Abdication?

Bizarre indeed!!

It IS flogging a dead horse, Ab. You have expressed your entrenched anti-Royalist views every which way. From my observation, the majority (not all) of members do not share your opinions, so nothing you can say is going to lead to productive discussion. Instead it has become a litany of your grievances against the Queen and the rest of the Royal Family.
To what end? Venting your Republican spleen?
You have your opinions. End of.

What does Cliff Richard have to do with anything it anyway?

Alea I will decide when to stop posting my opinions not you, end of

Some people are Royalists
Some people are Republicans
Some people see the Monarchial system as the best system because it is apolitical, stable and the best value for money without being ardent Royalists and 'loving' the Royal Family.

Can we agree to disagree?

Willingly!

And some can not be a republican but still criticise this family

And you know beyond doubt that HM the queen doesn't give a toss for the homeless? That among the 600 or so charities she is patron of, there isn't one which supports them ? Anyone who is a patron of a charity makes donations and promotes the charity in whatever way they can.

And if the homeless are NOT among those she is patron of, you know for a certainty that she doesn't donate anyway?

Where did you get that inside knowledge?

Too funny

I wish.............[sigh]

Nigglynellie
No I am English and live in Germany and there is quite bit of interest here in the surrounding countries and their very modern Royal families. It was in the local newspaper
Some of them make the British Royal family look very oldfashioned.
I am not a Monarchist and never was but people here always think I must love the queen just because they know I'm British.

Thank you Margaretx for your reply. I know our very dear Dutch friends can't quite understand that most of us regard the Queen with deep affection, and not many want to change her for a younger smarter model!!

Margaret, not so much their ages but they still live in an Edwardian court style . I do wonder how large the royal families are, we provide homes for at least twenty five of this country's Royal family, some think they are worth the cost, others do not

I suppose whingeing about the Royals passes the time as a change to banging on about some political topic (yawn)

Sigh and shrug!

No Alea, not making a change from, I can do both,

I wonder if you can keep it up till the thread dies a natural death at 1000 posts? Challenge for you

Oh don't say that bags. There's SUCH a long way to go.

Be no problem thatbags, so much help from Alea and niggly and now you

Cup of tea Father?

Ahh go on.........

No more help from me,too much risk of extreme boredom on this tedious roundabout!

Then best you find your fun elsewhere niggly yes?

If we introduced no repetition, deviation or hesitation (as in Just a Minute) maybe that would help to limit tedious threads.

Or if we ignored threads we had no interest in ?

Well yes that's another way ab. I'll slink away now then.