Why are Irish women in general so fascinated by the British Royal family?

Sam Kade · 20-05-2015 10:51PM

jamesbere wrote: »

Their more celebs now then actual royalty, page fillers for ok and hello magazines. They serve no purpose anymore to English society, they've no power nor do they have say on any government issue's.

They should be kicked out of the big house then and no more tax payers money for them

jamesbere · 20-05-2015 10:57PM

Sam Kade wrote: »

They should be kicked out of the big house then and no more tax payers money for them

Strangely enough I'd say they bring a lot of tourism to London, there's a big fascination in the Royal family

DoYouEvenLift · 20-05-2015 10:57PM

Nothing better going on in their lives, same as anyone who worships any form of a celebrity. You know you are an absolute loser when you would scream in excitement just because another human being whose job happens to be acting/singing/politics etc. is in your presence.

It's funny how a large amount of Irish people desperately seem to want to be American or British lol.

Sam Kade · 20-05-2015 10:59PM

jamesbere wrote: »

Strangely enough I'd say they bring a lot of tourism to London, there's a big fascination in the Royal family

Somehow I doubt the extra revenue would cover their costs.

Tigger99 · 20-05-2015 11:01PM

I'm laughing at all the judgement here. I enjoy following what the royals do. I have no desire to be a princess. And I am far from vacuous. People all have different opinions shocker.

Sam Kade · 20-05-2015 11:02PM

DoYouEvenLift wrote: »

Nothing better going on in their lives, same as anyone who worships any form of a celebrity. You know you are an absolute loser when you would scream in excitement just because another human being whose job happens to be acting/singing/politics etc. is in your presence.

It's funny how a large amount of Irish people desperately seem to want to be American or British lol.

I notice that on here a lot :mad: Some clown started a thread today about a stranger taking a photo of his license plate :rolleyes: Solicitors have suddenly become lawyers.

strobe · 20-05-2015 11:03PM

DoYouEvenLift wrote: »

Nothing better going on in their lives, same as anyone who worships any form of a celebrity. You know you are an absolute loser when you would scream in excitement just because another human being whose job happens to be acting/singing/politics etc. is in your presence.

It's funny how a large amount of Irish people desperately seem to want to be American or British lol.

too troo brah.

riclad · 20-05-2015 11:04PM

I think some women have a fantasy ,if i was i was in the right place in the right time ,i could meet A price and get married .
It,s s like a fairytale .
and its good material for tabloids, magazines ,
royals ,get married ,get divorced , have affairs ,do stupid things ,
and they are all very rich.

Magazines like ok,etc need something to fill papers ,
the royals are like actors, celebritys ,
but without any particular talent .
The only qualification they need is be born ,
from royal parents.
And they always have children ,so theres always new storys to be written
on them.

The kennedys were the american version of the royal family .

IT must be boring to be going to partys or official ceremonys all the time,
and having to be polite to everyone .
ITS like being madonna etc you always have to have bodygaurds with
you .
you cant just go into mcdonalds for a burger .
They are always in the public eye ,
and are folowed all the time by photographers .

Cold War Kid · 20-05-2015 11:05PM

Tigger99 wrote: »

I'm laughing at all the judgement here. I enjoy following what the royals do. I have no desire to be a princess. And I am far from vacuous. People all have different opinions shocker.

I only object to "All women want to be princesses" - where do people get this stuff from?
Otherwise, all the best to ya!

LordSutch · 20-05-2015 11:09PM

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

With Prince Charles visiting Ireland - it struck me how all the Union Jack flag wavers were women/young children.

My own mother seems to have great interest in Royal Baby x, y or z. Funnier still she tells me that my grandmother used to have great fascination with the British royals and used to read Hello magazine.
But I was also told of stories how the Black and Tans used to announce outside houses in my Grandmothers day and say "Open up in the name of the law" while battering the door.

How do women seem to ignore political realities and celebrate a persons arrival who only happens to be there by birthright? Phrases used are "elegant" "style".
The women seem to get very excited about the whole thing is this because they are "celebrities?
For women in general, does celebrity and spectacle triumph over political realities?

Firstly, the Black & Tans were not part of the Royal family!

My own Mother, my wife & her mother are all obsessed with the Royals. In the doctors surgery waiting room the magazine pile is full of Hello & OK magazines packed with pictures of the Royals & their babies. They're magnetic, they're interesting, sometimes attractive, and people are generally attracted to them! The Royal family have always been popular in Ireland, and with William & Kate on the back burner, the Royals look like they have a very bright future, and Irish people will still be attracted to them for many years/decades to come.

DoYouEvenLift · 20-05-2015 11:09PM

strobe wrote: »

too troo brah.

Koo

jamesbere · 20-05-2015 11:11PM

Sam Kade wrote: »

Somehow I doubt the extra revenue would cover their costs.

True, I'd love to know the security costs for when there a royal outing

Tarzana2 · 20-05-2015 11:21PM

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

As long as the women don't start using the Royal "We" that Soccer supporters from Ireland use for the English soccer teams When some guy from Ballyhaunis or Ballymun on a phone-in station and says "We" need a new manager Wenger/Rodgers has to go etc, etc :rolleyes:

I don't get this complaint at all. Obviously the people who say "we" are just using it as shorthand for "the team I support". That hardly needs to be spelled out, does it?

Tarzana2 · 20-05-2015 11:25PM

Cold War Kid wrote: »

Meh, I certainly didn't see you imply you were.

Me neither.

Unnecessarily terse response to the poor poster!

Graham · 20-05-2015 11:26PM

Sam Kade wrote: »

Somehow I doubt the extra revenue would cover their costs.

Costs to the UK for the royal family are approximately £35 million, additional tourist revenue alone is conservatively estimated at £500million.

Compare that to France where the head of state comes in at almost €100million p.a. And it looks like UK Inc is doing quite well out of the deal and that's before you even begin to consider the arguably more valuable global political benefits.

Sam Kade · 20-05-2015 11:28PM

Graham wrote: »

Costs to the UK for the royal family are approximately £35 million, additional tourist revenue alone is conservatively estimated at £500million.

Compare that to France where the head of state comes in at almost €100million p.a. And it looks like UK Inc is doing quite well out of the deal and that's before you even begin to consider the arguably more valuable global political benefits.

The tourist revenue is surely for all of the UK.

pwurple · 20-05-2015 11:33PM

Well, i'm only guessing, but if it was women and children waving flags, and it was during the day, I'd guess it was because some mammies/grannies picked some kids up from school, and they went off to see something historic happening in their area, while everyone else was off at work.

Not very groundbreaking, but sometimes the most boring answer is what happened.

Graham · 20-05-2015 11:35PM

Sam Kade wrote: »

The tourist revenue is surely for all of the UK.

No.

Seriously you reckon the entire UK only generates £10million per week in tourist revenue.

The tourism economy of the UK is approximately £130billion accounting for almost 10% of GDP.

Cold War Kid · 20-05-2015 11:41PM

The_Valeyard wrote: »

I like Prince Philip for the following reasons:

After being told that Madonna was singing the Die Another Day theme in 2002: “Are we going to need ear plugs?”

To Simon Kelner, republican editor of The Independent, at Windsor Castle reception: “What are you doing here?” “I was invited, sir.” Philip: “Well, you didn’t have to come.”

To female sea cadet last year: “Do you work in a strip club?”

To expats in Abu Dhabi last year: “Are you running away from something?”

After accepting a conservation award in Thailand in 1991: “Your country is one of the most notorious centres of trading in endangered species.”

To multi-ethnic Britain’s Got Talent 2009 winners Diversity: “Are you all one family?”

To President of Nigeria, who was in national dress, 2003: “You look like you’re ready for bed!”

To a tourist in Budapest in 1993: “You can’t have been here long, you haven’t got a pot belly.”

On seeing an exhibition of "primitive" Ethiopian art, he muttered: "It looks like the kind of thing my daughter would bring back from her school art lessons."

China State Visit, 1986 "If you stay here much longer, you’ll all be slitty-eyed"

When asked if he would like to visit the Soviet Union: "I would like to go to Russia very much, although the bastards murdered half my family."

To an Aborigine in Australia “Do you still throw spears at each other?”

To a driving instructor in Scotland “How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to get them through the test?”

To a woman solicitor, 1987: “I thought it was against the law for a woman to solicit.”

To the matron of a hospital in the Caribbean “You have mosquitos. I have the Press”

His unapologetic, bigoted racist remarks do make me laugh. Every time he speaks the PC brigade get a little angrier.

People don't really get angry by him tbh. His remarks are fairly tame. The "Prince Philip is a legend" thing is a bit tedious. It's like people feel like they're being right rebels by saying it about him.
And a lot of his comments make me laugh too, but they're not that outrageous really.

readyletsgo · 20-05-2015 11:47PM

Jaysus lads, who gives a ****. Liz has changed her image over the years (20 or 30 odd years with the English at least) And William and Harry seem like pretty sound lads.

They are just celebrities now. I know people have problems with the English monarch an all in Ireland but it really does not matter.

Get over yourselves! They don't really care tbh.

4zn76tysfajdxp · 20-05-2015 11:48PM

Cold War Kid wrote: »

The "Prince Philip is a legend" thing is a bit tedious.

You could say that about anything, though. "The Beatles were unreal" thing gets fairly tedious as well, if you ask any of my friends you'll find me drinking with on 6am most Sunday mornings.

smurgen · 20-05-2015 11:49PM

Graham wrote: »

Costs to the UK for the royal family are approximately £35 million, additional tourist revenue alone is conservatively estimated at £500million.

Compare that to France where the head of state comes in at almost €100million p.a. And it looks like UK Inc is doing quite well out of the deal and that's before you even begin to consider the arguably more valuable global political benefits.

Paris gets almost as much tourists as London, some years more.the French cut off their royal's heads some time ago.people would come to looks at the palaces alone.

mg1982 · 20-05-2015 11:51PM

Speaking as someone from sligo. All I'd say is that people in general were happy to have them here especially going to mullaghmore. It's a good thing in the long run I think.

Graham · 20-05-2015 11:51PM

smurgen wrote: »

Paris gets almost as much tourists as London, some years more.the French cut off their royal's heads some time ago.people would come to looks at the palaces alone.

Most tourists visiting France wouldn't even know who the French head of state is, let alone make him a part of their visit.

Like it or not, there's a fascination about the Royal family and that fascination equates to additional tourism for the UK.

Adamantium · 20-05-2015 11:59PM

Women hate patriarchy.
Women love monarchy.

Simples. Or is it? :pac:

21-05-2015 12:05AM

TheBeardedLady wrote: »

Is the only woman you know your mam? :-/

You beat me to it. I think maybe the OP just hasn't ever met a real-life woman.

Either that or it's a groundbreaking insight and I've been following the royal family for years as part of some sort of fugue-state that I wasn't aware of. Which is kinda scary.

Mint Aero · 21-05-2015 12:10AM

I'm a bloke, proper mans man. I recorded the last royal wedding and watched it from start to finish and thought it was fantastic stuff altogether. Also watched the queens visit and thought that was good viewing aswell.

Prince Charles coming I'd be less enthused about.

Andre Salmon · 21-05-2015 12:22AM

Kate has great legs, I don't mind when the papers show pictures of her.
the royals seem ok these days, our taxes don't pay for them anyway.

LordSutch · 21-05-2015 06:58AM

readyletsgo wrote: »

Jaysus lads, who gives a ****. Liz has changed her image over the years (20 or 30 odd years with the English at least) And William and Harry seem like pretty sound lads.

They are just celebrities now. I know people have problems with the English monarch an all in Ireland but it really does not matter.

Get over yourselves! They don't really care tbh.

Where's this "English" thing coming from?

Right up until recentlyIt it was common to refer to QEII as the British Queen, now it's the English Queen, or English monarch :cool:

I subtle shift in language, but a shift nonetheless. Gerry Adams also made this subtle shift the other day when describing the Queen as 'the Queen of England" . . . . . . .

This new reference presumably means (in some peoples minds) that she is no longer the Queen of the British people, which would include the majority of people in NI, Scotland, Wales, (and England).

21-05-2015 07:27AM

Tarzana2 wrote: »

Me neither. Unnecessarily terse response to the poor poster!

Not at all.

I meant "whatever you're into" in the sense that if you want to be a princess, be a princess. If you want to follow the royals follow the royals. It's no one else's business what you like or dislike.

The "you're not all women" was aimed at the poster who said we all want to be princesses, not at silverfeather, and I'm pretty sure silverfeather knew that's exactly what I meant.

Why are Irish women in general so fascinated by the British Royal family?

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