Well,
It won't be my money anyway.
I don't earn enough to pay much tax. I should think the Royal Family probably get about enough out of me to buy themselves a piece of cake and a cup of tea each year, after my tax money has gone on defence, education, the NHS, social services, running 2 parliaments, prisons, etc. etc.
Ally
Ski tour operator goes bust Prince Andrew to lose deposit
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A very pertinent point, and jobs will now be harder to nail in a contracting industry.
Plenty of other businesses we could say that about
I'm sure she does a fantastic job......but I'm just trying to think at what ???? :twisted:
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Started by Boredsurfin in Ski Chatter 21-Aug-2009 - 69 Replies
AllyG
reply to 'Ski tour operator goes bust Prince Andrew to lose deposit ' posted Aug-2009
Timeforabeer
reply to 'Ski tour operator goes bust Prince Andrew to lose deposit ' posted Aug-2009
While neither especially 'pro' or 'anti' the Royal Family - I find them a bit farcical, if anything - do bear in mind that a good chunk of what constituted 'Crown' property was confiscated from the Catholic church by Henry VIII. George III gave up hereditary revenue from crown properties (to what is now the Crown Estate) in exchange for an annual payment; a pretty good deal for the taxpayer as Crown income was £190m in 2007. c.f. the £12m in the civil list. Which incidentally is less than social democrat Swedes fork out for their civil list.
Fully agree with Bandit on the Windsor thing; picked to play well with the locals by George (should that be Georg?) V.
On the Descent issue, they were an excellent company and founder Kit Harrison was a very decent guy. Perhaps we should be thinking about the employees they leave without a job.
Fully agree with Bandit on the Windsor thing; picked to play well with the locals by George (should that be Georg?) V.
On the Descent issue, they were an excellent company and founder Kit Harrison was a very decent guy. Perhaps we should be thinking about the employees they leave without a job.
Yeah, I knew that.
Bandit
reply to 'Ski tour operator goes bust Prince Andrew to lose deposit ' posted Aug-2009
Timeforabeer wrote:
On the Descent issue, they were an excellent company and founder Kit Harrison was a very decent guy. Perhaps we should be thinking about the employees they leave without a job.
A very pertinent point, and jobs will now be harder to nail in a contracting industry.
AllyG
reply to 'Ski tour operator goes bust Prince Andrew to lose deposit ' posted Aug-2009
I think the Royal Family probably picked Windsor because of Windsor Castle. Peerages often seem to have been given with place names rather than personal names, so I suppose there was a precedent for this. I know Field Marshall Lord Alanbrooke chose to keep his own name when he was created a baron, but I think this was unusual.
Other people with German names also changed theirs too, because of the First World War. Names like Schmidt changed to Smith.
Ally
Other people with German names also changed theirs too, because of the First World War. Names like Schmidt changed to Smith.
Ally
Tony_H
reply to 'Ski tour operator goes bust Prince Andrew to lose deposit ' posted Aug-2009
Timeforabeer wrote:Perhaps we should be thinking about the employees they leave without a job.
Plenty of other businesses we could say that about
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AllyG
reply to 'Ski tour operator goes bust Prince Andrew to lose deposit ' posted Aug-2009
I was sorry to hear about your job Tony, I hope the new one is better than the old one.
In a sense, we lost our jobs as well, when we had to give up dairying 8 years ago, because of the smash in the wholesale milk price. It's very hard, because you lose a sense of your own identity, as well as the financial loss. Instead of spending my days washing cows udders and shovelling cow muck, I now mow grass, make beds and clean toilets. But I do miss the cows.
I hope the ski employees find new jobs as well.
Ally
In a sense, we lost our jobs as well, when we had to give up dairying 8 years ago, because of the smash in the wholesale milk price. It's very hard, because you lose a sense of your own identity, as well as the financial loss. Instead of spending my days washing cows udders and shovelling cow muck, I now mow grass, make beds and clean toilets. But I do miss the cows.
I hope the ski employees find new jobs as well.
Ally
Ian Wickham
reply to 'Ski tour operator goes bust Prince Andrew to lose deposit ' posted Aug-2009
AllyG wrote:According to the website 'britroyals.com',
Our Queen is the 32nd great-granddaughter of King Alfred the Great who was the first effective King of England from 871-899.
In other words, the British Royal family have been around here in Britain for a very long time. Yes, they did marry into other royal families around Europe, but as Dave Mac said, it helped to ensure the stability of Europe - plus they weren't allowed to marry 'commoners' so who were they supposed to marry?
And why can't someone with a German surname be British? Or, someone with an Indian or French surname. Many of us have surnames originally derived from foreign surnames, since as I said at the beginning, Britain has been settled by successive waves of immigrants since the end of the ice age.
I think myself, that our Queen does a marvellous job, and I just hope that whoever succeeds her manages to do as well. I should think that it's a really hard job, and I'd much rather be cleaning toilets and making beds etc. than try and do what she does.
Ally
I'm sure she does a fantastic job......but I'm just trying to think at what ???? :twisted:
RoseR
reply to 'Ski tour operator goes bust Prince Andrew to lose deposit ' posted Aug-2009
She makes a good job of putting up with the Duke of Edinburgh, rather her than me. :lol:
I'm a laydee
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