Subject | Re: Queen mother (of Britain) has died |
From | paulh |
Date | 2002-04-02 03:53 (2002-04-02 03:53) |
Message-ID | <fh3iau0ldtv3dma2nql39bil493b1jf4a8@4ax.com> |
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Newsgroups | alt.fan.tolkien |
Follows | David Flood |
Followups | AC (5m) David Flood (16h & 23m) > paulh |
David FloodIts part of the national interest people have in the UK... its airfares, hotel bills, souvenirs, food ....The Royals are just part of that. I'm not sure an accountants view is neccessarily valid when it comes to heritage....or else we'd tear down all those old scabby castles and turn them into a nice block of flats.
"Joy" <queen_yoj@hotmail.com>wrote in message news:29ff3ad6.0203311948.3d960afa@posting.google.com...JoyDavid Flood
paulh <aa@microsoft.com>wrote:JoyAlthough I must say any of you living under a monarchy spend a helluva lot on their upkeep.paulh
No...we make it all back on Tourism from people who don't have a Monarchy coming to see ours..
paulh
Ah, that IS true.
The gate receipts on Buckingham Palace compensate for (allegedly) the wealthiest individual in the UK?