The family firm.

annepl don’t understand your question, Ireland is one country , the U.K. 4 countries. England. N.Ireland,Scotland, Wales

No doubt you'll tell me difernt! Get off your knees people you are not peasants and the royal family are not your betters .

And the royal family do not tell me what to do in the way you seem to think you may, Paddyann.

paddyanne you seem obsessed with peasants and ‘betters’,
what a sad way to view the world , to think some people are peasants and we have ‘betters’.

paddyann - I am not a peasant, I am not on my knees and I don't consider anyone to be my better

Anniebach I know. I'm just wondering why you stated it few comnents back.

Paddyann I don't know wht you bother. You can't make people agree.

wht why

Because annepl I was reply to paddyanne’s post, you must have missed it

Crysaltips , you are missing the point, which is tourism, bums on seats in cafes, tea shops , boat trips, souvenirs, gift shop.etc
Employment would be much diminished if it wasn’t for the pulling power of Windsor Castle & its inhabitants

What do the royals do for tourism in the North East Bridgeit (and plenty other areas too for that matter) ?

Nothing whatsoever .

I dont know why I bother either,some folk are subservient and some aren't.Some can see the ridiculous divide between royals and the "common folk" and some think these parasites are mini gods.I must remember to avoid RF posts becuase the attitude some have on here to them makes my blood boil.
Me I'd sack the lot .

bridgeit but the tourists would still go to cafes etc in historic places whether we had a RF or not- open Windsor castle to the public - you’d get far more visitors. Versailles gets loads more visitors than Buck House and they chopped off their royals’ heads centuries ago. No one visits the U.K. to see the Queen or drink tea in a tea shop near one of her houses - there’s lots more interesting things to do.

paddyanne you accepted payment for photographing people you dismiss as parasites.

Feeding off parasites is acceptable to you ?

Last word on the topic, Windsor Castle is open to the public at certain times of the day.

Oh dear Paddyann, hypocrisy seems to go across the board.

Yes they do Crystaltips, especially the visitors from America
Just a fact not a condemnation nor an endorsement.

Visitors spend money in London, the places they choose to spend money pay tax so the country benefits

Annie as I run a business and pay several wages I'd photograph the devil for the right fee .When I go to work I leave my personal feelings at the door ..as most people in business do .Otherwise there might be a few folk who didn't get paid at the end of the month .You may call it hypocrsy I call it financial sense .

I imagine the Queen does the same paddyann........

How many American tourists see the Queen?

I bet the Queens private chambers aren’t open to the public.. Have you been to Versailles? It’s amazing much better than any of our so called palaces. And they have loads more tourists. Just sayin.

Would you paddyanne ? I wouldn’t, not selling my soul to the devil.

Ohh come of it Paddyann , hypocrisy is hypocrisy wither it is yours or the Royal family’s, who apparently are providing you with an opportunity to make money from them.

"I'd photograph the devil for the right fee"

How far would you go for the "right fee"?

If a known paedophile asked you to photograph him with his "grandchild" - would you?

If a hunter asked you to photograph him with his "prize" - would you?

Staff are paid and no profit for the boss !