Comments by "Simon Hool" (@simonhool3073) on "The Queen marks official birthday in lockdown with scaled-down ceremony at Windsor - BBC News" video.

  1. rufus williams The Royal Family are the opposite to a drain on the UK as they bring in more than they cost.
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  2. vaddi hanwel Most of the world isn’t starving. The Royal Family contribute billions of pounds to the economy as they bring in more money than the cost of having a monarchy.
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  3. Lightning God If you expect the queen, a vulnerable person, to be helping out in these times then you need step back into reality.
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  4. Lightning God Tens of thousands of ordinary people use private hospitals every year in the UK who are not rich, get a grip a private hospital isn’t just in place or used for the royal family.
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  5. Lightning God Every year the average tax payer, not low earners, pay less than a pound a year in tax that then goes to the Royal Family. Also note that the Royal Family don’t take tax, they are given a certain amount of money that changes based on how much profit they make. Truly amazing that you comment this when you clearly have no idea how tax and the royal family work. There would be far less money in the economy and jobs supported if the Royal Family was abolished.
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  6. gbjanuary There is no report from a credible source that proves the Royal Family don’t provide profit. Below I have links from left and right wing sources proving so. https://www.insider.com/where-does-the-royal-family-get-money-2017-1 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/royal-wedding-family-how-much-uk-economy-benefits-cost-meghan-markle-expense-a8345436.html https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4950897/queen-money-economy-monarchy-2017/ https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1145043/royal-finances-how-much-money-royal-family-uk-economy-tourism-meghan-markle https://www.foxbusiness.com/money/british-royal-family-earnings-net-worth https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/they-cost-us-a-mint-but-bring-in-much-more/
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  7. gbjanuary The money generated from tax, less than a pound per average tax payer a year, is used to service and maintain buildings/sites which make a profit every year. This pays for all expenses with money left over that is fed into the economy.
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  8. Ryan Evans The Royal Family have been around for centuries, democracy was founded in 1918 in the UK. You don’t elect a royal family, have you ever looked at history?
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  9. Zyklon X , Very opposite, she embraces the royal family.
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  10. Lightning God They don’t take money from anyone. The Royal Family add billions to the economy as they bring in more than the cost to run the monarchy.
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  11. Ryan Evans The Royal Family has been established for centuries, way before democracy.
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  12. Ryan Evans You live on another planet clearly.
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  13. Lightning God At no point have I said if I am a graduate or not or even where I study and even if I study. You know you’re loosing the argument when you start trying to insult people who go and educate themselves about society. Unusual that you think anyone who types a response that is over 100 words is an Oxford graduate, especially as my response was less than 100 words.
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  14. gbjanuary No response when proven wrong. Go and educate yourself.
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