The Government says there's no money...but Gove says get a £60m yacht for the Queen?

If it is that bad she can abdicate you know.
She does have a choice in it.

What, and go and become a graphic designer or make furniture for a living? One of the reasons why the royals often go into the Military is because it's one of the few institutions where their treatment is largely unaffected by the fact they are Princes etc. And this is all assuming they're happy to cause a fairly enormous commotion and relative upset to their country just because they want to go and become a graphic designer or furniture creator. It's like going against your parents wishes for a career, but on a national scale. It's not quite as simple as you're making out...

I was not talking about the issues surrounding it.
You said she did not have a choice.
I was just stating that is not the case.

I was not talking about the issues surrounding it.
You said she did not have a choice.
I was just stating that is not the case.

And yet it was a global event. It put the UK on the forefront of minds the world over. And you can't put a price tag on that. And once again, the Wedding continues to be a toursit attraction.

i hate the royal family how the F*** do they "bring in tourism" that we wouldn't normally get worth the MILLIONS we spend on them in order for them to live a F***ing silver spoon life with that dumbass middleton buying FIVE DRESSES for bloody christmas day!!! they wind me up so much!!!!!!!!!!!! WTF!!!!!!

i wouldn't even mind having a royal family if they weren't such leeches. why the hell do they need so much money!!! f***ing disgusting... then charles the dumbass that he is goes and designs that absolutely disgusting monstrosity in dorchester or thereabouts... i don't think that was out of "tax payers money" it was "his own" (if you can call the duchy of cornwall his "own" money) but it still was an absolute mess...

they don't bring in enough tourism to justify the money they are given... people would come to visit this country whether we had a royal family or not.. they can do whatever the hell they like and it is SO WRONG!!!!!!!! none of them EARNED IT!!!!!! they were just GIVEN IT!!!! none of their parents earned it, none of them!!!!!!!! and yet if i say i hate them, i am not patriotic, i hate england/britain... i don't... i love that i am british i love my country but those morons are NOT what britain is to me! they are ANCIENT HISTORY.



lol, can you tell i feel strongly about this? i'm not this mad in real life... promise..

This vessel won't belong to the Queen though, I am sure it will be HM Govt that owns it.

There are also about 200+ embassies etc. for the UK Worldwide. Spending £60m on supporting them in the global effort to expand British trade doesn't really seem like a lot of money really?

i hate the royal family how the F*** do they "bring in tourism" that we wouldn't normally get worth the MILLIONS we spend on them in order for them to live a F***ing silver spoon life with that dumbass middleton buying FIVE DRESSES for bloody christmas day!!! they wind me up so much!!!!!!!!!!!! WTF!!!!!!

i wouldn't even mind having a royal family if they weren't such leeches. why the hell do they need so much money!!! f***ing disgusting... then charles the dumbass that he is goes and designs that absolutely disgusting monstrosity in dorchester or thereabouts... i don't think that was out of "tax payers money" it was "his own" (if you can call the duchy of cornwall his "own" money) but it still was an absolute mess...

they don't bring in enough tourism to justify the money they are given... people would come to visit this country whether we had a royal family or not.. they can do whatever the hell they like and it is SO WRONG!!!!!!!! none of them EARNED IT!!!!!! they were just GIVEN IT!!!! none of their parents earned it, none of them!!!!!!!! and yet if i say i hate them, i am not patriotic, i hate england/britain... i don't... i love that i am british i love my country but those morons are NOT what britain is to me! they are ANCIENT HISTORY.



lol, can you tell i feel strongly about this? i'm not this mad in real life... promise..

Riiight, so we're now chopping and changing what we've said before are we?

You first made the case that the diamond jubilee would be an 'economic boost' to the country, and now you're backtracking into the 'you can't put a price tag on that' argument because you've just realised that there is in fact no real economic benefit from these royal vanity events. I think its funny how you can quite happily make the case for this £60mil yacht being a small drop in the ocean, but you ignore the relative insignificance of tourist income generated by the royal wedding in comparison to the drop in national economic output caused by it.

I imagine a £60m vessel would create quite a few jobs too! Both on-board and in its manufacture, maybe even promote British industry once more..

Bit naive on the contributions of the royal family to say the least. You really think they sit at home with a lot of free time, twiddling their thumbs and watching the Jeremy Kyle show? I guess you would support the figureheads of out country turning up at a state ball wearing the same primark dress worn the night before? I think you need to look at facts and reality more.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhyYgnhhKFw

stfu you shlagggggggggggg

The thing is though, tourist income, international awareness, national prestige and everything else that goes with it last, for a long time. The event is a single day, a day of celebration and jubilation, a day that lives in the memory for ever. These things cannot be valued purely on money.

nope i know what they do i just don't think it justifies the amount we give them but in all honesty it doesn't bother me that much because they aren't going anywhere...

Oh please. This is a drop in the ocean compared to the Olympics or the benifits bill. The Diamond Jubilee isn't something that happens everyday, when was the last one?

The thing is though, all that you've said above bears absolutely no relevance to the 'economic boost' that you've attributed the diamond jubilee as having.

If this was something that the whole country could enjoy such as a ceremony or some kind of show, then i would be inclined to agree.

However, it's a friggin' boat. What possible joy could that give the British people wanting to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee? None. It's just something shiny for the royals to sit in and wave from. Whilst £60m may be 'a drop in the ocean compared to the Olympics or benefits bill', i could think of a whole bunch of worse for wear areas that could use £60m better than on a yacht!