Queen ponces 66p off each person

[Dave Wells]

Sponging bitch, fuck off with all your ponced twat family and get a real job.

VIVA LA REPUBLIC !!

[steve56]

Apparently shes hard up yeah.

[JonnyHungwell]

You don't actually believe the tourists come because of the royals? They would come anyway, because what they want to see is the buildings - the most visited palace is Europe is Versailles, it doesn'rt put the visiters off just because they guillotined their royals.

[JonnyHungwell]

Phillip the Greek is hard up - one of the secretaries for the most part But apparently he has a little trouble these days!

[dynatech]

Tourists come to see the buildings because we still have the Royal links to the past. In my opinion the Royals work their socks off, and none more so than the Queen.
I don't begrudge the 66p, but I begrudge all the thousands I lose through PAYE to poorly-thought-out policies etc

[JamesW]

If people are complaining about paying 66p a year for the royal family, what about the ?139.50 a year we are forced to pay for the rotten old BBC.

[JonnyHungwell]

It's more the principle, not the actual amount. Personally I just don't want a royal family as head of state - I'd rather pay ?1.32 for a president.

[JonnyHungwell]

I meant the Queen as head of state, rather than the whole family of wasters. A royal family has no place in the modern world.

[Robches]

"I meant the Queen as head of state, rather than the whole family of wasters. A royal family has no place in the modern world."

Clearly it does, since many European states have constitutional monarchies.

Seriously, 66p per year is nothing. Most of that goes on the upkeep of the palaces etc, which would have to be done anyway. Apart from that, you have to have a head of state, who has to entertain visiting heads of state, it's just the way the world works, and it will cost whether the head of state is Elizabeth Windsor or Helen Mirren.

[Mike_CFC]

The Royal family of old,used to stand for something.Today they are just a bunch of dysfunctional,good for nothing parasites.

No wonder the England football team don't sing the national anthem.