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David Flood
SubjectRe: Queen mother (of Britain) has died
FromDavid Flood
Date2002-04-03 20:45 (2002-04-03 19:45)
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"paulh" <paulh@fahncahn.com>wrote in message news:7plkausg10up7ejb83q3nekmvqs5779dln@4ax.com...

paulh
On Tue, 2 Apr 2002 19:16:21 +0100, "David Flood" <NOSPAMmaoltuile@utvinternet.ie>wrote:

Joy
Ah, that IS true.

David Flood
The gate receipts on Buckingham Palace compensate for (allegedly) the wealthiest individual in the UK?

paulh
Its 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.

David Flood
If you want heritage, shoot 'em and stuff 'em for display, I say.

paulh
Well that is an option I guess... its these modern laws that prevent that, see...

Laws are there to be broken, modern no less than ancient...

(Besides, I was being tongue-in-cheek, if you hadn't guessed ;)

D.