cyclists meet King Charles out for a walk at balmoral

Grany

They waste tax payers money daily getting ferried around to where they want to go. Don't work, a few engagements a year. Proven they don't help charities. Tourism not dependant on them. Only supports the government, so we are denied an effective head of state for the country. A republic can do pageantry.

You are beginning to sound rather envious Grany 🥹

They waste tax payers money daily getting ferried around to where they want to go. Don't work, a few engagements a year. Proven they don't help charities. Tourism not dependant on them. Only supports the government, so we are denied an effective head of state for the country. A republic can do pageantry.

Grany

Where did they get the money to buy that huge estate with many, many acres. Asked for an increase in funding and bought it with that. No inheritance tax paid. There are calls for RF to pay reparation for their colonial past and in which the Windsors benefited enormously and still do. In 70s Queen had a transparency law changed to hide her embarrassing wealth. RF looking after own interests its all they do.

If you are talking of Balmoral, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert bought it out of her private fortune, which had nothing whatsoever to do either with the Duchy of Lancaster or any government funding of her day.

Balmoral is still a private estate, and whether you believe it or not, no state funding goes to its upkeep. The royal residence in Scotland is Holyrood House in Edinburgh.

Grandma70s

They are nowhere near the richest people in the country. Rishi Sunak is richer than the king, and so are many less known names. Do you resent them all?

They get 85 million funding from treasury soon in 2025 to go up to 125 million 45% increase. Both Charles and son William get over 40 million a year from Duchies. No inheritance tax from Queen said to be 650 million All told we give this family 345 million soon to be 390 million a year! This funding goes up not down Rents from their estates. Don't pay tax only voluntarily. Money in off shore tax havens. Use of 14 grand houses castles palaces. Transparency law exemption hides their wealth.

They are nowhere near the richest people in the country. Rishi Sunak is richer than the king, and so are many less known names. Do you resent them all?

Buttonjugs

I can’t think of him as a king. I respected his mother but now it seems time to give up the notion of a royal family. It’s archaic. The money they are given would be very helpful to the poor and hospitals etc. We could turn their residences into tourist attractions and make money from it. It’s appalling that these people are so rich when others are struggling to eat.

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Yippeee, posts from people who agree with me. Usually royalists trot out moth-eaten arguments about how much revenue the Royals generate from tourism and how if we went republican we should end up with a crook for a president. I don’t think crooks are in charge of France or Germany.

Time to give them all the boot I reckon !

@Buttonjugs I entirely agree with everything you say. It’s terrible that they live opulent lives in clean residences (ivory castles) while people are fighting to be heard about the state of their houses and flats that are causing children to be sick and dying. It’s heinous it really is and it makes my blood boil 😡

Anniebach

Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace is open to the public
for part of the year

As is Sandringham and Kensington Palace

Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace is open to the public
for part of the year

I can’t think of him as a king. I respected his mother but now it seems time to give up the notion of a royal family. It’s archaic. The money they are given would be very helpful to the poor and hospitals etc. We could turn their residences into tourist attractions and make money from it. It’s appalling that these people are so rich when others are struggling to eat.

I cannot understand the deference shown to the royals. King Charles does not need 14 houses & palaces when his subjects’ children are dying, lungs ruined by having to live in mould-ridden rented accommodation.

Must admit, wondered where his security was. When I met the Queen at the Baltic Exchange where I worked, couldn’t miss the snipers on every roof in St. Mary Axe.

I think they did..

Did the royal family not give Osbourne House to the nation ?

My phone does not like the word
G r a n y........I wonder why? 😁

Whoops...Grant...

Got that one wrong, Grant. Yay!

Selective picking of quotes

icanhandthemback

I think I have had this discussion with you before Anniebach and as we are never going to agree, I will not be going to go through it again.

Oh, what a shame, I just made popcorn in the microwave!

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I think I have had this discussion with you before Anniebach and as we are never going to agree, I will not be going to go through it again.

Yes, following his wife’s appalling behaviour

Actually, Daddima, he has admitted to his appalling behaviour in a tv interview. No, I would not want to congratulate him.

icanhandthemback

Callistemon21

icanhandthemback

Blimey, the King managed to meet people and talk to them normally!

I take it you've never met him, icanhandthemback!

Fortunately not because I would have difficulty holding back what I thought of his behaviour in the past. However, that aside, if you are going to have all the perks of his office, then the least you can do is act "normal" with your "subjects" and treat them with respect when you are out and about. I'm not sure why anybody should be surprised.

Do you actually mean that, ichtb? You would chastise him for certain behaviour you have only heard about in the media? Or do you mean you would want to congratulate him?