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...And What Do You Do?: What the royal family don't want you to know

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Ridiculous, bloated, antiquated, greedy, deluded, shameless parasites, are just seven of the less offensive words I‘d use to sum up the royals. It is the fossilised royal patronage dating from 1348 that prevents the mould being broken in Britain despite the clear need to do so.

Although the history is most interesting here, I found this book it's most entertaining and enlighting when references are made to the present day Royal Family. Essentially, the book is a study and deep dive into things like etiquette and protocol and what the hell is up with all the titles, awards and why there is such thing as an official barge master or a sculptor and someone to look after the swans on the ever-sensitive and monstrous payroll. And everything is done with the intention of getting authors' brilliant work into the hands of as many readers as possible.Consent is and has been withheld, if things included in the proposed legislation are thought to be at odds with the interests of the monarchy. With the Queen approaching the end of her lengthy reign, perhaps the time is at last right for a changing of the palace guard. In spite of worsening global warming, a global financial crises they remain immune and are continue to be subsidised and enriched, granting themselves impunity in almost any situation that pleases them, when it pleases them.

There are a lot of deserving people who receive them, like charity campaigning war veterans, lollipop ladies who have served 50 plus years and Floella Benjamin. Yet, Norman Baker recognizes that the royal family still wields considerable power and influence, as well as constant and favourable media attention. Sailing By (One) by Jeremy Boyce When it’s lively like that you need the vision of Nostradamus just to steer through the Hokusais. Most members of the Royal Family still charter flights or helicopter flights at public expense instead of using much cheaper methods such as scheduled flights, trains or even cars.Baker also considers the wider role the royals play in society, including the link with House of Lords reform, and the constitutional position of the monarch, which is important given Prince Charles's present and intended approach. Royal Families in Spain, the Netherlands and Denmark all make do with two palaces each; the UK Royal Family has 15 palaces plus Balmoral, Sandringham and those owned by the Duchy of Cornwall. The Privy Council, (a formal body of advisers to the Sovereign which originated in Anglo Saxon times) can amend Acts of Parliaments without anything being reported in the Press. Although many royals have access to the Sovereign Grant for official royal duties, the cost of their day-to-day lives is not covered by public funding. This is not an anti-monarchy or pro monarchy book, it merely details all the public money going into them, and all the privileges that they enjoy, and asks the British people whether is it worth it?

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