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Originally posted by Sigmar:
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I do agree with you, I really dont see why England needs a monarchy anymore, all the queen does now(in my opinion) is warm a seat in Buckingham palace and spend lots more unearned money, she does do some charity work but still the amount of money she recieves is ridicules. Then again football players and fashion models spring to mind (SO much money being wasted). QB]
We don't need them, they are paid to do a job and are useful to us.
Each year The Queen and other members of the Royal Family undertake nearly 3,000 visits to many parts of the United Kingdom. Official functions often feature prominently in such visits, including opening new buildings, meeting local dignitaries and visiting businesses, schools, hospitals and other public buildings as well as visiting hostels for the homeless, local community schemes, military units and other organisations.
The Queen and other members of the Royal Family have close associations with a wide range of charitable organisations covering many areas of national life. As patrons of over 3,200 charities, the Royal family visit a large number of charity organisations and projects each year.
Liz, Charlie and Anne generally do a good job. Anne performed over 600 official engagements. The rest of them are a bunch of tosspots.
They also bring in shed loads of money via the tourist industry.
As for sportsment and models losing thousands of pounds to support the NHS - they do, we call it income tax (over 50%).