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Originally Posted by Accyexplorer
Very true,but sports folk are not paid for by the taxpayer and the royal family can hardly claim to have worked for their money.......unless you count opening shops and posh hand waving as a job  |
I am not a Royalist, but I have to disagree with you there.
Did you see the Queen on the Royal Barge during the Jubilee Celebrations......she stood in the cold and wet for hours on end so that her people and the tourists could enjoy the spectacle of this event.
Because she doesn't get up and don a pair of overalls doesn't mean that she isn't working....because you cannot see or appreciate what she does, doesn't mean that she is idle. I am sure that just for a few days she would like to be anonymous. To stroll the streets with a bag of chips in her hand - but she can't do that. She has given all of her life to this country......and to you that lack of freedom to do what she wants, when she wants and in the manner she wants, is worth nothing.
She contributes far more to the country by generating interest...and wealth, than do those who do nothing but take from the system....like those on Benefits Street(who now ludicrously seem to think they are celebrities).
Other countries envy our Royal family....precisely because t hey do not have one.