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Yes they do cos they and the pageantry are tourist attractions - but not half as much as they did. Which is why they have opened up many palaces to the public, to raise their own funds. The Queen had to decommission the Royal Yacht and trim back on the Royal train cos it was costing her too much.

I understand and Im not getting at you either LOL - just trying to paint the real picture. A PM is an employee too - voted by the majority and usually ousted at the next election LOL ...... well except Maggie of course ROFL I think everyone will agree that respect is earnt and not given. As I...

I agree - not many ppl do undertand that, just cos there is a "Royalty" it does not mean we are not Free Citizens with a Government who TELL the Queen what she can or cannot do. ppl who "bow and scrape" as you put it - are simply paying respect with either a nod or a curtsy....... respect for...

And so did we with the English Civil War :)

The Royals are only "figureheads" - they hold no power whatsoever. They like to use archaic terms such as "subjects" - but it no longer applies and only the staunchest royalists would think the term holds meaning for them. We are Proud Citizens of the UK, Canada or wherever. "Taking...

ROFL ... you boys are being naughty ths morning :p I wish I could edit the title ...... and NO I don't need help with suggestions LOL :p

AP ST. LOUIS (AP) — Cougars are again spreading across the Midwest a century after the generally reclusive predators were hunted to near extinction in much of the region, according to a new study billed as the first rigorous statistical look at the issue. The findings, detailed in The...

Pew Research Center Global approval of President Barack Obama’s policies has declined significantly since he first took office, while overall confidence in him and attitudes toward the U.S. have slipped modestly as a consequence. Europeans and Japanese remain largely confident in Obama...

BBC A 10-year-old girl has had a major blood vessel in her body replaced with one grown with her own stem cells, Swedish doctors report. She had poor blood flow between her intestines and liver. A vein was taken from a dead man, stripped of its own cells and then bathed in stem cells...

Wouldn't that be something LOL ..... Yard to Windsor (and only Load 1 are allowed to use it) ROFL :p

So Nowhere is actually Somewhere?

Catchy tune :) The girl reminded me of Blondie

LOL The train to Nowhere can take you to the Bridge to Nowhere getting you Nowhere fast .... I think :confused: LOL

LOL I was only joking :p ... Bridge to nowhere ring a bell? :p

Now there's a novelty :rolleyes: LOL :p

So this will go somewhere :rolleyes:

Oh I do believe if the US asked we would be there .... Tallyho ! :)

ROFL :p ........ No :p He should fire his security team :)

Oh Boy !! Don't get me started on this one :mad: :mad:

I posted about this the other day, asking the question more of myself really - why didn't the PM's security count them out and then in again:confused: IMO this story is not like for like to the OP :)