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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
I have to say that I am with Neil on this one.
You may not like the Royal family, but they are one of the main reasons why the tourists come and spend their money here....and I am sure that there have been surveys that support this.
Britain relies heavily on the hospitality and leisure industry for income. This is especially true of the places where the Royals reside.....Sandringham, Windsor,
Balmoral. If you visit any of these places you will find them thronged with tourists at any time of the year. These tourists are spending money......adding to the economy.
There are many other things where a penny pinching attitude would be more worthy.
These stories also smack of the politics of envy....besides being sensationalist nonsense.
Please do not fall into the trap that mires our member from over the border......posting snidely sensationalist headlines without any real balance.
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As always Margaret I respect your opinion (even if (sometimes) I don't agree).
The point of the post (like many of my posts) is to try provoke debate (even if I am failing an falling into the "troll" category)
As you probably gathered I'm not a royalist.
I think it's a joke that folk are being forced to rely on benefits more and more while the royals/MPs sit there in their gold lined clothes calling folk "benefit scroungers" especially when they themselves are nuzzling into the benefit boob.
I for one certainly don't agree with paying for Liz an her tribe to live the high flying lifestyle while the country crumbles and most folk don't have a pot to pee in.....
..I can always google the long words no apology needed