[jambutty]

Originally Posted by katex

No Garinda, will probably be used to build housing for our immigrant friends.

If you look at the income these lands generate i.e. Duchy of Cornwall, then sure will be better left as it is in my opinion. Give back to the people ? As stated Garinda, that's a laugh innnit ?

Can't be assed to argue the point with Jambutty about the Queen, she has done the duty she was obliged to carry out in a professional and 'hardworking' way.

Jambutty appears to be envious of anyone that is not brought down to a downtrodden poverty existence, (which we do not lead in our country).

In my opinion, celebrities such as footballers, pop stars and actors who are paid ridiculous amounts of money and worshipped as the new Gods of Society are the new pseudo royalty, and have no idea now of what Jambutty describes as a 'real' job. How can they be paid more than a Head of State .. blooming madness.

Once upon a time the Duchy of Cornwall belonged to the Cornish people but their land was raped and pillaged and given to some duke or other for services rendered to the crown.

A whole country, Wales, was given to the prince of the day as his domain and the people had no say in the matter.

I have never stated that the queen hasn’t done her job dutifully, but hard work – NEVER in a million years. You can’t equate what she does with a nurse in A & E, or a fireman or a member of the RNLI or even a mother who stays at home to look after the kids.

It’s not envy katex but injustice that gets up my nose. So I agree with you about footballers, pop and film stars. At least it was the public who put them where they are by paying the exorbitant fees to attend a match or buying the records and watching the films and at least the public were entertained by the ‘stars’. The public did not put the monarchy in place, it was imposed on them by force.

Some fifty years ago the top footballers, like Stanley Matthews, were capped at £20 per week with a small win bonus if they won the match but no bonus if the match was lost. All footballers had regular full time jobs – plumbers, painters, carpenters, builders, electricians and so on so that when their football career came to an end they would have a trade to fall back on.