Louis Epstein
David Flood <NOSPAMmaoltuile@utvinternet.ie>wrote: : "paulh" <paulh@fahncahn.com>wrote in message : news:fh3iau0ldtv3dma2nql39bil493b1jf4a8@4ax.com... :>On Mon, 1 Apr 2002 17:45:35 +0100, "David Flood" :><NOSPAMmaoltuile@utvinternet.ie>wrote: :> :>>"Joy" <queen_yoj@hotmail.com>wrote in message :>>news:29ff3ad6.0203311948.3d960afa@posting.google.com... :>>>paulh <aa@microsoft.com>wrote: :>>>>> :>>>>>Although I must say any of you living under a monarchy spend a : helluva :>>>>>lot on their upkeep. :>>>> :>>>>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? :> :>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.

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

Well,I know in 1660 they treated the regicides' remains with as much respect as Bandobras showed Golfimbul...I think republicans in modern Britain deserve no greater consideration.