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  • @l0vEr4in ikr ?

  • frau battenberg sachsen cobur gotha

  • blarrrgh fuck monarchy fuck the queen

  • @l0vEr4in i see your happy :)

  • @DwarfHamsterify Your not

  • I will do that one thing i said on the phone. I'll sharpping the saw if they want.

  • @eddykman I love have stupid you are yet you still have the confidence to share your views on the internet. Hopefully as you get older and work harder at school, you'll learn to express yourself better.

  • Just remeber you got to kill as many as theOriental guy that stack them up for me. I gusse he started the day after the concrod fly back to Toronoto eh! Cunt face. How many did kill was 20 or 30 million. THat all England and if don't I nuke you I nuke to fuck.

  • All i said to your yes man from Gaza was HI . AND THE FUCK GOSE AND kill himself. Are all you old fuck doing to do that . I dare you to play 8mm with sound. Hey you could send in your Grandsons it would be fun think they live. CUNT. ROME'S THE BEST SEE YOU IN HELL YOU OLD FUCKING BICTH.

  • And would tell anybody about the red cuold over L.A. and how it going to kill everybody if me and Oday and Qusay and Osama failed. Well I can stiil kil you Goof.You shuold how good I'm doing in getting the prices. Got the black one and Abdul give me Oday and Qusay Ihope there get what we talked about and maybe God will even let Osama in to he was working and he love GOD's. NOt like you you fuck pice of shit. Can't wait for world to find out on how you screwed them.

  • She a GOOF i meet her and SHE A GOOF DIE YOU FUCK .I'm Comming to get you EDDY"S grandson . I wish i would of ask him if your cunt was stniky GOOF. When are you going to have your Clivi War BICTH. I like to nuke you you fuck head. See you in HELL.

  • I've got one better. SHe's not only Britain's oldest monarch, she's the ONLY monarch!

  • why wont UK be repupblic and why wont president lead the country

  • @goodatmath12 England experienced a republic under Oliver Cromwell in a commonwealth republic... but he turned out into a dictator, the people suffered and his image was ruined as people get poor. his weak military capabilities failed against the French. In short, the years of republic sucked. So, the people had enough and they protested and decided to restore the constitutional monarchy with King Charles II. Charles II was a great time in history and his successors made Britain mighty and rich.

  • @BritainiaNumberOne @BritainiaNumberOne A modern Oliver Cromwell would be different though. In the 17th century they had no real concept of democracy, the whole world was governed by very wealthy people and absolute monarchs, even Republics tended towards having Oligarchy. The issue here is not that Cromwell was a bad ruler hundreds of years ago, it's that our Queen has done an excellent job as a monarchy in this century. That's why people will keep monarchy.

  • LMAOOO!! they got african dancers!!

  • I do not believe in monarchies, either, but I don't believe you should hate the person who holds the title of King, Queen--whatever. They were born into that system. The Queen is not so bad--I'm sure she has many good qualities just like any of us. I don't see that she has done anything to deserve to be hated, nor to be called upon to be killed. I wish her and her whole family the best, as I do for everyone.

  • When I first heard the narrator speak, I thought she was singing!

  • this sponging old git lizzie just seems to go on forever.....costing the common man a fortune...these royal ponces...just keep multiplying like sewer rats.....theirs no end to their begging and freeloading..from the poor public purse...bring back cromwell to finish the job....CHOP!...job done..dont you agree?

  • @whatsgoingonthen The monarchy costs tax payers 62p per person for year. It brought in £600m BEFORE the Royal wedding actually occurred. I'm sure you can do the maths. If not, its whats known as "bloody good value".

  • @ZodiacBubblegum tell me how much ....is the cost of the use of a royal yacht from the 1660s....till 1997.....the taxpayer footing the bill........is that bloody good value as you say?...and the royal yacht britainnia....was decommissioned by john major......when he told old lizzie......mam...youll need to pay for it yourself.........lizzies reply.....what!......just retire it....immediately.......bloody good value(dont make me laugh)

  • "when I sharpen my flashing sword and my hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on my adversaries and repay those who hate me."

    "For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment."

    "This is what the Sovereign YHVH says: 'Because Edom took revenge on the house of Judah and became very guilty by doing so,"

    "They will be called the Wicked Land, a people always under the wrath of YHVH."

  • The Queen/Empress Elizabeth will rain for many more years,

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  • @alextilson lol, she isn't a thundercloud, she can't "rain" for many more years, but she can "reign" for many more years. Long live the Queen!

  • @badboykillfreshout Fuck You! i Was Talking About my Home Country, Tonga.

  • I Am Thankful to be Born from a Country that has a Monarchy.

  • What sort of accent does the narrator have? I can't place it...

  • @skybart Chinese

  • @skybart horrible!

  • @skybart horrible! She's got a horrible accent!

  • It always amuses me when folk say the queen should retire.She said right at the start,when her father died and she was to succeed him that her WHOLE life would be devoted to the service of her dominions.She firmly believes her role was divined by god & for that reason alone she will not retire.Prince Charles will just have to wait his turn,lol.

  • @popazz1 lol, like they're gonna give Charles a turn!!!!

  • @Zerrum ,

    Yeah,right,lol.But unless some cataclysmic event occurs Charles will get his turn.Unless of course he dies before he can get the throne.Maybe we,as the poor saps who have to put up with the whole monarchy malarkey should get a vote on who should be next,or whether we get rid of the whole in-bred shower!

  • @popazz1 the monarcy stops dictators. a president [if we were to get rid of the royal family] has no higher power then when a dictator comes along no-one can stop them. with a queen [or a king] as soon as someone starts dictating they will [can] dissolve parliment and appoint a new primeminister.

  • @LadyMikala ,

    Interesting concept.

  • @popazz1 is that agreement or disagreement?

  • @LadyMikala ,

    Sorry,don't mean to be rude,perish the thought,lol.But I'd kinda finished with this subject.Rather leave it to those with more time to devote to it.I'd still take my chances without a monarchy though! They aren't elected,most are a bunch of free-loaders,exception of Her Majesty who has more than proved her worth.But as she is the 1 who believes she was 'divinely' chosen,as opposed to just being an 'accident of birth',I think we can leave the monarchy there,after she's gone!

  • @popazz1 i understand and will leave it. personally i think different though

  • @LadyMikala ,

    It's what makes the world turn,our differences.Good chatting,and take care.

  • @popazz1 yea cool have a good 2011

  • The mix of an elected Parliament AND a head of state such as HM the Queen, as we do in New Zealand as well as many other parts of the Commonwealth continues to serve us with dignity and sensible government. There are three generations in our family old enough to make comment on this issue We stand from left to right wing in terms of party politics. Her Royal Highness continues to maintain the fondness and support of all of us. IMP

    One need only to look to the USA to say " God save the Queen

  • God bless her Majesty, she has been endowed with wisdom and fortitude, God save the Queen!

  • HM the Queen Mother made it to 101, so the Queen might very well last out the course, and have a reign lasting some 75 years.

    Yes indeed, God save the queen

  • @Strefanash If the Queen does live to be 101, I don't think Charles will have long on the throne - it's William who will surely be King for a long time.

  • @TheAnn2shoes

    yes indeed, unless the traitors (politicians) abolish the monarchy. Certainly in my country a politico would rather be a head of state of an insignificant cluster of islands (New Zealand) than be subject to what was once the greatest empire ih history.

    another reason why politicians are so contemptible

  • @Strefanash I do think it's much better to have the Head of State and Prime Ministerial job separate, the position then of Head of State cannot (hopefully!) be tarnished. Politicians? What can one say?!

  • @TheAnn2shoes Good point.

    The Queen has been trained from a young age to always have the best interests of her subjects at heart in the long term, she does not feel the need to impress the population with promises that most of the time cannot be honoured. Unlike politicians who use every trick in the book to reach the top and when they finally get into office they will use every trick in the book to try and stay in power.

    Politicians are power hungry... the monarchy doesn't need to be.

  • @Strefanash But as the Queen gets older, she will be able to fulfil fewer and fewer of her duties. I would urge her to retire within the next 5 years. If Charles isn't up to it, change the law of succession, enabling the monarch and parliament to nominate the successor.

  • The first job I had after high school here in Canada was working for the provincial; government of Manitoba. It is required that you swear allegiance to Her Majesty; her heirs & successors. I am as serious about loyalty to the Queen of Canada , Elizabeth II , today as I was then , some 40 years ago. God save the queen.

  • very good

  • robot narrator >.<

  • Is this a German accent? Dutch, perhaps? May be Swedish?

  • @Kenta19191919 Sounds more like Indian to me.

  • The British Emprie built on blood, murder, stealing, lies, and manipulation. Inbreeding nasty pagans.. God will deal with them all

  • @spiritual51 "....nasty pagans" referring to your own people?

  • @spiritual51 You seem to spend far too much time in the past without looking at the balanced govt a head of state removed from party politics offers us. Mistakes have been made by, and continue to be made by many govts elected or otherwise. 2 sixteen yr old Gay men were hung in a live execution last week on IRAN state TV. I suggest you care more about the horrors of today and not the pastt. Also the Queen is a supporter of a free and democratic commwealth Some sombre food for thought, I.

  • @paulbdickey Governments are such crappy organizations today; politicians are little more than mafia figures. Democracy is widely flouted even in the countries were it is supposed to be the most fully practiced. Queens, presidents: it makes no difference which is which.

  • God save the Queen. She ain't no human being!

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  • long live the queens

  • really, literally a noble woman! RESPECT!

  • thats not true. queen elizabeth hasnt beaten queen vicky yet

  • @illovedinkiwinky 2012 isn't that far away - the olympics AND a Diamond Jubilee

  • Her Majesty is so lovely! Long live the Queen!

  • Long Live the Queen.

  • well, ya got me there buddy, wow you're so smart.  We're all so lucky to have you, because you're soooooo smart!! :) Have a nice day!!

  • We're very lucky to have the Queen as Head of State. Her prime ministers come and go - some of them very quickly - but the Queen has been around for longer than most people can remember.

  • I think that it's ridiculous that a modern 21 century democracy still has a monarchy.

    What makes them so special. I am an American so its just my observation.

    In some way America has its own sort of royalty that worst than England"s.

    At least the queens family didn't flee during WWII and were there to bolster Morale

  • I'd rather have the monarch than that autistic half-blind cunt Brown as president.

  • @JuanMacready I'd rather have the monarchy here in america and have obama as prime minister. ugh i hate presidency

  • Well if George III had allowed the colonists to be represented in our parliament at Westminister then that may have happened.

  • vivat regina!

  • So True. There is NO difference between any politician. They ALL work for the Wealthy bankers and Wall street firms. Lets wake up people!

  • God bless Queen Elizabeth! Presidents and prime ministers come and go,....and who cares? They are all the same. But a queen can be cherished for decades! As for the comments that favor Bush Or Obama.....They are controlled by EXACTLY the same wealthy people! As usual,the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Thats something that will never change.The politicians want the voters to argue over nonsense while they and their wealthy supporters steal from the population. Its very sad.

  • @CarolinaParakeet Absolutely true. Everyday I'm starting to realize that true democracy can be found within a constitutional monarchy like Elizabeth's.

  • On her Silver Jubilee, (25 Years), Queen Elizabeth II joked, (paraphrase): "I have read that Queen Victoria really relaxed during her Golden Jubilee. I take it that SILVER Jubilees are somewhat different!" (That is, Queen Elizabeth II didn't get to relax much during her SILVER Jubilee. Hope she was able to during her Golden and Diamond Jubilees!) : )

  • God save the Queen and send all the haters out to Australia, stupid bitch reading should realise its Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

  • Its particularly sad that we have these PARASITES around. Firstly we have Charles who had clearly demonstrated he has mental health problems and how totally unsuitable he would be to succeed his mother. Then worst of all we have a vile ugly repulsive Syphilis raddled old whore camilla freeloading on the country serving no useful purpose. This pair both need to be completely eradicated before they totally destroy the monarchy. Clearly only William as Princess Dianas son is suitable to continue.

  • Everybody knows this disgusting raddled old whore camilla was putting it about for years and clearly not too particular how many men or who with! She is a repulsively vile poisonous parasitic ugly old slut riddled with Syphilis and looks more like a man in cheap drag everyday - have you seen those big man hands! Hopefully the Queen will live at least as long as her mother and we will not have this filthy repulsive white trash camilla and the parasite "tampax charles around for much longer!

  • Princess Diana was an idiot. It's only HM The Queen's genes that make HRH Prince William any good.

  • People love Diana! The monarchy forgets that at its peril.

  • God Save The Queen.

  • uk without rolalty would be incomplete.god bless the queen.

  • ·As Head of State, The Queen maintains close contact with the Prime Minister, with whom she has a weekly audience when she is in London, and with other Ministers of the Crown. She also has an annual audience with the Chancellor before he presents his Budget and sees all Cabinet papers and the records of Cabinet and Cabinet Committee meetings. She receives important Foreign Office telegrams and a daily summary of events in Parliament. ...............

  • ...Last year she carried out more than 450 engagements. She visits school, hospitals, attend many dinners. And these occasions are not fun. These are formal affairs (usually carried out with strangers) that require behaviours, etiquette, endure, dedication to the organization one represents, and goodwill. She is patron of more than 620 organizations. And Robert Lacey believes that the Queen only sleeps for 5-6 hours and rest of her time is dedicated to her paper, governmental............

  • ...work, visiting other countries and charities. At the age of 21, she promised to her life and soul to the country and many people would agree that she has kept her promise to this day.

    LONG MAY SHE RULE OVER US!

  • Now, She is the Queen of the Britons. But his son will be king of the muslims or blacks and asians. A Britiain, without real British people.

  • Stop chatting complete bullshit. White Britons make up over 93% of our 63 million population!

  • Hahaha, do you believe in official statistics? It isn't true that white Britons make up over 93%. "Whites" are considered similar to USA: It incudes non-Europeans

  • ok and what about the other monarchs before her? victoria was empress of india during her time. study ur history

  • I don't understand the relationship in your comment

  • Long live the King?

    Long live the Queen!

  • Charles is heir to the throne? Just think, Queen Camilla. UGGGHH

  • who the f cares besides the british. it's not like his rule could reallly effect u guys ur monarchy doesn't have any power. i for one don't enjoy giving canadian tax money to a british monarchy and accepting the queen as a head of state but i do it bc i care for my country the greatest of countries CANADA BITCHES

  • If you think that Monarchy has no powers in Britain then watch the video on YouTube, "Power and Glory of the British Monarchy." YOU WILL BE SURPRISED!

    For the record: Canadians do not, and have NEVER paid the Queen for her services. While the Governor-General and the Lieutenant-Governor's expenses do rack-up a modest bill (less than one dollar/tax payer/year), having a President would cost even more! As a comparison, in the United Kingdom the cost of the Queen's expenses are.............

  • ...much less than that of the presidents of Germany, the United States and France.

    And don't gorget we British people pay our Queen only 41 million a year and make more than 200 million out of her Crown Estates. If we abolish our monarchy, we have to give her those back and not to mention more than 80,000 books in our national library, which belonged to George III but he wanted to share them with his subjects!

  • She will be the last one of the old guard. I can 't believe in this day and age we still play up to kings and queens, kind of foolish..

  • "we"?? Exactly at what King or Queen do you "play up" to? You guys had a retard with the IQ of a mosquito sitting in the oval office for the last 8 years, weren't you willing to deffend his name outside your country even if you didn't vote for him? Well, that's how we feel about our monarchs in Europe so don't be foolish and watch your mouth, your talking of national symbols, if we want them or not is our bussiness not yours.

  • Dear mcmlxvi,

    I am an American and I laughed out loud at your description of Bush II, as "...a retard with the IQ of a mosquito..." Personally, I think you're being much too kind. I don't if America will ever recover from the damage inflicted by the bush/cheney administration. Surely the people he killed, maimed, blinded, deafened, etc., will never recover, not just from the US, but tens of thousands of innocent Iraqis. Bush II is the best argument for a monarchy I can possibly think of.

  • The US will recover, every country in the world has had a seriuos SOB as a ruler at some point in history and all of them have recovered. However, most americans are so convinced that no wrong has been done that it'll be a long painfull process for the country to integrate to the world's comunity as a productive member. I don't think we will live long enough to see it but I sure believe it will happen. I like Obama, maybe he'll be the king you're looking for. I hope so.

  • I disagree when you claim that "most Americans are so convinced that no wrong has been done". The fact that the majority of Americans voted for Obama clearly proves otherwise. We Democrats are pissed off at what the Bush-Cheney regime did not only to this country, but others throughout the world. They ruined the sound principles that we stood for. It's still too early to tell how Obama will do. I know that I am not the only Democrat who is proud of his winning the Nobel Peace Prize!

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  • I am definitely one of those democrats that was proud when i heard about him winning the nobel peace prize.many americans are convinved of the grave error that was made in voting for bush. he only won his second term because he scared the whole country into thinking the terrorists would get us. I hope that Obama can turn things around quick enough, people are getting antsy and want Obama to end their suffering caused by the repub. party, though it takes time to repair such horrible mistakes.

  • Mr. Obama, if we are lucky, will be a one-term president, because he will take the steps necessary to turn the country around, steps that will anger the powers that be in the US corporate world and, because of their control of the journalistic rumour mill, destroy his popularity with the voters. He is bogged down in Afghanistan; Iraq is a bottomless pit; the medical system is insane; the financial system is based on absurd financial manipulations. One could go on and on. Obama must get to work!

  • Bush may as well be tried as a war criminal i am not joking or trying to be funny..there is no way such a thing can just get away unpunished

  • I heard several months ago that the dems are going to look into his two terms and try to find some dirt on him, hopefully Bush didn't cover his tracks too much, I don't want him to get away with what he did. Unfortuntely, the South only glorifies what he did in office as the actions of a "hero." He was the worst thing that happened to america after the sept 11 terrorist attacks.

  • I am so with you on this Chevalover! I think for my Christmas gift I would love to hear nothing better than that the Obama administration put Bush/Cheney behind bars where they belong! I want to be nice by saying that it's not the South that glorifies him, but rather the Southern Christian Funda"mental"ists that are the dirty SOBs. God Squads across the U.S. LOVE Bush who was one of THE most corrupt people to ever become world leaders. Bush hid behind a school book during 9/11. Some hero.

  • the world already knows what he did and what he's actually responsible for, i mean there really is nothing wrong with the way you run your government and all the rest but, i am fortunate i live in a constitutional monarchy and shit like that doesn't get away unpunished, take the Richard Colvin case for example, the conservatives made a a mistake and they are suffering for it, well i hope bush recieves just punishment for what he did to your country and other countries

  • Bush was far better than Obongo.

  • @JuanMacready lol Obongo :D

  • long live the monarchy and long live Britannic majesty queen Elizabeth

  • I agree, the monarchy is part of history and I agree 100% with dilaton1. God Bless the Queen

  • God bless the False Prophet?

  • GOD BLESS HER!!!

  • I can't imagine why anyone would want to abolish the monarchy. It seems to be just the "because it's there" mentality. The monarchy is a beautiful tradition, hurts nobody, helps many and generates far more money than it costs. The US should consider it.

  • i agreee that monarchy is a wonderful thing and if its not broken dont fix it. but the thing is, if the US became a monarchy it would become everything our ancestors ran away from, and not a lot of people would b open to it unfortunetly

  • soccergirl197979

    You have to cede that Loyalists and Black fled to Canada opposing the revolution.Have to say the U.S. in it's arragance sure blew away the Hawaiian people and their monarchy.Louis XVI financed America with this revolution and they watched him and Maire Antoinette get decapitated.Gratituted for you.

  • The US doesn't need a monarchy, we allready have a cult of personality with certain political families; Kennedys, Bushs, Cuomos and others. It wasn't suppose to be this way, that is what Hollywood is suppose to be for. Dumbed down populance.

  • The Civil List exists because a much larger sum gets paid over from the Duchies to the Government. Swapping it over might stem the increasingly hollow complaints over the 61p per capita or so the monarchy costs a year, but it would also make the Royal Family fiscally independent and possibly less accountable on their expenditure.

    Incidentally presidential systems aren't free and only have an head of state plus spouse, not an entire family together undertaking thousands of engagements per year.

  • Long live the Queen!

  • And you know I really enjoy talking with you guys, you seem like a really nice group of people. You can still have your traditions but remember the world does not have be the way it's always been. Wouldn't it be nice if Britain had the highest education rate and lowest rate of people starving and the best solutions for homeless people. Something to think about.

  • I understand what you are saying, but I don't think the Civil lost payments will make a massive difference to education or social care etc. Billions are already spent on those areas and it never seems to get much better - it is strange that a developed nation cannot do these things.

  • We all live in luxury compared to starving children in Africa, good grief, and sure she's not the only really wealthy person in the world, but she's supposed to be 100% for Britain and the British, all British, and if she was REALLY that way, she'd give that civil list money for health, education, food and housing for her subjects and use her OWN money for everything else. my goodness it's a matter of money isn't it? I mean she's wealthy wealthy and she STILL takes thes civil list money,

  • She is head of state of 16 Realms, not just Britain.

    The Civil List is the money awarded by Government to pay for the staff and upkeep of assets owned and employed by the State - for example, Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty uses her own money to finance her private homes and to fund her personal activities.

    The British Government funds Her Majesty's British state-related activities, just as the Canadian government pays for the Queen's state activities when she is in her role as Queen of Canada

  • It is just because she is rich that Mary has a cactus up her bottom. The Queen is a public servant just like your president and our Prime Minister, they all get paid to do their jobs, why should the Queen be any different?

    Oh I forgot, she is different, she doesn't spend the millions of pounds on herself and put it into a retirement fund, because she can't retire - she is an octogenerian and still performs her duty better than a politician.

    MONEY WELL SPENT I WOULD SAY

    GOD SAVE HER MAJESTY!

  • @fairgirl7 booooooooooooooooooooooo

  • Maybe you think like that because they are one permanent State Family, It is a known fact that any Presidential budget in Europe or America costs more then any Royal Family of Constitutional Monarchies. Brazil´s Presidency costs six times more. And as I remember the first presidencial act after throwing away the Brazilian Monarchy was to double the salary of the head of State. The basic difference is that the Brits publish their expendures, Republics hide it under National Security affairs.

  • yeah I'm a silly woman alright, I wish people didn't have to go hungry so the royal family can live like well, royalty. and you're misinformed if you think they don't cost the govt. money that could be going to help the poor. But hey, everyone is entitled to their own opinion and some people just don't care. Personally, I think the queen would do more good for her country if she were out helping instead of holed up in her palace. just my silly opinion.

  • I understand it costs us Brits 80p per person per year to pay for the Royal family -Thats peanuts! I'm sure it would cost a lot more to have a president with all the election costs that would involve.

  • Well, until our politicians prove themselves more trustworthy we shall have a monarchy. And our Queen (and her father) did so much during WW2 for the morale of the people. She was out helping people.

  • @marym499 Yeh, u r a quite stupid woman, the United Kingdom pays out one of the highest amounts of money to charties across the world, while the USA's in comparison is quite small, therefore making your argument obsolete.

  • oh sweet Jiminpalmsprings, isn't life great, you're a sweet heart god bless ya and have a great day :)

  • dio salvi la regina

  • I'm not saying you need a president. I'm not saying you have to stop having a queen. I'm saying make the position vital. Make it so it's not symbolic. Make it real. Make it so that person really does a job that helps the country.  Make it so Britain is the only country in the world where EVERYONE learns to read and EVERYONE has a place to lie their head at night and WHO helped make all that happen? THE QUEEN. GOD BLESS HER!!

  • The people and the armed forces' loyalty to the crown has prevented us from ever having a dictator. Franco, Napoleon, Hitler, Mussolini etc. The history of the world has never listed a British dictator and hopefully never will. Becoming a republic isn't going to solve all (or any) of the UK's problems overnight. The Monarch is also the only person a British prime minister can talk to without ever having to worry it'll end up in the papers. President Blair? No thanks.

  • Even though I agree with almost everything you have said, I must suggest a small correction on the question of a dictator. Have you never heard of Oliver Cromwell? Reference to him actually strengthens your central idea, though, since he ruled during the one period when Britain had no monarch.

  • And what about Oliver Cromwell, my dear friend ??He ruled Britain as a dictator from 1653 till 1658.

  • Maythe forces of the Universe forbid that GB turns into a republic, EVER!!! You see how France have to deal with it´s racial, and social issues, because presidents "forget" to take care of uncomfortable issues, and they end up blowing in the face of the next generations.

  • The queen is obsolete,nice lady but obsolete. And the British just blindly goes along with it because they've always just gone along with it, tradition and all don't you know. Meanwhile, real people need help, but of course they don't matter because they're just ordinary folk whereas the QUEEN has to have her castles and her servants and her la-dee[da. WAKE UP

  • The President of the United States is a paid public official. he's paid $400,000.00 a year. He lives in a home which is provided for him during his term. He pays for all his own clothes and food. He has access to Camp David. When he retires he will receive a pension of $162,000.00. His protection is paid for by the Federal govt.

  • The Queen could perform all her "duties" with her own money. She doesn't need the money from the civil list. You know 660 million pounds is quite a chunk of change and I imagine she could manage to cover everything with that amount of money. Hey ya know, I'm tired of people starving and living in the street while rich people live in LUXURY. But some people just don't get it and they never will.

  • Your queen and her castles is the biggest reason for tourism in your country, for that reason i believe you owe her something!

  • The Queen does more for her country than you could ever do. I don't care how much luxury she lives in and who pays for it. She rakes in a hell of a lot more to benefit Britain than she costs.

  • The Queen isn't the only person in the world who lives in luxury you know, compared to starving african children, we all live in luxury. What do you think the Queen spends the civil list on? She can't use it to buy new clothes - it is used for state duties, e.g. royal visits, state dinners, official receptions etc. She has her own money like anyone else does, but she does not take tax payer money and buy herself new tiaras and Rolls Royces. She gets a lot less than what her estates give back!

  • Exactly! The Crown Estate, which includes lucrative real estate such as Regent Street in London, and even a McDonalds these days, pays a phenomenal income to HM Treasury, far in excess of the Civil List.

  • people are happy with the Queen and the job she is doing. And 64% wish to see the monarchy countine after her death. So clearly the people of the United Kingdom see her and the Royal Family as an assest to their country and not a burden. Some do I am sure, but most do not.

  • around $660 million US dollars, and that's mainly due to the land she owns on the Sandringham and Balmoral estates. The palaces, the art, the Crown Jewels DO NOT BELONG TO HER! or the Royal Family! They are kepy by her in trust for the British People the true owners of them! Before you go knocking another countries sysytem you really should look into how it is run. The UK government works for a "value for moneny" monarchy, and sees to it that no pound is mis-spent. and 71% of the British

  • Clearly you know very little about how the British Government works...the money paid to the Queen is NOT for her personally, it's to support her role as head of State of the United Kingdom. Which in 2008 was around $80 million pounds as compared to over $350 million to support the USa President in his role as Head of State. She pays taxes on her income, and repays the government what money it spends on the staff, and other needs of her 4 children on the Civil List. Her wealth it's self is

  • Surely you don't really think that do ya? I mean really, you're just trying to sound stupid right? as a joke? if not, I feel really sorry for you.

  • Get a like? Wow I'm underwhelmed by your eloquence.

  • WAKE UP

  • get a like bitch, your just jealous! Long live the Queen!

  • go tell all of that to some poor little kid who hasn't eaten today and has no home and then go look at your rich parasite queen. But hey, I'm just sayin'.....

  • Darling, you do the math. why is it that all your musicians and entertainers want to live anywhere else but Britain? because you're taxed so outrageously. You're paying for her high life style. But hey, if you're happy that she sips her tea from anyone of a hundred thousand different tea cups more power to ya. Just try not to think of all the poor people who might be helped with all that tax money DARLING

  • Why do our entertainers & musicians go to the US? Because you give them enormous amounts of money! Most choose not to become resident in the US for tax purposes and prefer to pay for the best free medical care, best free education & best free social services in the world. If you think67pence (a dollar) per person would change anyone's life you should visit the UK & enjoy what's here. I have often been to the US, but I wouldn't dream of interfering with your system of government.

  • silly stupid woman

  • Oh darling, if you liked being taxed to death so she can have several castles with several hundred staff for each more power to ya. You're the kind of people she just loves, the GENEROUS kind.