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Dottynan Sun 24-Nov-19 18:30:31

Mr Corbyn considers when the Queen completes her reign it would be an appropriate time to call it a day and have an elected head of state.

Nanny41 Tue 26-Nov-19 17:01:37

I think Mr.C should keep his views to himself

Grammaretto Tue 26-Nov-19 17:12:18

I meet a lot of young people from all over the world and some have heard of the Royal Family but most haven't.
They are interested in our historic castles and figures (ie. Lochness monster and William Wallace) but they wouldn't know names of kings and queens apart from maybe Mary Queen of Scots or Princess Diana.
But they will "live on" as a magnet for tourists long after the RF are put out to grass.
In Edinburgh the tourists are flocking to the Harry Potter experience. Sorry but it's true.

Anniebach Tue 26-Nov-19 17:17:07

I have never been asked about Mary Queen of Scots or Wallace.

Callistemon Tue 26-Nov-19 18:41:36

Well, that flies in the face of the fact that the Queen is the one of the most most famous people in the world, according to polls and surveys done Grammareto

Although some of the others may not be so well-known.

Iam64 Wed 27-Nov-19 08:04:16

I've been asked about Her Majesty by other Northern Europeans who were also on 'city breaks' in other parts of Europe. German and Dutch groups seemed especially impressed by her public service, as well as the pomp and ceremony for special events. These were not conventional right wingers (no offence meant to any here who would describe themselves as conventional right wingers)

grammargran Wed 27-Nov-19 09:32:13

Princess Anne for king! She’s the best of the lot!

Callistemon Wed 27-Nov-19 09:58:36

Many Australians love the you get royals since they got their own home-grown Princess Mary (Crown Princess of Denmark).
Wills and Catherine, now Harry and Meghan.

They were bewildered by the antagonism towards Meghan.

Callistemon Wed 27-Nov-19 09:59:43

Not you get

Younger royals! does anyone know how to take auto-correct off please?