Nap & Ace, you really need to look at what the Royal Family actually brings to the country in terms of economics. All the facts and figures I've seen show that they actually cost more than they make. Buckingham Palace isn't even in the top 25 tourist attractions for the UK, and due to it being under the jurisdiction of the Queen, it is only open (partially) 6 weeks of the year.
The whole economics argument for keeping the Royal Family is illogical. The French are a Republic, yet the Palace of Versailles still attracts millions of people (all year round I might add). People do not come to England to see the Queen, they come to see the buildings and history. Getting rid of an archaic form of government would not change that; indeed, it would be a boost to the tourism industry to have all buildings owned by the "Crown" to be controlled by an organisation like the National Trust.
As I say to anyone who brings up the tourism argument though, it really is completely irrelevant. If you understand and believe in freedom and equality, it shouldn't matter if the Queen is responsible for 100% of the country's wealth; it's still an unfair system that does not belong in a democracy.
http://www.republic.org.uk/What%20we%20w.../index.php
The whole economics argument for keeping the Royal Family is illogical. The French are a Republic, yet the Palace of Versailles still attracts millions of people (all year round I might add). People do not come to England to see the Queen, they come to see the buildings and history. Getting rid of an archaic form of government would not change that; indeed, it would be a boost to the tourism industry to have all buildings owned by the "Crown" to be controlled by an organisation like the National Trust.
As I say to anyone who brings up the tourism argument though, it really is completely irrelevant. If you understand and believe in freedom and equality, it shouldn't matter if the Queen is responsible for 100% of the country's wealth; it's still an unfair system that does not belong in a democracy.
http://www.republic.org.uk/What%20we%20w.../index.php
