Do the Royal Family need our money?

[Emu2005]

This prob isn't the right category, but wasn't sure where to put it - the question about the queen giving evidence reminded me how much I despise the royal family. I personally think they serve no purpose, however I know many people disagree - lots of people give the 'they're good for tourism' argument. My question is though - the Royal Family have oodles of their own cash, they live in properties they don't own for free, and yet we still give them �60m a year. I don't understand how the queen can sleep at night - she doesn't need this money, but she is quite happy to take it from the tax payer (think of the good this money could do to say one hospital). Whether you like the royal family or not - surely no-one can really believe they need this money and it is right they receive it? I realise they 'work' for it - but they don't need it! Why couldn't we keep the royal family, let them live in the palaces for free, but stop giving them money?? It makes me sick just thinking about them!!! Anyone agree?

[jake-the-peg]

You must be able to find it or something close on google sp

Post a link that'd wouldn't be slanderous

[sp1814]

Okay...here it is.

I won't mention the royal's name, but it's the one who everyone thought was gay...but it turned out he wasn't because he got married right?

Well, that's all baloney. And this is why...

You know Michael Ball, the singer/West End performer?

Well, he has a very valuable cushion.

A cushion with DNA on it.

DNA which, if he so chose to, could be use in a 'Monica Lewinsky' kind of way.

This is absolutely an incontrovertably true.

I heard from a stunningly good source.

I hope you get to see this post before it's blown away.

...Hmm...funny that I should use the term 'blown away'...

[China Doll]

LMAO!!!

Oh my, oh my!

Excellent.

Splat I think you're my new hero on here!

[Reverandfunk]

Spock if I could I would give your first post 100 stars lol

Saxcoburg sounds just like Windsor doesn't it?

[sp1814]

CD

I'm glad you were able to read it before it's deleted.

I can't tell you who told me, but if you were to ever go to The Ivy and have a look at the third table to the left by the rear banquettes, you will be able to see a shallow dent on the ground...that's where my jaw hit the floor on hearing that particular piece of salacious goss.

And I've kept it to myself for the past three years.

No more.

I've done my duty keeping my gob shut.

[China Doll]

I'm making absolutely no comment regarding you, your gob or keeping it shut... I really, really want to but I won't lower the tone.

As a further salute to you and my now undying hero worship if I ever decide to go to the Ivy I will sit in the seat that you found out that suculent piece of information.

Got any more? ;0)

[jake-the-peg]

Why did that shock you?

It's quite salacious but what? a gay man getting married because it's what's expected - it's hardly all that shocking really is it?.

I was rather hoping you were going to tell me that Camilla was secretly a Catholic and had invalidated Charles' claim to the throne without telling him.

Oops did I say that out loud?

[sp1814]

jtp

Good Lord!!!

No - the reason that the other story is so fantastic is the existance of the cushion.

I love that.

It's so very...English.

I mean, a cushion for goodness sakes.

Brilliant.

Okay - CD...you know when Ulrika Jonsson wrote that book and said she'd been raped, and everyone assumed it was John Lesley.

It wasn't John Lesley.

It was never him.

Now, here's the difficult bit. I absolutely can't tell you who it was, because that's libellous. But if I did say, you're ears would definitely crisp up.

[China Doll]

Really?!

I wanna know, I wanna know, I wanna know..... (I can do that for hours).

Not even a hint?

Pretty please?

Fluttering my eye lashes and pouting is so not going to work on you is it? Nuts!

[Reverandfunk]

Michael Ball has a cushion with edwards jizz on it?

So how exactly is Edwina going to be forced to give a DNA sample? lol

[sp1814]

China Doll

Ahem...

But if I did say, you're ears would definitely crisp up.

[Oneeyedvic]

nnnnnoooooooooo -don't believe it.






















Damn, I hate gossip

[4GS]

No way? ex footballer SP?
no no don't say anything, just nod or shake your heid
flutters eyelashes and puckers lips
More chance of that working coming from me CD

[China Doll]

Noooooooooo!!!!!!!

Wow!

Sorry... how dim am I?!

Now it's my jaw hitting the table.

[4GS]

helps CD replace jaw
Shinea can you hel me get ma jaw back pleash, shorry, pleash exshcush the shaliva?

[Sweep2k]

Superb.

And you all know who Moira Stewart secretly went out with for about 8 years?

[4GS]

Tell, tell
Gulf war underpants are on standby!!!!

[libertie]

Please, please post all the juicy bits before I leave the office - 4.30ish - as I know that by the time I get home this'll have gone!

[SpiderPig]

Of course they need our money.

They keep having to replace Prince Edward's cushions.

[sp1814]

Right...now please no-one mention his name.

Yeah. That's what I heard, and the facts of the assault actually tally up time wise because they were working together at the time...all she said is that he was a 'presenter' she worked with.

Also, I know a few telly people and this person I'm talking about is famous for having ridiculously 'wandering hands'. So much so, that female production crew members often refuse to go call him in his dressing room when it's time for him to hit the studio floor.

I hate to gossip, but if I didn't, I'd probably crumble up and die...like Christopher Reeves in those old Dracula films.