Are the English royal family the greatest scam ever played?

I don't know how they measure the royals as a tourist attraction. I remember hearing they survey tourists and potential tourists and ask what they look forward to seeing in the UK. Or what they know about the UK and what they would like to see of they travelled. So I'd say they're fairly speculative about the revenue they actually get from tourists coming to see the Royal estates.

But what happens when those foreigners stop saying they're looking forward to seeing the royals in such numbers? Do they still keep them as part of their structure of government because they're a tourist attraction?

Having a royal family as part of government as a tourist attraction is mad, in my opinion.

And we don't have to bow or curtsey .

Have to say I cannot understand this nonsense in this day and age .

So demeaning asking people to do this never mind the oath of allegiance .

I don't know if the other monarchies that are left in Europe expect this from " their subjects" ( even writing that phrase makes me shudder ) ?

I still think its a bit of a hoot how international the british royal family is/was ,

Especially when a lot of their conservative supporters wouldnt be the most pro-immigration ..

So the first king of englaland would probably be of northern netherlands stock .. Canute was a Dane , William was Norman , they stuck with frenchies for a bit - till the hundred years war when the same nobility declared themselves english .. bloody Mary was half spanish and married to the king of spain ..

James the first was Scottish

William of orange was was obviously Dutch ..

And they went Hanovarian after that ..

Before victoria , who was also very very German ...

Prince Philip was technically Greek royalty --but really german/british aristocracy

Just saying..

The ones who support the monarchy are not all true believers. The country is half atheist. Its hard to imagine they actually think the king is appointed by god if they don't believe in gods.

I wouldn't take viewing numbers as an indication of support. I'll watch some of the coronation because its a historically significant event happing in real time. I'm interested in history so I'd be a fool to ignore history happening right now. But I don't support the monarchy. I'm Irish so it's not really my job to support or not support it. That's a question for the UK to deal with.

Their country, their business. I couldn't care less.

To be fair, if the netflix show "The Crown" started with canute, they'd get a ridiculous number of seasons out of it and it would be great telly :)

I think UK people all have their own different degrees of belief in the monarchy.

They can square the circle of being an atheist and having a monarch who is head of a church.

It's a kind of ala carte approach that allows them to kick the Tories on Thursday and drink the king's health on Saturday.

You are right watching it on TV is is not active support but it is a form of passive participation.

Definitely as you say their gig and the rest of us can suit ourselves.

I think very few won't know where the day off is coming from all the same.

In a sense giving people a day off and a bit of pomp etc. is a cheap win for the establishment without having to address all the problems they have but as you say that's another day's work.

Its pageantry, a tourist attraction that all and from what I have read before the revenue from it is multiples of the expense of the royal family.

Estimated to be worth 2bn a year and cost about 350m a year. They make sense for the british economy.

I'd be tempted to go to a pub to see if it happens. Nobody will use the term 'virtue signalling' about taking the pledge, because the exact types who bang on about virtue signalling will be too busy signalling their virtue at the time.

Life is rigged regardless, if the UK had a president the person would be genetically gifted, the luck of birth just like how the royals were lucky. Someone like me could never be a president because of the brain I have. You have to win the genetic lottery.

If you think about it Irish people are hypocrites as they paint Irish kings as some sort of heroic figures. Brian Boru, his castle is a tourist attraction and the GAA are big into fawning over former royals. Tyrone and Meath use royalty as their logos.

There is a real respect and love for the Monarchy across the UK. Wall to wall events up north this weekend. An endless selection. Here is an amazing mural being unvaled by a community in Belfast today

Yep. Shankill. A real cross section of the UK population.

If you enjoy it. Go ahead and enjoy it. Best of luck to you.

Whatever rocks their boat; they’re still segregated from the Nationalist community by walls, barbed wire and what not- I’m a 26 county republican and I will be watching the coronation tomorrow - I’ve also watched many a Queens birthday parade, countless weddings including Charles and Di - I do enjoy the soap opera that is the RF- but that’s where it ends- I have a hell of a lot more freedom in what I say and what I do compared to either Nationalists or Unionists in the 6 counties- many people in ROI will watch the coronation tomorrow- Catholics, Protestants, non denominational- nothing to do with politics- all about the show and the occasion.

But jayzuz- try painting a picture of Prince Charles on my wall, you’ll get a kicking- nothing to do with politics I might add, just simple destruction of property and he’s an ugly dude too 😛

Just a working class community honouring their monarch. Events are happening all across NI. The wee cross community village beside me will have a big parade tomorrow evening complete with gun salute from canons. It will be a great family event