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Originally Posted by andyl
Could I throw that back at you and ask what, apart from a bit of tourist revenue and a portrait to stick on our currency, the good is that the Royals do?
Sell them to the Americans that's what I say  |
The second paragraph is in part that is what happens anyway. Americans come here and spend money, along with people in hundreds of other countries.
As for your first paragraph, I suspect it is a more than "a bit". I'd stick a fiver on it that it is more than the 61p per person they cost everyone. Don't get me wrong, I really hate the monarchy, but I don't hate the £ÃÆ ’‚£Ãà¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£ they bring in. They are known as "The Firm" for a good reason - they make money.