Are the Royal Family losing their touch?

I bang my own drum!
Some call it noise; I call it pretty.

Not to many folks it isn’t!

Bridgeit

?I am what I am?

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Now I can't help thinking about Popeye...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzHmunZxJeM

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Popeye Village is in Malta

(Ps it's in The Commonwealth

Princess Anne is expected to replace Prince Harry as head of Royal Marines - becoming the first female to fill role

Utterly preposterous appointment if true. As preposterous as the last one and those before it.

Gosh, the Marines must be desperate to have somebody to visit young marines in training and attend ceremonial events. They've had to do without it for 2 years. How did they manage???

The Queen and “Prince” Charles are a huge part of the problem. Without removing the monarchy we will struggle to get land reform or modern property laws. anti-leasehold campaigners.

The monarchy blocks reform in many areas, including this.

Elizabeth & Charles both benefit personally from millions/year in income from state-owned leasehold property in the duchies of Lancaster & Cornwall.

Royals and Russians.
Charles selling honours 1.5m

volver

Gosh, the Marines must be desperate to have somebody to visit young marines in training and attend ceremonial events. They've had to do without it for 2 years. How did they manage???

I bet Princess Anne would have made a first-class Marine Commando!

Prince Andrew on collision course with William and Kate over new mansion for Eugenie

Royal sense of entitlement is breath taking. Why do any of them think they're owed a grace and favour home paid for by the taxpayer?

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/prince-andrew-collision-course-william-26860502?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar

NEW POLL: More than one in four Brits (27%) now support abolishing the monarchy. Support for retaining the monarchy stands at just 60%, well below the 70-75% previously reported from across the polling industry over the last ten years.

www.newsweek.com/queen-has-huge-problem-support-abolishing-monarchy-rises-polling-harry-meghan-1703362

MORE billboards to #AbolishTheMonarchy Make Elizabeth The Last. Funding for more Billboards around the country in the run up to the jubilee weekend and beyond.

Are we spending too much on the Queen's platinum jubilee?

£28 million has been set aside for the celebrations in June - but critics say that's a waste.

It’s a once in a lifetime occasion - so surely Her Majesty deserves it?

#JeremyVine

Outrageous waste of money when people can’t afford to hear their homes.

Do you think this is going to cross the line Grany? Such extravagance when things are so hard for so many people?

It's already crossed the line. Do people care that much about royal family, what benefit is it to them? A book for children about the Queen costs several million Wales and Scotland want school to choose if they want it as seen as too anglophile

How does this amount compare to other books,? It would be interesting to have a comparison.

Yes it’s a waste of money. It would be better spent in the provision of arms and charity ie medical supplies/food for Ukraine.

Grany

It's already crossed the line. Do people care that much about royal family, what benefit is it to them? A book for children about the Queen costs several million Wales and Scotland want school to choose if they want it as seen as too anglophile

It’s funny though, we have hundreds of street parties planned for the Queen’s Jubilee in June, people are organising it themselves, and really going to town. The Welsh Government aren’t royalist, but it’s surprised me how many young families are embracing it. I’d be interested to know if it’s the same picture elsewhere?

Wales and Scotland want school to choose if they want it as seen as too anglophile

I'm sure children in Wales will choose to go into school for those two days instead of having two extra days holiday!

The book. Choose the book.

I don’t actually know of any street parties that have been planned to celebrate the Jubilee. But maybe that’s just me.Parsley no mates.

volver

The book. Choose the book.

I read it twice as it didn't seem to me sense .....

Ah well, if any individuals want to buy it fine but I don't remember schools buying Coronation books

Strange, making it compulsory for schools to buy the book

Anniebach

Strange, making it compulsory for schools to buy the book

It had gone right over the top of my head!

However, having had a quick glance, is it free for primary age pupils but schools have to apply for it? Funded by Central Government?

I doubt schools would want to pay for a copy for each child, their resources are precious. But if it's free to schools, the only people who should have the right to refuse copies for the children are the parents, surely?
Beyond the remit of HT to decide whether or not their pupils should receive free copies as it is a slice of history.

Whether or not the UK government should be funding this at a cost of millions is another matter.

www.gov.uk/government/news/platinum-jubilee-book-to-arrive-in-primary-schools-from-mid-may

Grany I couldn't agree more with your posts up thread.

The "book" my goodness, all this waste of money is breath taking when people are struggling to cope with their bills. I despair.