investmentmonitor.ai/featur ... k/?cf-view

[Onelife]

Interesting articles Foxy which in truth gives little more than my micky mouse submission…what we need to acknowledge is tourists don’t jump in cars, boats and planes to see Charlie, Cam and the rest of the freeloaders giving us royal waves from their fleet of Bentleys and Rolls Royce’s, no they come to see the palatial life styles they live, architectural buildings, castles and their grounds. If the royals disappeared tomorrow theses historical legacy’s will still be here generating vast amounts of tourism for many years to come.

Scrap the Monarchy.

Oh! And just a friendly reminder to make sure your Will is up to date.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/202 ... d-citizens

[Mervyn and Trish]

It's amazing what you can do with the latest photo shop software nowadays.

Tell me about its John…I used photo shop the other day and within minutes I was as handsome as I was 40 years ago….it will probably take you a lot longer to achieve but keep trying you’ll get there.

That must have taken some doing.

Maybe he was incredibly ugly 40 years ago?

[Mervyn and Trish]

They come to see the palatial life styles they live, architectural buildings, castles and their grounds. If the royals disappeared tomorrow theses historical legacy’s will still be here generating vast amounts of tourism for many years to come.

You do realise they don't live in the palatial parts of the buildings don't you, but in rather more modest apartments. The palaces are the business premises, the office. It's like living over the shop. Not a lifestyle I'd choose, and with no retirement until you're dead.

And of course you presumably also realise that the vast majority of the grant to the Monarchy goes towards maintaining and staffing those buildings, so the costs would be almost the same without the Monarchy.

[Onelife]

I do realise what the Royals would perceive as a modest apartment would be luxury to the likes of me and you…I wouldn’t mind betting that the picture that hangs over Charlie’s mantlepiece is worth more than our modest abodes put together.

I also realise by getting rid of much of the pomp and ceremony this would save millions in staff wages. As for the sovereign grant, massive profits could be gained by giving full year-round access to all the Crown residences…and if Charlie wants to make further contributions, he could give access to his seven palaces, 10 castles, 12 homes, 56 cottages, and 14 ancient ruins…and in doing so put Country before privilege.

[towny44]

You often hear this slogan banded about… “They bring in more from tourism alone than they cost” which of course is what the Firm want you to believe, however for those of you who don’t go blindly into believing everything the firm want you to believe, some of you might find this interesting…

https://www.republic.org.uk/tourism#:~: ... %20revenue.

I would hardly expect a republican publication to be anything other than anti monarchist, and I am sure you must have your doubts about its accuracy, which casts a great deal of doubt on your sincerity when you make these posts.

[oldbluefox]

I do realise what the Royals would perceive as a modest apartment would be luxury to the likes of me and you…I wouldn’t mind betting that the picture that hangs over Charlie’s mantlepiece is worth more than our modest abodes put together.

Like many of your bets you would more than likely lose your money as many of those paintings belong to the State

I also realise by getting rid of much of the pomp and ceremony this would save millions in staff wages.

If we were a Republic we would still have the pomp and ceremony but instead of the monarch it would be a President (Trump, Putin, Boris, Truss, Corbyn?) Which one would you choose?

As for the sovereign grant, massive profits could be gained by giving full year-round access to all the Crown residences…and if Charlie wants to make further contributions, he could give access to his seven palaces, 10 castles, 12 homes, 56 cottages, and 14 ancient ruins…and in doing so put Country before privilege.

Similarly the majority of the palaces and cottages do not belong to the Royal Family but to the State and form part of the fabric of the UK. The public already have access to many of them. And whilst on the subject of ruins can I recommend a visit to Dumfries House, a country mansion which was in poor repair and whose contents were in danger of being sold off. It was purchased by the King's Foundation, renovated and priceless items of furniture and artefacts repaired which provided work for skilled craftsmen and labour for a depressed local community. He has also developed a school where craft skills can be taught and developed. Just one of Charles' initiatives in addition to his work on The Prince's Trust.

https://dumfries-house.org.uk/about
https://www.princes-trust.org.uk/

[david63]

getting rid of much of the pomp and ceremony this would save millions in staff wages.

But unfortunately would still need to be spent on unemployment, and other, benefits - not to mention redundancy pay.

[Onelife]

You often hear this slogan banded about… “They bring in more from tourism alone than they cost” which of course is what the Firm want you to believe, however for those of you who don’t go blindly into believing everything the firm want you to believe, some of you might find this interesting…

https://www.republic.org.uk/tourism#:~: ... %20revenue.

I would hardly expect a republican publication to be anything other than anti monarchist, and I am sure you must have your doubts about its accuracy, which casts a great deal of doubt on your sincerity when you make these posts.

Neither would I john, and neither would I expect a Royalist to write an unbiased article either.

With regard to my views about the Monarchy I can assure you that they are most sincere.

As for my sincerity as a whole…only those “without” a sence of humour would take most of the things I say on this forum as being serious…but you can of course can judge me as you wish.

[Ray B]

As OL posted. ......As for my sincerity as a whole…only those “without” a sence of humour would take most of the things I say on this forum as being serious…but you can of course can judge me as you wish.

Don't worry Keith, we ALL have a great sense of humour.
Carry on old chap.