From: Adam Flinton 

Judy Folkenberg wrote:
>
> Phil Payne wrote:
>
>
>>>>>I wouldn't necessarily like to see the monarchy brought
down, but it could
>>
>>seriously do with slimming down quite a lot.  We are no longer an empire on
>>which the sun never sets - it's about time our Royal family reflected their
>>true job - perhaps on the Dutch model.
>
>
> Or like those royals in Norway (Denmark?) and Spain.  One of the Scandinavian
royals
> married a woman who had had a child out of wedlock with a previous lover, and
the
> crown prince in Spain just became engaged to a journalist who is divorced and
very
> much her own woman.  Much lower key monarchies, with far less real estate,
and less
> tax money going to their support etc.
>
> Judy
>
>
>>
>
& making far less money for the exchequer via tourism etc.

Adam

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