Should payment towards the Royal Family be made voluntary?.

Only mey - not upset at all. If you have a look through past threads you can get a good idea of cheelu - pity she stopped posting just before you joined us. I can't believe she felt "driven away" although one or 2 GNetters did leave round about that time, like Glitabo and crimson and nanadogsbody/nanadog/nanado. Sometimes people come back under another name for personal reasons.

I have never experienced butter staying in a solid state inside my oral cavity.

Thank you ariadne

I am sorrygrace I am not sure what I have done but I promise it was def not intentional

BTW, VQ that was a very succinct explanation. Liked it!

Oh dear...

I really don't give a whatever about the royal family; it's a very small amount we pay. So what?

Oh yes! I think I might agree. Actually.

Oh, what - butter?

Oh, I've totally lost this thread! I give up. Don't know what anybody's talking about any more!

Back to the telly.

Quite a type of goat a butter!

gm very clever!

I can't believe it's not obvious

A type of goat?

Think dairy, jingl...

Chocolate! Nah.

I still can't think what it is. Toffee's not a dairy product.

I think there are other people too absent to whom this cliche might apply. Or am I the only one suffering from deja vue.

It was mey and no you haven't (well, not a lot) brave

was that post for me grace I hope I have not upset you

As one of the people who pm'd you, I thought it was a fair thing to do Sorry if you felt I had been put up to it, just being friendly

I don't regard 62p as footing the bill.

I think people are proud of The Royal Family, I know I am, but not as keen as they were to have to foot the bill.

I think Frank's premise is questionable. How does he know 'many people don't want the Royal Family' ? Evidence, please.

VQ ??? what r u on about

The Crown Estate is owned by the Queen ‘in right of the Crown’. In other words, in an official capacity. She no more owns the Crown Estate personally than David Cameron owns the flat above 10 Downing Street. If she ceases to be Queen she ceases to ‘own’ the Crown Estate.

The same is true of the royal palaces and the art collection.

The Crown is something else altogether. The Crown does not ‘belong’ to the Queen. It is an institution of state and it belongs to the nation. Since 1689 parliament has had complete authority over who the Crown passes to and how its powers will be exercised

absent still not sure why you got a barage of PM re chelu