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PostPosted: 22:54 - 08 Jan 2020    Post subject: The Royals. Reply with quote

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51040751

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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have announced they will step back as "senior" royals...

So, enjoy all the wealth and privileges of Royal birth and then decide, "That's me done, cheers!" Lazy sod.

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...and work to become financially independent.

My arse!
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PostPosted: 23:02 - 08 Jan 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote

I hope Prince Harry knows there’s a three month sanction on claiming Universal Credit if you leave your job voluntarily.
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PostPosted: 23:30 - 08 Jan 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote

Does anyone REALLY care ?.
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PostPosted: 23:37 - 08 Jan 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wonderful. So you think the press are nasty to you? Deal with it. if they are it's for a reason so sort the reasons out. Look at your brother and his wife to see how to conduct yourself as representatives of the British Royal family and change rather than cut and run whining about privacy and bullying at the first hint of things not going your way.

Personally I hope they disappear into the wilderness.

I've never liked Meghan Markle and she seems to have Harry right where she wants him, under the thumb. FFS Koo Stark conducted herself with more class than she has.

Oh yes, can we have Frogmore house back please, we paid for it.
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PostPosted: 00:11 - 09 Jan 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote

Polarbear wrote:
can we have Frogmore house back please, we paid for it.

We didn't, actually. Also, it's not theirs (nor is it the Queen's).
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PostPosted: 00:44 - 09 Jan 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote

Riejufixing wrote:
Polarbear wrote:
can we have Frogmore house back please, we paid for it.

We didn't, actually. Also, it's not theirs (nor is it the Queen's).


Prince Harry and Meghan Markle want to KEEP living in Queen's Frogmore Cottage that taxpayers paid £2.4m to renovate just months ago


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7866765/Prince-Harry-Meghan-Markle-want-living-Queens-Frogmore-Cottage.html
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PostPosted: 00:57 - 09 Jan 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote

Polarbear wrote:
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle want to KEEP living in Queen's Frogmore Cottage that taxpayers paid £2.4m to renovate just months ago[ (dailymail)

Yes? It's the Mail! A step up from the "Express", possibly on a par with "The Sun". Mind you, even "The Daily Telegraph" (stand to attention!) makes the same mistakes.

Who owns Frogmore Cottage?
What mechanism paid for the renovations?

EDIT: Hang on, who paid for what during the renovations? Sorry, forgot that one.

OK hang on I'll type out the gen.
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PostPosted: 01:18 - 09 Jan 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote

Riejufixing wrote:
Who owns Frogmore Cottage?


The cottage is owned by the Crown Estates. It's not owned by the Queen, although she has the right to use it. She decided to allow H&M to live there. It's not theirs.

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What mechanism paid for the renovations?


They were made via the Sovereign Grant. The S.G. is funded by the Crown Estates, which pays into the Consolidated Fund, which is basically the government's bank account, with 25% or the year before last's payments being returned via the S.G. (so the C.F. takes 75%). This since 2011, when the Civil List was abolished.


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EDIT: Hang on, who paid for what during the renovations? Sorry, forgot that one


Nearly forgot that. The S.G. paid for the major works (structural repairs), H&M paid for the type of extra fixtures and fittings they wanted.

So I suppose squinting at the deal in the half light you could say "The renovations caused the taxpayer to not make as much from the C.E. as it might have", but in fact the S.G. would have had the money anyway.
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PostPosted: 04:06 - 09 Jan 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote

Piers Morgan wading in......

Good Morning Britain presenter Piers Morgan wrote on Twitter: “People say I’m too critical of Meghan Markle – but she ditched her family, ditched her Dad, ditched most of her old friends, split Harry from William and has now split him from the Royal Family. I rest my case.”
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PostPosted: 07:30 - 09 Jan 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote

The sooner we become a republic the better
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PostPosted: 07:52 - 09 Jan 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote

Harry'll get well paid work no bother.

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PostPosted: 08:51 - 09 Jan 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote

yen_powell wrote:
Harry'll get well paid work no bother.


American TV have already started courting them. Trouble is, any work they get is going to be purely because he is Royalty.

Perhaps the Queen should insist on royalties Mr. Green
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PostPosted: 08:52 - 09 Jan 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote

linuxyeti wrote:
The sooner we become a republic the better


What, and have a twat like Boris as head of state, no thank you.
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PostPosted: 09:03 - 09 Jan 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote

Polarbear wrote:
linuxyeti wrote:
The sooner we become a republic the better


What, and have a twat like Boris as head of state, no thank you.


A price worth paying
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PostPosted: 09:04 - 09 Jan 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote

Messy divorce within three years I reckon.
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PostPosted: 09:06 - 09 Jan 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote

Splitting hairs there, Riejufixing. The Sovereign Grant and Crown Estates are what we allow them to have in return for royal duties. I don't suppose they'll now be evicted from Frogmore "Cottage."
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PostPosted: 09:21 - 09 Jan 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote

doggone wrote:
Messy divorce within three years I reckon.


She better be careful then, there are underpasses in every city.
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PostPosted: 09:47 - 09 Jan 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote

Maybe he'll take up a career in Rugby union like his Dad?
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PostPosted: 10:04 - 09 Jan 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote

stinkwheel wrote:
Maybe he'll take up a career in Rugby union like his Dad?


I ooofed at that!!
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PostPosted: 10:07 - 09 Jan 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote

I predict they'll do lots of tacky work in the USA for mega bucks, divorce after a few years and finally he'll come home sobbing and be set up by the royals again. Might even take over Andrews 'role'.
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PostPosted: 10:32 - 09 Jan 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote

The press are going nuts over it. Who gives a s#it. Maybe this is just the start of a move to a more reduced royal family.
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PostPosted: 10:35 - 09 Jan 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ribenapigeon wrote:
The press are going nuts over it. Who gives a s#it. Maybe this is just the start of a move to a more reduced royal family.


if only it would reduced to a size of 0 members !!
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PostPosted: 10:41 - 09 Jan 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote

linuxyeti wrote:
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The press are going nuts over it. Who gives a s#it. Maybe this is just the start of a move to a more reduced royal family.


if only it would reduced to a size of 0 members !!


I used to be hard core pro-republic but now I just see the royal family as tribal chiefs and im ok with that as an alternative to having a president.
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PostPosted: 10:53 - 09 Jan 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote

I predict the two of them getting involved with the Kardashian empire, for joint publicity and consequential financial gain.

Either that or she will have an affair with David Beckham, Harry will kill her 'OJ' style, then claim diplomatic immunity. Following a period of calm he will marry Cheryl Cole.
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