How to improve the Monarchy

1 May 2011

Just 2 ground rules - assume we are keeping it (improving it by getting rid of it is a given) and 'play nice'.
What changes would you introduce that would make our Royal Family a more relevant/useful institution.
My ha'p'orth - get rid of primogeniture (oldest boy is King or oldest girl is Queen if there is no boy) and replace it with some kind of aptitude/willingness test within the children and immediate neices/nephews of the current Monarch.

1 May 2011

Guillotine the lot in Parliament square and start again? dunno

No, actually, overstep Charles and let William and Catherine reign.
HM Queen Elizabeth took the reigns when she was 21 and has done a wonderful job of it (apart from her Children's marriages, Edward excepted) but at 85 and Charles at 63, they may be so out of touch with modern society.
The best one can hope is that Wills takes the reigns at an age where he can properly influence the success of the Monarchy. If he was to succeed his father he could be in his 50's before that happens and popular opinion of the Monarchy could well have sunk to irretrievable lows by such time.

1 May 2011

Viva la Republic

1 May 2011

Quote by foxylady2209
Just 2 ground rules -
assume we are keeping it
(improving it by getting rid of it is a given) and 'play nice'.
What changes would you introduce that would make our Royal Family a more relevant/useful institution.

1 May 2011

Quote by foxylady2209
Just 2 ground rules -
assume we are keeping it
(improving it by getting rid of it is a given) and 'play nice'.
What changes would you introduce that would make our Royal Family a more relevant/useful institution.

i think the word assume i am confused by? there is not any talk of getting rid of any of it so to me the argument is irelevant. dunno

the queen has done a fantastic job and been a brilliant monarch for this country. some may feal she is to old now but i see no evidence of that and after the wedding last week the popularity of the royal family is still huge ( check the tv figures and the ammount of people who were there ).
the new royals like william and harry are the future of the monarchy and even though i love the royals i would pass charles and go straight to william when the queen steps down or dies. i feal the charles is frowned upon by too many of the public and camilla will never be queen in most peeples eyes.
so for me the question asked which was a more relevant/useful institution, i would make william king and catherine queen when the queen steps aside. that i think will help to bring the monarchy more into line with todays thinking amongst much younger peeple.
peeple who mock the royals should have seen the ammount of young peeple at the wedding and the ammount of tourists that we spoke to who had come over just for the wedding. the monarchy in general is held in very high esteam by many other countrys and certainly by a huge ammount of peeple over here.
the royals do a huge ammount of work and for me are worth every single penny we pay them. if peeple want to look at ways of saving money there are much better things to look at like the welfare system.
the royals will be here long after we have all gone. :thumbup:

1 May 2011

Trying to improve the monarchy is somewhat like trying to polish a turd.....however you try you're going to end up with something unpleasant and foul smelling

2 May 2011

Quote by Staggerlee_BB
Trying to improve the monarchy is somewhat like trying to polish a turd.....however you try you're going to end up with something unpleasant and foul smelling

Mythbusters proved conclusively that you CAN polish a turd.

2 May 2011

Privatise them so they no longer cost me anything to keep.
I know they bring tourists into London, but Man U bring tourists into Manchester, and the Beatles to Liverpool but we don't pay for them through taxes.
Or, make them subscription only - those of you who like them could then pay, say, a tenner a month by direct debit and those of us who either object or don't care wouldn't have the argument that they are a waste of taxpayers money given that we sort of have a democracy-ish system, now. For your tenner you could get some photo's of your adopted royal or something, and you could have some kind of official membership card entitling you to organise a street party when there is some big royal event happening.
Also, it would be great if they had a sponsor - the crown could have a Nike tick along the side, Charlses suits could have a huge logo on them.

2 May 2011

chopped down to size and self financing
mind you.... could be a problem if they Tm or copyright!!! as it could cost the uk considerably wink

2 May 2011

Quote by foxylady2209
Trying to improve the monarchy is somewhat like trying to polish a turd.....however you try you're going to end up with something unpleasant and foul smelling

Mythbusters proved conclusively that you CAN polish a turd.
And it is still after all that polishing shit......my point, not that you can't but you still end up with something objectionable when finished

3 May 2011

Quote by Staggerlee_BB
Trying to improve the monarchy is somewhat like trying to polish a turd.....however you try you're going to end up with something unpleasant and foul smelling

Mythbusters proved conclusively that you CAN polish a turd.
And it is still after all that polishing shit......my point, not that you can't but you still end up with something objectionable when finished
Objectional to the shortsighted, but vital food to a buitiful rose

3 May 2011

Quote by Bluefish2009
Trying to improve the monarchy is somewhat like trying to polish a turd.....however you try you're going to end up with something unpleasant and foul smelling

Mythbusters proved conclusively that you CAN polish a turd.
And it is still after all that polishing shit......my point, not that you can't but you still end up with something objectionable when finished
Objectional to the shortsighted, but vital food to a buitiful rose
Good idea Blue ..... turn Brenda et al into fertilizer

3 May 2011

who's this Brenda you keep harpin on about :duuno:

3 May 2011

Just for you G .....though I'm sure you know anyway

4 May 2011

Quote by Staggerlee_BB
Just for you G .....though I'm sure you know anyway

a bit like some peeple opinions bad title. seems it is not only me with bad spellings.:notes:

4 May 2011

leave them as they are.

4 May 2011

Quote by browning
leave them as they are.

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