howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Guest 977- Registered: 27 Jun 2013
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The one in Dover Castle due to be lit at 8.30.
Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
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I was hoping for a bank holiday
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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i find it a bit boring,how many of the general public who are 90 today will be getting a big bash like queen.none probably,all they will get is a a cheap birthday card and balloon from the card factory and a stale blueberry muffin with a candle stuck in it.......
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Beacon being lit at River recreation ground 8. 30 pm followed by fireworks.
Not a royalist myself but would concede that the queen has done her job well, but the whole thing looks rather dated and a slimmed down royal family similar to other European nations must be the way forward.
Reginald Barrington
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,261
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Are you talking about a cull Howard, surely its size is dictated by the number of sprogs they have?
Arte et Marte
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Thinking more about the cousins and hangers on being paid on the civil list Reg, given titles and rarely carrying out public engagements.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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Things have changed Howard, the "hangers on" have to virtually fund themselves except when they are on royal duty.
"The civil list does not directly fund the duties of other members of the Royal Family such as Prince Charles, whose income comes largely from the Duchy of Cornwall, though they do receive grants-in-aid funding for official duties, such as transport costs."
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Fair point about the civil list Jan but there are leeches that receive funding due to their title and connections. A good example is Princess Michael of Kent who carries out no duties but spends Wimbledon Fortnight in the Royal Box indulging her hobby, even handing out trophies. A rich American or Russian Oligarch would pay millions for that.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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You are very wrong the Kents do more events then most in the royal Group a part from the Queen and her part of the Royal Family.
Reginald Barrington- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
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I don't know about more than most but the kents do a lot, she lets them down with some ill thought out public statements.
Arte et Marte