Monarchy

[sir roger 9,000]

4 minutes ago, halewood pete said:

Just got a delivery from Tesco.what the fuck is all this about!

 

Probably something to do with the ' Would you fuck the queen ? ' thread.

[AngryOfTuebrook 25,037]

13 minutes ago, halewood pete said:

Just got a delivery from Tesco.what the fuck is all this about!

 

Serves you right for buying a bottle of chicken jizz.

[halewood pete 3,936]

13 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

Serves you right for buying a bottle of chicken jizz.

 

[Bjornebye 34,350]

Calling it now, Kate Middleton is a cunt. 

[Anubis 21,827]

2 hours ago, sir roger said:

Probably something to do with the ' Would you fuck the queen ? ' thread.

Pete’s sex lube.

[Section_31 25,785]

59 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Calling it now, Kate Middleton is a cunt. 

 

 

[Bruce Spanner 6,159]

Alex will have his revenge...

 

Times running a story tomorrow, which has been verified, that Charles accepted literal suitcases filled with cash from the Qatari's.

 

 

Fuck me, Bozza is taking a run on the king!

 

[Section_31 25,785]

Reminds me of Javier Bardem's monologue in Skyfall about training rats to eat each other.

[Arniepie 757]

Johnson taking on the Royal family pr machine..this should be fun

 

[littletedwest 3,393]

I hope Charles delivers a shitstorm on him and his family like he has never fucking seen

[Bruce Spanner 6,159]

And extra £30m will be taken from the public purse to cover losses on the crowns estates profits during covid.

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/finance.yahoo.com/amphtml/news/uk-pay-27-3-million-151025983.html

 

Amongst several other things that will have you screaming in to the void…

[Bjornebye 34,350]

4 minutes ago, Bruce Spanner said:

And extra £30m will be taken from the public purse to cover losses on the crowns estates profits during covid.

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/finance.yahoo.com/amphtml/news/uk-pay-27-3-million-151025983.html

 

Amongst several other things that will have you screaming in to the void…

I’m starting to just be numb to it at the moment. One thing after the other and nothing is ever done. 

[Section_31 25,785]

4 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

I’m starting to just be numb to it at the moment. One thing after the other and nothing is ever done. 

Be the change you want to see. You and a few of the lads steel a sub and nuke the fuckers.

[Bjornebye 34,350]

6 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

Be the change you want to see. You and a few of the lads steel a sub and nuke the fuckers.

Hahaha the dream 

[Arniepie 757]

53 minutes ago, Bruce Spanner said:

And extra £30m will be taken from the public purse to cover losses on the crowns estates profits during covid.

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/finance.yahoo.com/amphtml/news/uk-pay-27-3-million-151025983.html

 

Amongst several other things that will have you screaming in to the void…

I saw some passing reference on the BBC website the other day about us having to chip in more.

I guess all those castles won't clean themselves.

[Strontium 11,462]

Wouldn't we have to pay for the upkeep of Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle etc even if the royals weren't living there?

[AngryOfTuebrook 25,037]

33 minutes ago, Strontium said:

Wouldn't we have to pay for the upkeep of Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle etc even if the royals weren't living there?

The Louvre and Versailles seem to do alright for themselves.

[Strontium 11,462]

20 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

The Louvre and Versailles seem to do alright for themselves.

 

Well indeed, and a chunk of the Crown Estate income comes from tourism. I don't see how that is relevant.

[AngryOfTuebrook 25,037]

27 minutes ago, Strontium said:

 

Well indeed, and a chunk of the Crown Estate income comes from tourism. I don't see how that is relevant.

You asked whether we (presumably you meant the taxpayers) would still have to pay for the upkeep of the various palaces. The answer is no: they would generate more than enough to cover their upkeep through tourist spending.

[Strontium 11,462]

Just now, AngryOfTuebrook said:

You asked whether we (presumably you meant the taxpayers) would still have to pay for the upkeep of the various palaces. The answer is no: they would generate more than enough to cover their upkeep through tourist spending.

 

That's what I'm saying though, this money comes from the Crown Estate, and is generated by such things as tourism already.

[AngryOfTuebrook 25,037]

7 hours ago, Strontium said:

 

That's what I'm saying though, this money comes from the Crown Estate, and is generated by such things as tourism already.

So... We agree that the answer to your question is "No"?

[AngryOfTuebrook 25,037]

9 hours ago, Strontium said:

Wouldn't we have to pay for the upkeep of Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle etc even if the royals weren't living there?

I've just been looking this up.  The occupied palaces aren't part of the Crown Estates (which is basically a management company for the vast portfolio of land and buildings that we've decided to give to one family, for some reason); they're run by the taxpayer-funded Royal Households (which includes the costs of shit loads of ceremonial hangers-on and people with ridiculous fairytale job titles). The old, unoccupied ones are run by the Historic Royal Palaces agency and are self-funding.

[Chairman Meow 4,621]

5 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

I've just been looking this up.  The occupied palaces aren't part of the Crown Estates (which is basically a management company for the vast portfolio of land and buildings that we've decided to give to one family that was stolen centuries ago, for some reason); they're run by the taxpayer-funded Royal Households (which includes the costs of shit loads of ceremonial hangers-on and people with ridiculous fairytale job titles). The old, unoccupied ones are run by the Historic Royal Palaces agency and are self-funding.

Fixed

[Strontium 11,462]

4 hours ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

I've just been looking this up.  The occupied palaces aren't part of the Crown Estates (which is basically a management company for the vast portfolio of land and buildings that we've decided to give to one family, for some reason); they're run by the taxpayer-funded Royal Households (which includes the costs of shit loads of ceremonial hangers-on and people with ridiculous fairytale job titles). The old, unoccupied ones are run by the Historic Royal Palaces agency and are self-funding.

 

Some misconceptions here... the Crown Estate is land and property that the royal family gave to us, so they wouldn't be personally liable for the burgeoning costs of running the whole country. In exchange they get 25% of the profit from the Crown Estate (usually 15%, but it's been increased temporarily to pay for the renovation of Buckingham Palace), and this is what pays for the Sovereign Grant, which replaced the Civil List.

 

The point I was making is that even if there was no royal family, we'd still need to pay for the upkeep of those royal properties (which is what the biggest chunk of that grant goes to), presumably from the same source of funding. I mean, you could just leave them to rack and ruin I suppose, but I don't think it would be popular or particularly wise.

[AngryOfTuebrook 25,037]

38 minutes ago, Strontium said:

 

Some misconceptions here... the Crown Estate is land and property that the royal family gave to us, so they wouldn't be personally liable for the burgeoning costs of running the whole country. In exchange they get 25% of the profit from the Crown Estate (usually 15%, but it's been increased temporarily to pay for the renovation of Buckingham Palace), and this is what pays for the Sovereign Grant, which replaced the Civil List.

 

The point I was making is that even if there was no royal family, we'd still need to pay for the upkeep of those royal properties (which is what the biggest chunk of that grant goes to), presumably from the same source of funding. I mean, you could just leave them to rack and ruin I suppose, but I don't think it would be popular or particularly wise.

Leave them to go to rack and ruin like Versailles or the Louvre? Or Hampton Court? Or the Tower of London?