+1 for royals being no use, give nothing, good for nothing pricks born into tax payers money. GTFO.
As far as I'm concerned, it's the British tax payer paying for the royal family. So it has nothing to do with me, or any of you.
Didn't Will fly Choppas in the air force?
i had kinda hope speakman had died, what a pity
Yeah, in an S&R capacity. Prince Henry was deployed to Afghanistan though, until a newspaper published the fact.
Wally?
Waldo, my fair chap
In does. We all contribute to the millions of dollars spent on royal visits. Any time they come here, tax money pays.The governor general also gets a massive mansion and a big wage (around 20million worth per annum).Good on them for doing some service, but do normal people who serve get treated like them?I just don't see why these people deserve fame and special treatment. The greedy bastards even have their own businesses to make more cash, as if the british tax isn't enough.
still looking
GG is irrelevant really. When we finally become a republic, whoever we select as a head of state in their place will still have to be paid and housed.
When Aus/NZ finally becomes a republic, I'd imagine the current system of a party leader being head.
You're mixing the prime minister who is the head of the government and runs the country, and the head of state, who is the representative of the constitution. Some systems have them as the same person ( US) but I prefer when they're separate, a la Ireland