How the British Royal Family earns YOU £2.60 every year

Here I go again, one more time!. Please read what I say

Thanks to the Protestant reformation no British monarch may marry a catholic. Our head of state as of now, can never be of catholic faith. The head of state is a job and this job is denied to 8.87 % of the nation (5,264,000 people according to figures). That my friend is what we call religious discrimination 101.

If Kate and William have a daughter first and then a son after. The daughter is denied inheriting the throne from her dad (William) and her brother will become king. Simply because he is a boy. That my friend is what we call gender discrimination 101.

Fail. The house of Lords is not elected by us and neither is the prime minister. The central government is cherry picked by the party leaders and constantly changed year after year. Did you have any say on who became the Chancellor? and we don't vote for the prime minister we vote for the party. Let me repeat, half of our parliament is not elected at all by the citizens.

No I am not. Do you have any idea of what the function of a head of state is? it can be either simply ceremonial (like UK), have reserved powers (like UK) or have direct power (like the USA). But it is fundamentally mean't to be the representation of a nation and its citizens. You don't think the best way for a person to argue he or she legitimately represents a body of people, to be chosen by the said group of people? Imagine being in a group of your friends. How would you want to pick who represents your friends to other people? By that person's son or by you all selecting the best person? Get it now?

There are a plethora of countries like France, Germany, USA who all have operated well without a Royal family. Where is the evidence that we as the great nation we are cannot function like the USA without a Royal family? how insulting! You actually think Britain needs Princess Beatrice Elizabeth Mary of York, Catherine Duchess of Cambridge or Prince Harry of Wales to function? to do business? to win wars? to pass laws? to hold meetings? to what?

Wait so you actually think Princess Beatrice Elizabeth Mary of York performs duties no other British person can do? what like hold parties, raise funds or wave on stake occasions?. No seriously what does she do you think no one in a population of 60 million cannot do? so you got MP's running the entire country. You got business woman and men in charge of multi billion pound companies. But Princess Beatrice Elizabeth Mary of York, for example, has something special that no one has, right...

Lastly, how do you know she is better at her 'job' (what the heck IS her job?) than anyone else? no one else has had a chance to compete. You can't argue some one is best at their job if you've not had anyone to compete it too!

WHAT IS HER JOB.

I saw a counter video to that a few days ago;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2IO5ifWKdw

One of the roles of the King/Queen is to be the head of the church of England. This would obviously cause conflict. Although I personally think that religion should have no affiliation with government.


The queen and government are undergoing talks to change the Act of Settlement (this and your previous point). It is not the "political institution" that is sexist, it is old outdated legislation that is being reviewed for change.


The house of lords is meant to be impartial and keep check over the government.
Surely you could see the implications of having them being elected in?
People tend to elect others who represent their views, this could potentially lead to misguided judgement within the house of lords.

People don't vote for politicians, they vote for group who best represent their views. To elect every single MP would be time consuming and expensive, something which of course would be passed on to the citizens in the form of tax. I'm sure that the majority of the country would be much less happy if they had to pay extra taxes for something that they're not too bothered about.





The head of state (the Queen) does represent the nation and it's people. She does this by granting an elected parliament the power to control legislature.


The majority of the UK's citizens don't want the UK to function like other countries though.


The royal family are respected figureheads in British society, they represent our history and culture as well as performing these tasks. When dealing with foreign countries (especially monarchies), they receive more respect than a leader who will only be in place for a few years. This cannot be achieved by say, a businessman.


The point is that her job is too big to describe. I doubt another single person would be able to deal with all the duties she has.

This thread proves TSR is a very much full of elitist, middle class toffs. Despite the counter video showing how the royal family does not earn you £2.60 per year, would that 0.712p per day be worth what the royal family stands for? An unfair, unjust, class dictated system in which we all men are not born equal.

She is not dealing with any duties, she is studying at University. So now that I know your not even bothering to argue with evidence, but merely supporting them for the sake of it. I think its best I'll leave it at that, its not worth a long response.

So make it fair. It's not rocket science.

That guy's attitude is horrible. I turned it off before it even got half way because it's just tedious and annoying to listen to.

I always wondered why this is never mentioned in the media. They always say the Royal Family only cost £40 million a year as an argument for keeping them, but surely the fact that they generate a tidy profit is a better argument?

You should give her the same amount of respect you would give anyone.
And you should, if you were a decent person, give anyone plenty of respect no matter if they have 'earned it' or not.

I'd easily forgo £2.60 if it somehow meant Britain would no longer have a royal family.

Exactly. Plus, it may 'make us £2.60 a year' but what about the cultural cost?

HAHAH make life fair? When you come up with a solution to that, get back to me.