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Do we need | a royal family?

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No - the royal family cost a lot of money which could be spent on other areas of public life.

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Yes - the royal family are an important part of UK culture, history and traditions.

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Maybe not - but they contribute towards and create awareness of a range of charitable causes.

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It depends - the Queen still casts a watchful eye over the country's political and state affairs but many of her powers are now limited.

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  • zantezuma
    It brings in more money than we spend on it + tourism. It is a great representation of the UK's culture and traditions. God save the Queen!!
    19 Jul 2020
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  • lord payne of the manor of hougun
    we pay the queen £100 million but the royal estates Bring in £400 million pounds and they give that to the British Government
    29 Jun 2020
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  • miamoo
    the royal family dont do anything for us except sit there and look pretty
    23 Jan 2020
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  • duh?!
    I wish our queen did more governance look at our parliament. There are reasons dictators have been called good ideas. i like a middle ground
    9 Sep 2019
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  • dogtooth
    I'm sure they are nice but they don't deserve all the tax money for hardly anything
    29 Apr 2019
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  • mrs reid
    Loathe inherited privilege of every type. Why should any human life be held as more valuable than another?
    28 Apr 2019
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  • vxl.ldn
    i think that they can be irrelevant sometimes as they dont rule anymore
    19 Jun 2018
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  • dani
    I love the royal family - how could you not? And I'm a second generation immigrant, so that's no excuse...
    22 May 2018
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