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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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  • lots432
    the monarchy is not needed nor neccessary for a functioning country, but it does supply continuity notwithstanding our changing governments
    29 Jul 2024
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  • lots432
    the monarchy is not needed nor neccessary for a functioning country, but it does supply continuity notwithstanding our changing governments
    29 Jul 2024
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  • fabrizio
    There is no place for monarchy in a modern society. Especially when the royal family isn‘t doing much and just stands as some symbol
    24 Apr 2024
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  • milan
    i understand that the royal family is a big part of British society but they don't do much and are almost props which are just 'there'.
    14 Mar 2024
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  • michaeldeng
    Yes, it is a good tradition that literally nobody other than people who are salty at the royal family has a problem with.
    10 Oct 2021
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  • la_2111
    No person should have a birth right over another man.
    23 May 2021
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  • savannahjasmine
    i never really undrstood the purpose of a monarchy, if america lives without it so can we
    20 Feb 2021
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  • cameron21
    yes and no
    3 Feb 2021
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  • danz171
    No, what have they done to deserve treatment we work so much harder for...
    24 Dec 2020
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  • kaye rae
    Financially speaking, anyone who gives 5 times as much as they are given is worth it.
    28 Oct 2020
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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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