That ship the queen has could make a fair bit for charity in cruises.
The Royal Yacht Britania is a tourist attraction in Edinburgh.... She doesn't have a ship...
I would also ask you to prove that they don't pay their way... The Royal Family PLC are a superb tourist attraction and I am satisfied that they bring in more to the UK then they cost though it is almost impossible to calculate how much they do bring in...
By the way, Just because I pay UK tax it doesn't automatically mean that they are MY Royal Family but I am pleased that Britain keeps a monarchy.
The security for their ''events'' is paid for by us for one. They cost us money in othe3r ways also , the BBC coverage of the wedding and their hiding the true cost to licence fee payers.
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To say that the Royals bring in money is not exactly true, they dont put money in mine or your pockets yet they take money from our taxes etc where it could be better spent else where.
Then there is the political debate where the Queens powers are nothing more than barbaric and criminal, her over throw of the high court ruling to letr the people of Diago Garcia in the Chagos islands have their homes back. How can a silly old woman know anything about the poor people she basically sentenced to death.