Should Beatrice and Eugenie receive 24 hour protection at our cost

[tinkie]

[sandyRoe]

They do everything else at our cost, so why not?

[craft1948]

Yes although I don't think the protection is there at their request. Princess Anne's children seemed to get by without it.

[Lie-in King]

Yes. Now, what's for dins? :-))

[craft1948]

Sorry I meant No etc.....

[boxtops]

No. Princess Anne's children don't. These two might be a little bit closer to the line of succession, but it's only a very little bit - it should be the same for all the Royal children. I understand it for Harry and Wills as they (with Charles) are the next 3 at the moment, but not for all the rest, Zara and Peter Phillips are no different from Andrew's daughters.

[tinkie]

I forgot to add thread, I am really cross that tax payers have to foot the bill regarding very minor royals receiving 24 hour protection, if Andrew wants his children protected then he or the Queen should pay for it, and not us

[askyourgran]

No why should they, there are others who don't get any. It isn't as if they do anything useful.

[tinkie]

Hi Lie-in-king, unfortunately we had full roast yesterday, so it's left-overs today :-))

[poodicat]

No!

[Lie-in King]

Mmmmm, leftovers...

Hope you're well? :-)

[craft1948]

ayg what would you like them to do.....they're both at college.

[tinkie]

Hi askyourgran, I quite agree, what do they do for any of us?

[tinkie]

Sorry craft, if they are supposed to be at college, how come they are often on jollies all over the world with thier very hard up mother

[tinkie]

Hi Lie-in-king, I can do you a cold roast beef and mustard sarnie, with a large v&t xx :-))

[Lie-in King]

(Losing last shred of dignity...)

Oh yes! Yes, yes, yes please!! :-))) xx ♥♥

[VHG]

I read in the paper the other day that a person who was Northern Ireland minister 30 years ago still gets police protection.

Same article said Tony Blair's protection still costs 6 milion a year (not sure if it is true).

I wonder what the total cost of "protection" is for all the people that get it.

[I.Don No]

no, absolutely not. that is what their parents are for and we surely pay enough to them (fergie surely gets a bit from andie)

[askyourgran]

Craft. They both swan around with their mother a lot and going to discos etc.,they will have no useful role even when they've finished college, (not boarding by the look of it). Apart from William and Harry I don't see why they would want to be protected, what for? .As far as I know the other grandchildren aren't.

[B00]

as of 2003/4, the crown gave 179.3 million pounds to the treasury, the money coming from tourism.

Considing this, i'd say the Royal Family are value for money- wouldn't you? And as such if security for the princesses is required, then so be it.

[VHG]

>as of 2003/4, the crown gave 179.3 million pounds to the treasury, the money coming from tourism

Are you sure?

The money given by the Crown to the treasury is from the Crown Estates, land owned by the Crown and money earned from that land.

There is no doubt the royal family do bring in SOME money from tourism, but if the royal family disappeared tomorrow I doubt tourism would drop by very much.

Of course it could be asked where the crown estate got it lands from in the first place.

Gained by all sorts of methods over the centuries (war, stealing it, etc etc).

As it is "our" land I think it about time the crown gave it back to "us".