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Briitish taxpayers fund the royal family, which totalled £82.2m in 2018/19. This paid for their 3,200 royal engagements at home and abroad, with over 160,000 guests being welcomed at royal palaces for events. It also financed the reservicing of Buckingham Palace for £85m over the next five years....
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The British royal family survived by being more open and flexible than many others.
The French monarchy was destroyed in a blood-bath in the 1790s because it aligned itself with an oppressive aristocratic upper class who exploited the people. In contrast, the British royal...
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People identify with people. While politicians come and go, the royal family creates a sense of human continuity at the centre of society.
History shows that rebels and non-conformists in the family can create more affection than good ones. Diana, the maverick Princess...
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The role of the royal family across the Commonwealth is that of morale boosters.
Younger family members are expected to join the armed forces or participate in some useful social service. Royal people present medals to brave soldiers and cups to sporting teams. They are ex...
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For centuries, virtually every country in the western world had some sort of king and royal family.
Some people in republics like France or the United States will say that clever people grew out of them. Monarchy lovers will respond that really clever countries kept their monarchies. T...
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In a representative people's monarchy, the people have the power while the monarch has none.
The British royal family are not supposed to express political opinions. When Elizabeth II reads out the policies of 'Her' government in the Queen's Speech at the Opening of Pa...
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The royal family take their titles from the English shires - York, Lancaster, Gloucester, Cornwall.
For the next generation of royals,
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