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Originally Posted by purenuman
I envy the people who I perceive have a better life than I do.... of course I do. That's not the royals........ I would not swap places with any of them.
I certainly don't envy the royals at all, parts of their lives are totally ridiculous and most of the rest is pomp and nonsense  I can live with that...... If we are not paying.
They have fed off the people of this country (and others) for many many years....... Let them be if you must but lets stop paying them benefit...... That's not envy, it's fair.
They are rich enough and big enough to pay their own way.
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The thing is, this is not money they just get handed for nothing. It is effectively their pay for all the engagements they perform. This is the total figure for all the Royals and is somewhat less than certain top footballers rake in. And IMO they work somewhat harder than your average top-flight footballer.