Brits, how do you feel about the monarchy?

Post by **Cool Blue** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 12:34 am

Worth havin' around?

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europ ... index.html

Those blokes don't think so. So are you in support of the Royals, or in support of letting them go?

sys0p · Post by **sys0p** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 12:38 am

Americans seem to care more about the monarchy more than any English person.

Post by **PhoeniX** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 12:42 am

Yea, I don't really care for them.

Post by **losCHUNK** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 12:43 am

dun give 2 shits tbh

they bring tourism to the UK which means its good for the coutnry i suppose

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 12:44 am

I watched a show the other day on History that was really interesting it was about finding the real monarch of Brittain since queen victorias line actualy doesn't belong ont he throne. So this guy tracked down the guy that SHOULD be king of england. Some Australian chap. Pretty interesting watch.

Post by **Maiden** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 12:49 am

sys0p wrote:Americans seem to care more about the monarchy more than any English person.

lol, so true.

Post by **DooMer** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 1:15 am

Nobody does, but the press seems to think we do.

Post by **Scourge** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 1:41 am

DooMer wrote:Nobody does, but the press seems to think we do.

:icon14: Exactly.

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 1:50 am

PhoeniX wrote:Yea, I don't really care for them.

That's the problem, if you could muster enough hatred to give them the collective boot we wouldn't have to hear about their boring british lives in North America.

Post by **losCHUNK** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 1:52 am

thats why we keep them there

DUH :P

Post by **Cool Blue** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 5:57 am

DooMer wrote:Nobody does, but the press seems to think we do.

Really, why do American magazines and newspapers detailing the sorted affairs of the Royals sell record amounts then?

Post by **stocktroll** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 6:38 am

who cares, they are just bunch of cunts who get one hell of a welfair check and a free house to live in

Post by **SplishSplash** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 6:39 am

I don't understand why Americans hate the monarchy so much.

Post by **ajerara** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 6:59 am

Cause we got fucked by them in the beginning, but we took care of that situation.

Post by **Mat Linnett** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 8:17 am

I don't really care for them, but it was funny seeing Gee Dubya's body language when he came to see the Queen.
Usually he tries to be quite dominant with his body language; watch him with Blair for example.
But in the presence of the Queen, he didn't know what to do with himself.
Most powerful man in the world, intimidated by a little old lady.
Class.

Post by **4days** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 9:06 am

don't mind them. as long as they don't bollocks up too badly then they're good PR for the country.

over here, it's mainly the more idle bits of the middle class that slag the royals off, people that have never really known hardship or poverty complaining about those born into riches and saying they're a waste of money - but the country receives 3 or 4 times the amount of cash it spends on the royals from the royal estate, so an argument about them being a waste of money is on iffy ground.

there's also a fear that without the royals and the vestiges of a class system that we'd end up with a similar social order to the states, which is too horrible to contemplate. it'll probably happen sooner or later, but hopefully when it does, our time with a monarchy will have shaped us enough to remain civilised.

Post by **blood.angel** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 9:25 am

Kracus wrote:I watched a show the other day on History that was really interesting it was about finding the real monarch of Brittain since queen victorias line actualy doesn't belong ont he throne. So this guy tracked down the guy that SHOULD be king of england. Some Australian chap. Pretty interesting watch.

It was much earlier than victoria.
It came from the tudor line, or just after it. And that was the 1600s.

King Stevo has quite a ring though.

sys0p · Post by **sys0p** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:33 am

stocktroll wrote:who cares, they are just bunch of cunts who get one hell of a welfair check and a free house to live in

Yeah, they're all on income support and they all live in the same house.

They aren't fucking pakis, you dipshit.

Post by **Pauly** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:34 am

Henry VIII was the man

Post by **HM-PuFFNSTuFF** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 6:36 pm

"I don't like Camilla. She's an adulteress and a Catholic," said Sandra Talbot, 64, visiting from London for the day with her husband.

Post by **HM-PuFFNSTuFF** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 4:34 pm

Post by **Geebs** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 4:43 pm

blood.angel wrote:
Kracus wrote:I watched a show the other day on History that was really interesting it was about finding the real monarch of Brittain since queen victorias line actualy doesn't belong ont he throne. So this guy tracked down the guy that SHOULD be king of england. Some Australian chap. Pretty interesting watch.
It was much earlier than victoria.
It came from the tudor line, or just after it. And that was the 1600s.

King Stevo has quite a ring though.

Bugger that, why don't they look for Ehthelred the Unready's missing bastard offspring? Obviously THEY should be in line for succession.