Complaints over lavish lifestyle of guests of British queen.

Bullrush · 18-05-2012 3:50pm #1

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0518/breaking2.html

Are these people for real?! This queen is a millionaire who lives off the state, doesn't work, owns multiple palaces, has servants and wears a crown - and they're worried about her guests' lavish lifestyles!

prinz · 18-05-2012 3:56pm

Bullrush wrote: »

doesn't work....

Whatever else you say about the woman I don't think that bit is quite true. If I get to her age and I'm still being whisked around the place for photo ops, handshakes, meet and greets, smiling for hours on end, not to mention the paperwork etc associated with her dealings with the Parliament I'd call it work.

ChunkyLover_53 · 18-05-2012 4:00pm

That Fish Monger from Cork who had a laugh with her during her visit to Ireland is now the 13th Archduke of Chestishiresex-on-sea.

True story*.

*Caution may not be entirly true

audi a4 2008 · 18-05-2012 4:00pm

she dosent own the palace or the crown jewles they belong to the people of the uk/state.

she is very rich..

Nothingbetter2d · 18-05-2012 4:02pm

so is King Enda of Ireland going or will Queen Eamonn be going?

Where To · 18-05-2012 4:04pm

Don't begrudge it to her at all.

She earns every penny.

IvySlayer · 18-05-2012 4:05pm

The Royal Family bring in more money in tourism than what they cost the state.

stovelid · 18-05-2012 4:06pm

Thankfully we live in a country that is judicious with taxpayers' money.

Bullrush · 18-05-2012 4:06pm

audi a4 2008 wrote: »

she dosent own the palace or the crown jewles they belong to the people of the uk/state.

she is very rich..

Maybe she doesn't own them, but she certainly has the almost exclusive use of them.

fran17 · 18-05-2012 4:08pm

have to say my opinion of her was totally changed after the royal visit last year.she even has the cupla focail

partyatmygaff · 18-05-2012 4:08pm

Where To wrote: »

Don't begrudge it to her at all.

She earns every penny.

lol

Chuck Stone · 18-05-2012 4:10pm

Former colonial power in human rights hypocrisy shocker.

Latchy · 18-05-2012 4:13pm

It's the ones who don't make it on to the guest list who'll be rightly pissed off ...this is the biggest party of 2012 .

/walks slowly back and bows .

prinz · 18-05-2012 4:13pm

Chuck Stone wrote: »

Former colonial power in human rights hypocrisy shocker.

http://images.wikia.com/simpsons/images/c/ce/Stefane_August.jpg

Guess who?

ejmaztec · 18-05-2012 4:14pm

Bullrush wrote: »

Maybe she doesn't own them, but she certainly has the almost exclusive use of them.

If I had a house on the company, I'd be pretty miffed if I had to share it with every Tom, Dick or non-royal Harry.

The same goes for Gandalf up the Aras.

AnonoBoy · 18-05-2012 4:34pm

Oh I haven't been a fan of Queen since they got rid of Freddie Mercury.

Eh?

Eh?

Eh?

See what I did there? Because Freddie Mercury was in a band and the name of the band was Queen and she is the Queen. So I said I hadn't been a fan since they got rid of him (another joke because he died, they didn't fire him) and in doing so I pretended I got the rock band and the monarch mixed up. But it was just for comic effect. Pretty funny I must say, and I thought of it all on my own too!

Aren't I the hilarious chap?

Hardy-har-har-bleurgh.

CruelCoin · 18-05-2012 4:44pm

Bullrush wrote: »

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0518/breaking2.html

Are these people for real?! This queen is a millionaire who lives off the state, doesn't work, owns multiple palaces, has servants and wears a crown - and they're worried about her guests' lavish lifestyles!

Thats right, she should be driven around in a clapped out honda civic, go to mallaga, and eat nothing but spuds.
"sigh" She's a queen for **** sake. Her lifestyle is nothing less than correct for a monarch.

Also, she's a billionaire. Just sayin'

partyatmygaff · 18-05-2012 4:53pm

OSI wrote: »

The Queen gets paid a salary in exchange for all the profits of all Crown owned properties. She get's something in the region of £60M the last time I checked. The Crown Properties on their own, bring in over £200M. Before you even take into account the billions brought in by tourism because of her, the UK already makes a profit from her mere existence.

The issue most people have with the English monarchy isn't the fact that their lavish lifestyle is paid for by their "commoners" (As you said, it is a major tourist attraction) but the fact that they were born in to their position and have hardly any genuine merit for their position.