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Originally Posted by raymo
The naysayers in this thread seem to have ignored the fact that it brought
a billion dollars to the U.K. economy, so at least in one way it was
certainly not a waste of money, it generated lots of it. It also continued
the pomp and ceremony that brings in huge amounts of tourist dollars every year.
If I remember rightly, the entire royal family costs each U.K. citizen
about 30cents per year; great value for money.
I'm not a monarchist, I don't really care much either way.
raymo
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In addition to what you said Ray, going back to when the civil list was formed and the royals started getting government handouts for their royal duties etc, they traded in return most of the income from the Crown Estate, so in fact even without the tourism thing, the government is very much up on the deal.