Charles to marry Camilla, April 8, Windsor Castle

[chrizzy100]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Nostromo
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Carla
No idea what you've been watching but my American friends say that it is all over the news!!!

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by esprit
Well it didnt rate more than two minutes on US news wheras when Diana was alive British royalty used to be all over US TV. Nothing was said on the pros and cons, though it was mentioned that it was weird timing with the UK elections coming up. Fact is, since Iraq, Tony Blair is a lot more newsworthy than Prince Charles.
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Maybe this means that as far as the Americans are concerned 'it is all over' after 2 minutes of news. Fair enough.
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Nothing much outside the USA gets more than a few mins of air time on the news over here......by the time I saw the news at 11 there was nothing on it about the marriage....

[LiesaAnna]

lucky you!!! and as for the daily papers calling it a romance that has gone on for 35 years, hypocrites!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
having an affair ........... i hate him and that ruddy horse!!! hope they aint happy!! and i hope he dont get to be king!!!! that'll show im!!!

[Robert5988]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:The Royal Family cost each person in the UK 60p in 2004 when you consider how many tourists we get on the back of them thats quite good value for money [/quote]

Without entering the pro/anti Royal Family debate I have had dealings with the English Tourist Board in a professional capacity.

Over many years they have conducted extensive surveys to find out why this country attracts so many foreign tourists. It is without doubt that the Monarchy with all its trappings is a high on most tourist's lists.

Would it satisfy both the pro and anti camps to point out that Micky Mouse and all the trappings attract most tourists to Disney?

[chrizzy100]

Well Mickey Mouse does not make me go to Disney..I can't stand him.......

[ORLANDO_MAGIC]

Personally i couldn't care less about the monarchy one way or another,so i say your only on this Planet but a few moments so if you can find love and happiness then go for it.

And as for my 60 pence a year going towards maintaining the Royal family,well if they were abolished tomorrow do you really think i would be 60p better off a year?...NO i dont think so it would only end up somewhere else,so who cares where it goes if not in my pocket.

As for the Royal family being good for tourism,well yes i do believe that is true to a degree,especially with our American cousins across the pond,but probably not as much as most people would imagine.

My very good American friend came to England a few years ago where we stayed in London,and apart from coming to visit me,the things she was most interested in seeing were the many museums,the West end theatres as well as famous landmarks such as Big Ben,the London eye,London bridge,Harrods,Oxford street (of course being a woman)etc...though she did enjoy London Tower which was really the only thing we went to see connected with the Royals although i suppose the Victoria and Albert museum might have been something to do with royalty now i think about it...lol.
But actually the number one tourist attraction by far is the British Museum.



Here i am in London with Charles and Camilla a few years ago but of course they were in disguise, thats Charlie on your left for those of you unsure.

[Robert5988]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote: But actually the number one tourist attraction by far is the British Museum.
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The difficulty(according to my contact in the English Tourist Board) is in determining just how many visitors to the various attractions are foreign or domestic visitors. Alton Towers is(was?) the biggest paying attraction but I suspect that does not draw many visitors to UK.

Also how many foreign visitors simply stand outside Buckingham Palace every day to watch the Changing of the Guard.

It seems it is not a simple question of adding up the number of visitors to a particular attraction. Tourists visit UK for a variety of reasons, and according to those who should know, the Royal Family(and trappings) are a major factor.

There can be little doubt that GB Ltd makes a profit from having Royalty. However it is entirely another question if that is sufficient reason to retain the Monarchy.

[hurricanesarah]

It's the pomp and ceremony. We are not the only country in the world who has a royal family and people still travel to those countries too. Does anyone go to Spain for their royal family? Course not. You cannot say its because of the royals they come here. Go to Disney see Mickey...come to England you won't see Phil and Liz.

[Nostromo]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by ORLANDO_MAGIC



Here i am in London with Charles and Camilla a few years ago but of course they were in disguise, thats Charlie on your left for those of you unsure.
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What disguise?[confused][confused]

[LiesaAnna]

nice likeness of camilla me thinks!![msnwink] and its not a disguise!!! it was just very early in the morning!!

[Ray&Sarah]

I am doubting the authenticity of these photos, the likeness may be uncanny but why would the "royals" be found by a cash machine, isn't cash too vulgar.[msnwink]