Well, I'm Irish, but I've lived in England since I was 11 so I'm sort of English. I don't hate them, or like them. I won't watch the wedding because I don't care, but hey, free day off.
Thanks.Jedihunter4 said:It's a constitutional monarchy which means, they have no real effect on how they government works but the queen signs off on every law that is past so that theoretically if the government ever tried to do something like turn us into a dictatorship she could refuse to sign off on it an draw attention to it in terms of goverment that's all they do
They also act as figure heads, have official dutys, charity workers, diplomats and then all the historical reasons and general patriotism.'I've written more in my other posts but u get the idea, if u wiki it I expect there is allot abbot there as everything they do every penny they are given an spend is published and justified so that ever time they do get someone Who is like they do nothing an get money they just show them the figures and everything they do, an they are pretty convincing, even if u hate them personally if u have seen the figures an the work they so u can't really argue with the figures an stats
AccursedTheory said:I'm still unclear what their continued existence offers.
What exactly do they do?
Well, you could have a day off if you wanted, but your bosses want to make money. Pubs will earn a mint on that day.Zizzousa said:I really, really dislike them. There are a whole host of reasons, but since we're concentrating on the wedding, I don't tend to pay attention to the weddings of people I've never met, and nor do I enjoy paying for the weddings of people I've never met.
Also, the Royal Family don't think bartenders are people. You know this 'everyone gets a day off! Wahey!' schtick? Yeah, well, great, the whole country does get a day off - APART from we bartenders, who have to work an extra hour. Thanks guys!
Probably not, but if they were, I wouldn't base an entire institution around bragging about it. And I certainly wouldn't announce, "My ancestors were complete pieces of shit! For this reason, you must pay for me to continue to exist!"Generic Gamer said:I wonder if any of your family was ever involved in the slave trade.PhiMed said:Their fame comes from the fact that they are directly descended from the people who did all of the things I named. Royalty is what it is. A group of people, related to each other, who believe they're better than the entire rest of the world because of the gametes from which they sprang, and act accordingly.
Piss on all of them.
This is eerily similar to what I was going to say. As a nineteen year old American.Canid117 said:As a nineteen year old American
We aren't a British Colony, just a member of the commonwealth.Pigeon_Grenade said:well i wasent gonna say anything Without the right Answer, because i Honestly dont know off the top of my Head Which parts of the world Still Consider itself a British Colony, Besides Canada And Now Australiabrendonnelly said:Hence the union jack on our flagPigeon_Grenade said:as far as i remember Australia is also part of the British empirCarlMinez said:So did australia right?Pigeon_Grenade said:yes we are, why during both world wars, the Moment Britain declared war, we went to war with her, as per the fact all Colony's under British rule did, our Governor General is a Representative of the queenCarlMinez said:I didn't know Canada was a part of the british empirePigeon_Grenade said:as a Canadian, i like them alot
Anyway, I've always been interested in british culture. Been in London twice
Im only 16, we learnt it in year 10 history; besides I thought it was fairly common knowledge it was a big event.Miles000 said:Bit before my time but I did google it.brendonnelly said:Don't you remember the Whitlam debacle!? If they did that again, they would certainly lose any power they still have over Australia (not much)Miles000 said:I know that they can kick the current Australian government out if they are failing........
.....well......
......I'm waiting.
Spose your right. As it is we are on the verge of becoming a republic.