[Dog Gone]

The cost about 400 million pounds a year but they bring in BILLIONS in tourism.

LOL, you are killing me. BILLIONS of pounds?

Maybe if you say that every dollar spent by every tourist is spent only because of the existence of the royal family. Otherwise, there would be no reason to visit, I suppose.

[Stentor]

Maybe if you say that every dollar spent by every tourist is spent only because of the existence of the royal family. Otherwise, there would be no reason to visit, I suppose.

I was there in 92,93(2x),94(2x),95 and 98 as a tourist. haven't been back because of the condition of my wallet. After seeing the Tower of London, and Windsor Palace, I never thought about the Royals. It's just a great place to spend a vacation.

[txhurl]

but they bring in BILLIONS in tourism.

3/4 of which is spent at Heathrowe, at the bar during a layover, on the way to somewhere (anywhere) else in Europe.

[A Citizen Reporter]

"His position also echoes the sentiments of Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams who, in his Christmas broadcast, made a thinly veiled attack on Tony Blair's determination to wage war on Saddam."

If Charles' position is being influenced by the new nitwit, Archbishop of Canterbury, I have no repect for him. This Dr. Rowan Williams is the one who recently made a comparison of the US foreign policy, to the three wise men in Bethlehem, "stirring up trouble" with Herod about a baby Jewish child, and causing countless Jewish infants to be killed. You see, according to Rowan, it was the "wise men" who caused the killing.

Both the clergy and the royalty need to be overthrown, IMHO.