General Chat

Lily - I too liked Mo Mowlam. I thought she was a breath of fresh air in British politics. And the powers that be knew it also, and that was her downfall. Look what she did in Northern Ireland, in her short time there. Far more than all the others in all the time they were there. The Northern Irish appreciated her no nonsense approach and her earthiness, not the shilly shallying and hand wringing of the others

Haven't read the whole thread, but I think that the upkeep of the palace etc. should come out of public coffers. The queen after all is just doing a job, and the house(s) she lives in is part of the job.

Yes, tourists will still go to the UK, but if there was no royalty and all the pomp and circumstance that goes with it, I'm sure the numbers would be down.

How many people flock to Canada hoping to get a glimpse of our Prime Minister? lol

The money the royals bring in via tourism, should help pay for the upkeep of the palace.

Deb (who has British citizenship)

I would imagine same amount of tourists that go other place in UK,such as ,Catherdals.Abby's they still pull in tourits by the droves and no one lives in them,,

BP would become just that, one of the many places open to paid public viewing.then it would become a monument of past history.it would still draw crowds as people would be intested to see where *they* once lived.,
Windsor Cs is a private residence of HRH<so maintianed by her I belive,

This country will always be a crowd puller because its steeped in such spendid history,lenght and breath,

How many of the thousand of the tourist ever get to see the Queen in a week?even if the flag is flying little chance anyone of them will ever get to see her.

Just want to say, I think that £9000 was the amount it cost for Prince William to fly a helicopter somewhere, a stag do I think. However, it was counted as part of his miliatary training.
Lizx