You must live in a cave. For a couple of centuries British royals have brought in billions just by virtue of being there and who they are.
Their romances, babies, scandals, weddings, divorces, funerals, coronations, blunders, jubilees, castles, carriages, pomp and circumstances, changings of the guard, crown jewels exhibits, you name it......have brought tourists by the millions to "this scepter'd isle" over time.
In a small island with few natural resources except the resilience of its people, the British national income generated by royals looms large in the country's economy.
My cousin, a British born citizen is retired in a London suburb after a career as an opera singer. He told me the world-famous Covent Garden Opera house is continually jammed with tourists.
By contrast, our country's royal families, disingenuously called "dynasties", generate no such interest or income by their celebrity, in fact, they probably repel tourists who would rather see a Florida highway alligator farm than catch views of the Emperor Obama, his consort Michelle Antoinette, his court of thugs and his 38 royal Czars.
Leni
“God Save the Queen, ‘cause tourists are money.”
The only money British royals “bring in” is merchandising, like a rock band. And really there’s no reason they couldn’t still be doing that, rock bands do. But if they were cut lose then the people wouldn’t be providing them with all the land, and security, they’d have to buy it themselves. Then we’d find out how much money they really bring in.
Our “royal families” generate lots of revenue, because they’re mostly movie stars. Our royal families are the Houstons and the Barrymores and the Sheens. While ours probably aren’t any smarter than theirs at least our buy their own houses and pay their own security.
I liked your post so much I forwarded it to others in an e-mail. Hail Britannia, and pip, pip hooray!