I don't know.

the worst spongers in this country are the royal family,these benefit scroungers have been getting away with it for years.about time the monarchy was abolished,totally outdated.we neither need or can afford these parasites.whats the first thing a midwife says to a royal baby.you have won the lottery.

Who are they?
Apart from A&E I thought those outside the EU had to pay anyway. I have been having medical tests for over a year & have no experience or evidence of queues of forriners waiting to give birth or have a heart transplant. Perhaps that's because I focus on the Tories treatment of the health service rather than a handful of desperate people in need for the problems of the NHS. I am proud my taxes go to help those less fortunate.

So am I mate. In fact I would gladly pay say an extra couple of p in the pound to help fund it if it was going to be managed better. The left wing don't have a monopoly of caring for our fellow man. Similarly focussing on the royal family won't cure the country's ills. Don't know the p&l is with them but they do bring in a lot of tourist pounds. I don't know about you but I wouldn't like to live in the goldfish bowl they do.

I am a republican, but the issue of the royal family is way down my list of priorities. I don't buy the tourist argument; sure a few yanks dream of meeting Liz in the Queen Vic but I do think most would come to Blighty with or without them. As you say, I wouldn't want their life. I would like to snot Prince Andrew though.

The Royal family are corrupt to the core. Princess Di was going to marry a Muslim. She was killed in a car crash in Paris after been chased by the " media"

Jill Dando about to expose paedophiles at the BBC , shot dead on her doorstep . An innocent man framed for her murder , her husband is the queens gynacologist and also delivered the royal babies .

Henri Paul was inebriated whilst driving the car at high speed that the [iQueen of Hearts[/i was travelling in.
Jill Dando didn't have a husband.

Tin foil hat time again I see.

Indeed.

It's an interesting phenomenon - didn't we used to have a mod on here who was into all that stuff?

Mugwump?

Either that or Flat Stanley is back.

Yes, and yes - the whole flat earth thing that ran for bloody ages!

Don't wake up Ferocious Aardvark for fecks sake.

I'm surprised we got through the moon landing anniversary week without a series of posts with links to crackpot YouTube videos demonstrating why the earth is flat, and being told to "wake up sheeple!"

Fortunately not many of the 20% of young AMericans who believe the landings were faked are on here; they are all on Total RL.