The Queen Who Stares at Boats

[Autumnlicious]

To be fair, I don't think everyone would object as much if the British Royal family was miniaturized like the Swedish and Japanese Royal families.

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It's not how much the Royals cost, it's the fact they probably don't cost more compare to what people elsewhere pay for much the samething without a second thought.

Good thing that Tibs has blasted holes in the tourism argument, which means that "doesn't cost more" statement you made is going to be hard to meet.

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How many fortunes were not made on the backs of somebody else?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_quoque

Not to mention you make an extremely ill defined and non specific statement, giving you the ability to redefine the bounds while asserting that Shell's statement is somehow incorrect. How convenient.

Assuming the meaning of Shell's statement pertains to royalty in the British Isles, it is noted that they (nobility) appropriated goods (like in every other country with an aristocracy) for their own purposes and have documented their own gains.

I do not understand how historical inertia is a compelling argument against the proposition, which is that the monarchy is no longer needed.