The Brits are just as f*cked in the head as Americans. How can anyone who claims to support democracy be okay with a taxpayer-subsidized "Royal Family"? If the other inbreds have any dignity, they'll step down, too.
The Brits are just as f*cked in the head as Americans. How can anyone who claims to support democracy be okay with a taxpayer-subsidized "Royal Family"? If the other inbreds have any dignity, they'll step down, too.
trollism wrote:
wejo wrote:
[quote]Portland Hobby Jogger wrote:
We're a pretty diverse place and we had a black president for 8 years.
A black president who 40% of the population still think is a Kenyan Muslim terrorist.
Are the jihadists out of Syria, Iraq and Libya yet?
well if you didn't know it.. wrote:
wejo wrote:
I don't get the racism claim. If Harry married a white woman (I didn't know Meghan was "black" btw for a long time) who was a tv star with a big social media presence who liked being a celebrity I think the press would be all over her too.
Do you not remember Princess Diana? As white as you get and the press hounded her to her death in Harry's view so I don't think the racism claim holds up.
Britain is a lot whiter than America and British soccer seems way more "racist" than America if you can measure racism by what fans do at games, but then you harp on America like we're at the bottom of the barrel.
We're a pretty diverse place and we had a black president for 8 years.
I can well believe that you didn’t know, but that doesn’t mean that the Daily Mail and the British public didn’t know.
It was a big issue and the right wing tabloid media played into it big time. Someone else posted a piece above comparing the different treatment she received compared to Katie Middleton. The contrast is cover for all to see, except people like you who don’t know, or people who want to excuse the bias.
So her father is racist too? He doesn't seem to get along with her either.
Just because she was treated like sh** doesn't mean it was because she was black. His mother was treated like sh**. She's an outsider and didn't want to follow the rules. She's going to get blowback.
I guess we shouldn't care why someone was treated like sh** but if you marry into a royal family , tons of scrutiny is going to come your way. Harry is the one to have sympathy for if anyone I think as he was born into this situation. She chose to enter the media spotlight by marrying him. If she expects everything said about her to be positive or some of it to not be really rude that is nuts.
I never liked Royal pudding. I always preferred the Jell-o brand.
100% agree.
In my opinion this whole franchise needs to be closed down. What a waste of taxpayers money. Once the Queen dies they should close that operation and offer the former royal members a job at Madame Tussauds as a ticket seller.
Running Royalty wrote:
100% agree.
In my opinion this whole franchise needs to be closed down. What a waste of taxpayers money. Once the Queen dies they should close that operation and offer the former royal members a job at Madame Tussauds as a ticket seller.
You do realise they are not funded by taxpayers money? Landholdings owned by the family for generations generate an income in excess of £400,000,000, which is “gifted” to the government - in return the Queen gets about £85,000,000. This excludes income earned by the UK and associated companies through tourism. And the thousands of jobs created. So the royal family in effect pays almost 4 times what they earn in “tax”.
So you're asserting that the royal family serves some useful purpose other than distracting people from the drudgery of their own lives?
I really have started to hate Piers Morgan. What a moron.
How do they afford a 27M house in Vancouver? They can't say they are financially independent if Dad is paying for their lifestyle. This seems spoiled if they are no longer doing royal duties.
Fact Check Please wrote:
You do realise they are not funded by taxpayers money? Landholdings owned by the family for generations generate an income in excess of £400,000,000, which is “gifted” to the government - in return the Queen gets about £85,000,000. This excludes income earned by the UK and associated companies through tourism. And the thousands of jobs created. So the royal family in effect pays almost 4 times what they earn in “tax”.
And were are these Landholdings coming from?
Seems Spoiled wrote:
How do they afford a 27M house in Vancouver?
Crowdfunding?