Isn't the royal family just a little bit silly?

[Spiffor]

There is no King of Monaco. The formal name of the head of State is Prince, AFAIK.

[Dauphin]

His Serene Highness Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, Duc de Valentinois, Marquis des Baux, Comte de Carlades, Baron de Buis, Seigneur de Saint-Rémy, Sire de Matignon, Comte de Thorigny, Baron de Saint-Lô, de la Luthumière et de Hambye, Duc d'Estouteville, de Mazarin et de Mayenne, Prince de Château-Porcien, Comte de Ferrette, de Belfort, de Thann et de Rosemont, Baron d'Altkirch, Seigneur d'Isenheim, Marquis de Chilly, Comte de Longjumeau, Baron de Massy, Marquis de Guiscard.

He was also married to Grace Kelly (I had to look that up because I had the name Gene Kelly in my head, and I knew that wasn't right). Edit - And Diss's link tells us that anyway.

[Spiffor]

What's funny is that all his titles (except his principality over Monaco) are now completely irrelevant, thanks to the fact France is a republic

[alva]

Originally posted by Dauphin


There is a correlation between increases in tourism to Britain and royal weddings. The Queen's Jubilee in 2002 also saw a marked increase in the level of tourism that year.

Well, one could argue that when the money now spent on the royals could be spent somewhere else, which in turn would get an equal revenue to what it does now, with the added bonus of not having royals.

[notyoueither]

And others might argue that without the royals many people might chose to spend tourist dollars somewhere else entirely resulting in a dead loss to the British tourism industry, and that not having the royals would not be a bonus.

[alva]

The things others might argue hey..

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by notyoueither
And others might argue that without the royals many people might chose to spend tourist dollars somewhere else entirely resulting in a dead loss to the British tourism industry, and that not having the royals would not be a bonus.

Why do you care? Canada doesn't get the tourist money...

[muxec]

Must stay. Not tradition but tourism : )

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker


Why do you care? Canada doesn't get the tourist money...

I would say Canada probably has more involved than Belguim, or say, the United States.

[Kuciwalker]

Point?

[General Ludd]

I bet if we kept the queen in a cage more tourists would want to see her.

[Kuciwalker]

Haven't they tried that before?

[Frozzy]

I wonder if this thread would exist if Princess Di was still alive...

[Dis]

??

She was silly too. I hated the royal family even worse back then because she garnered so much news attention for what reason? Some crusade against landmines? Like she had the power for countries to neglect national security. And she wasn't very hot either. Maybe if she grew her hair long...

[Adagio]

I don't see why that would make a difference