You KNOW who I'm talking about! They both have jobs! He's in the Air Force, she works for her family business. Both their parents have a few quid! For Heaven's sake! His Gran even owns her own churches here and there!!!! Go to Pronuptia...........buy your own ****ing dress!!! Pay for your own ****ing cars!!!!
Pay the security services (£80,000,000 at the latest estimate!! )out of your own ****ing bank accounts or get your gran to pay it! If that's too steep, and it probably will be! Get married at Windsor Castle! Shut the gates! Pay private security out of your own ****ing bank accounts!
Wedding cakes cost a packet! Get your full time paid cooks and staff to make it! Oh! any pay those out of your own wages too, you idle scrounging g**s!
When is this charade going to end? There are people all over the country who will have a few quid to get married, a cake from Marks and Spencer and a bit of a do back home. As a bankrupt country, with a national debts that will be paid by our great, great grand children; we should not be paying these two fops one penny towards their wedding. Like all couples, I wish them well but like all couples............they should pay for their own wedding! P.S The French had the right idea....................enough said!
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My family was fairly poor, but not even considering that fact, I was raised not to depend on others for my livelihood. I never in my wildest dreams ever expected my family, while living or after death, to hand me over a living.I don't understand folks who do expect their parents to do so.That's why they put me through school and raised me as they did. To be self reliant.
If I was a cynical person, I'd think the Happy News had been engineered to bury all the bad news, cuts, idiotic economic policy and to diffuse the social discontent being engineered by the ConDems.
Oh, wait, I AM a cynical person!
Too right FQ. I am totally pissed off already with bloody media hype, why don't they just bugger off to local register office like the rest of us. Long live the Republic.
I've been a subscriber to this blog for a short while but not any more. I'm happy to read about other political opinions but your comments (and the some of the comment left by readers) this morning are just plain spiteful. I'm not a monarchist, far from it in fact! but what joyless lives you must all lead; I don't want any part of that thank you.
oh dear!!!.....im pissing myself laughing at this post and the responses, wonderfully refreshing ;)
p.s your my Queen lol
Rosie - you are welcome to read, or not to read, I don't believe in wasting money and these idle inbred m****s are a waste of money!
I completley agree with Halfrida forget your pay freeze, your tax rises, your gas bill and all of the poor and vunerable who are having their benifits slashed and services cut because were going to get to watch a wedding on tv and maybe even a day off!
Yes I'm cynical too
FQ, I see your point and understand your frustration. As one viewing this from "across the pond," it seems pretty harmless. I get the point about the wedding costs, but on the other hand, you've got to admit the Royal Wedding will benefit tourism and the economies of quite a few large and small businesses in addition to thier employees. British Royalty is still a big draw for those living in countries without one. So I would say that the verdict is still out whether it will cost more than it's worth. Just my two cents. . . As one living in the US, I can predict with certainty that we will have as much, if not more coverage over here in the media. My husband will not be amused. . .
Ow! Thats a bit harsh, but hey you are entitled to your opinion. I agree with Halfrida re timing, but that was not their decision. The royal family bring in a vast amount of money to the country with tourism etc and also an important part of trade delegations. I would not like their job.
Both these young people do have jobs and are making a contribution to society. Although they have privileges they also have many drawbacks to contend with, lack of privacy and the need for constant security being the main ones. When my kids got married I made the cakes and did the flowers, most of the stuff they paid for themselves, but then again they were not required to invite heads of state from all over the world. I know which I would prefer and I'm happy to be me. I wish them well.
I have friends with different views than me on many subjects but I am still happy to call them my friends. Thank you my friend for your quick response and good advice re my heating. I think storage heaters could be the way forward and also would be a lot less upheaval to fit.
I hope you are not flooded out.
We've had some experience along this line and have an excellent constitution available to anyone who needs it. If only Washington would dust it off and try it again!!
I've also stomped around the house muttering about this.
What really chokes me off, is the media's assumption that everyone, but everyone, is going to be totally overjoyed to hear that a young couple who most of us will never meet are getting married.
There is no way that I would wish them anything but happiness in their lives, but it is just another wedding.
I also fear that I have the same suspicions as Halfrida.
I'm amazed that any American would ever think it's good to have tax used to pay for a royal family, most of whom are so personally wealthy that they are listed in Forbes. Would you have wanted to have paid for Chelsea Clinton's wedding with your taxes? The queen could pay for a 'state' wedding out of her personal wealth and not miss the money!
I also agree with Halfrida on this one too. I am not anti-royalist by any means, but I find it very sad these days that many young adults put far too much emphasis on the wedding and not enough thought on the marriage. OMG! I'm now officially a Grumpy Old Woman! SueXXX
Estimated cost of Royal Wedding £10,000,000 estimated income for over the next 6 months in run up to wedding..£75,000,000+ .
Taxpayer will break even and may even be in profit afterwards.
FQ the Monarchy is giving up the civil list so there will be very little taxpayer input. BUT they are taking back the income from Crown Lands which will provide them with a higher income.
The Civil List only provides them with services for official events. Charles has his own income after taking back the money from the Duchy of Cornwall, which he pays millions a year in tax on. The Queen, Princess Royal, Prince Andrew, Prince William, Prince Harry etc all pay tax on their private income.
I much prefer a Monarchy than a Presidency!
My point entirely G, I'm not saying don't pay them for the work they do, but don't fund their homes, don't fund their cars, don't fund their food ect - indeed, pay them a diplomat's wage and it's a huge myth that they generate income and G I would be interested where your figures come from, 80 million for the security alone - they will be a terrorist target,and London will need a ring of steel, special forces, intelligence ect - people are being sentimental, they can afford to pay for their own wedding, the days of state weddings are long gone and not needed and to be honest, most people don't care.
I am a serious frugalite with an unreasonable love of jewelry. And I'm an American. When I first saw the announcement, I saw her hand and thought "that looks like Diana's ring."
We at least that was free?
I've deleted some posts. It's my blog and I can. It's blog, not a forum, which is about my opnions. If you don't like them, then don't read my blog. It's a free world.
FQ, just checking that you are ok after seeing the floods.
hugs babs
Donna, I can't reply on your blog, because it appears that you don't have one. Why come back for an argument? It's my blog, I moderate the comments. If I like them, I'll leave them. So that's why I deleted your comments.
Well I took a couple of days holiday yesterday and today to organise some things, and all I ahve heard about is this EVENT!
I totally agree with you Froogs. Doing my head in already and then they make a comment like we will take into consideration the economic climate - YEAH RIGHT! Nip up to the local registry office then luv and have a quickie job done wedding!
I totally agree with you Frugal Queen.
And I would also like to ask, and in response to some of your followers, please also think about where our 'Royal family' got their money from to begin with....I mean right at the begining....
Where do their big estates come from anyway?....
US.
Have a great rest of the week FQ.
Kind regards,
Donna x -Bizzydays. x
Does this mean those of us in the US will have to pay for yet another foreign trip so the idiots in the White House can attend?
Love this post!
It's all bread and circuses if you ask me. Keep the mob happy with a good show and they won't revolt.
Totally agree with you Frugal - opium to the masses, give em' a wedding to shut them up ha ha
I agree With Halfrida I am not listening, watching or getting involved in the Royal Wedding (la la la la - has fingers in ears!!)
I ignored it when his parents got married despite the national frenzy and I'm attempting the same again this time! I cannot believe that so many people do not realize it's all a load of nonsense designed to take the public's eye off the ball so to speak. Last week riots, this week a wedding well that makes everything alright then - NOT! the shame of it is most people are sucked in to the massive feeding frenzy that parades as popular media. I hope they are happy as nobody who's a decent human being would wish people ill but I don't want to know about every detail. And all those people who seem to be taking FQ's opinion so personally feel free to go and read the blogs of people whose opinions match yours. She doesn't force you to read and like she said it ain't a discussion forum!
We Yanks get all the fun of the wedding and don't have to pay one cent toward it. Not a bad deal. But if I were a Brit, I'd be pretty cranky knowing that my tax dollars were going to pay for a wedding that clearly the families can afford.
Ah well, what do I know?
Wow what the hell happened here! When I read something I don't agree with I accept that others think differently to myself & I most certainly do not debate their own views on their own blog let alone unleash such anger as some have done here
FQ I agree totally. I`m not a royalist (In fact I`m vehemently against them but that might simply be my Scottishness) and whilst I`m quite prepared to happily ignore all the pomp and hullaballoo around it all, I`m not so prepared to ignore the cost of it all.
I`m engaged to my Flemish man and we can`t afford to get wed. We had to cancel the wedding this year and hope to make it happen next year. It`s heartbreaking, in truth. We don`t plan anything fancy..a registry office affair with the barest of receptions for the barest minimum of friends. But we can`t even afford that.
Jealous? Nope...folks are getting married all over the place every day. They don`t all use our tax money to fund it though....
Hear hear!
I wonder how big the wedding would be if the couple had to pay for it themselves? I bet it would still be beautiful and romantic and we all could see the pictures. That would be wonderful. They would be happy and so would we all.
Hi, FQ....
I am your new follower from Indonesia and I do like your honesty in life.
Yes, you are absolutely right, every couple should pay for their own wedding. My sister will get married next year. She and her b/f is saving for their own wedding, just for a simple one since they only can afford its way, without any financial help from our family. I am so proud of them.
Keep being honest of what your though, FQ...
Regards,
Tia
How nice to read.
Somebody agrees with me.
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