Me too. I like the monarchy.Plan M wrote:I agree with this.Elmlea wrote:That's a bit simplistic, bordering on ignorant. Â A lot of people have the view that Her Majesty sits on a pile of money, laughing away and living like a lottery winner. Â She's quite possibly one of the hardest working people on the planet, and it's not a job she had a great deal of choice in. Â She's spent 60 years effectively serving the country. Â She may not have to worry about where her next meal's coming from, but she can't exactly pop out, buy a Lamborghini, and wax it around London grinning away. We're celebrating the fact that she's done things to further our interests and improve our country and others' Â opinion of it for 60 years, without complaining or giving up. Â I get a bit sad with the prevailing attitude that we should get rid of the monarchy. Â The net effect on the average British person's life is probably nothing negative, and if they weren't around, it wouldn't make those moaning any happier. That said, most of Dante's complaint appears to be the fact that he's working on a bank holiday, which isn't technically the Queen's fault. Â Although she's sort of my employer, and I'm working a 14-hour nightshift on Monday, so I probably should be complaining too.Diluted Dante wrote:As far as I can tell, we're celebrating a woman not yet having died. Yay?
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