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Originally Posted by denphone
IMO the Monarchy is one of the greatest assets this country has as it brings far more into this country in terms of prestige and money into the UK economy then we actually spend on the Royal Family so in my opinion modernising Buckingham Palace will be money well spent IMO.
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I've never really got this they bring money in via tourism etc, the palace of versailles or however it's spelt has more visitors a year iirc and there's nothing in it, certainly no kings or queens at any rate, it also irks me that we keep on being told what tremendous value for money they are, what even at 8 times the cost
https://republic.org.uk/what-we-want/royal-finances
I used to be quite a fan of them but tbh I see them these days as being at the top of a rather gashtly, corrupt class system