Frankly, I like our royal family.
Besides them being a tangible link to our past, I have nothing but pride in most of them; tell me a single Brit who doesn't know of Henry VIII and his insanity? Queen Victoria was said to be extremely fair to many of her subjects, despite (and look at the French and Spanish colonies) not needing to. During World War 2, it is Queen Elizabeth II who provided a point of unity for the British.
It's a single point that every British person has in common; like them or not, she is our Queen. Which means when all is said and done, the other Brits are my comrades and brothers.
Unlike many politicians, at least our royal family seem to love this country.
Silentpony said:
Another one?! Well okay.
Don't really see the point in yet more Royals, seeings how there's no chance in hell those kids will live long enough to get the crown if the Queen's age is anything to go by.
Personally, I believe she is living just long enough for Charles to die, out of spite. Then we may have William and Kate as king and queen; I wonder what he'll name himself?
ambitiousmould said:
There's far less love for the royals up North, I assure you. As far as I'm concerned, the royal family are essentially just a family on the dole, except that their dole is of millions, and not cut down by the bloody Tories.
Well, Cameron is related to them. What kind of heartless monster do you think he is?
But seriously, the Royal Family loan their land to the government (worth £300 million per year) and get back only £60 million per year, as well as the massive tourism money they bring in.
Finally, it's a part of our living history; the longest line of monarchs in the world. I'm proud of that, a living line from our beginnings to now (if you ignore the occasional murderfest Game of Thrones would be jealous of).
Pluvia said:
Lilani said:
Perhaps it's just because I'm a ragamuffin of a yankee, but I think it's really cool that they still have the traditional posts and people involved with the royal family, like the town crier.
Like, it's 2015, and what he's wearing is the REAL livery of the town crier, not some costume or reproduction. And he's carrying out a REAL duty assigned to him by a REAL royal "court." That is cool to me. Though I would like to know what papers he's got in that random laminated pouch hanging around his neck. And I was hoping for a girl, though perhaps I'm a bit biased in that regard.
No he's unofficial [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32562117].
He's just some dude in a costume that turned up.
Then we should MAKE him official!
Knight Captain Kerr said:
My thoughts? Nice for them but monarchy should still be abolished, it should have been abolished a long time ago. It's a stupid concept. Why should this person get political power just because of circumstance of birth? Because centuries ago their ancestor was the head of some tribe? Screw that.
Anyway if divine right of kings was that important then James II wouldn't have been gotten rid of by William of Orange and his son would have gone on to be King. Catholics and people who marry Catholics are still disqualified from the line of succession. That hardly seems fair. Could you imagine not letting people hold any other type of political office due to their religion or lack there of? There would be outrage.
You mean like America, where several states don't let people hold political office if they are not Christian?
Or like many other countries like China, where you must have NO religion at all? Or the Muslim countries, where you must be Muslim? What about Isreal? I wonder if they'd allow a non-Jew in?
Secondly, you call yourself "Knight Captain"; since the monarchy is so shameful, perhaps change that?
The idea about people getting the throne via killing is effectively holy mandate; God has decided the next person is more worthy to lead and has chosen him. Similar to the Chinese Mandate of Heaven.
