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Title: Re: Royal wedding to hurt Britain’s economy
Post by: True Brit on April 28, 2011, 01:39:11 am
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It will be at least £50 million and possibly in excess of £100 million. This was the original story and there is no doubt there will be lots of hidden costs. I suspect the pressure group Republic will get details of the costs after the event/. There will be lots of hidden costs involved too.
I did start thinking about the RF's costs too. What are they? Mainly catering for 600 at a drinks reception and 300 for a dinner followed by a disco. They own the cars, the carriages, the palace, the armed forces are paid anyway, extra costs for the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight and the Tornadoes fly past. The wine is English and according to the DM £8.50 a bottle. The estimated costs of the flowers/trees is £50k but these are coming from the Royal Estates. There are florists to pay and dress designers/hairdressers/make-up artists. Have I forgotten anything? I doubt these costs will be, let's say £1-£2 million. Absolutely nothing compared to the taxpayer's bill is it?
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/royal-wedding/8141237/Royal-wedding-Queen-and-Charles-to-pay-their-share-of-the-bill.htmlI get so weary of seeing this ridiculous argument of a)they bring in the tourists (not true) along with b) it will boost the economy as we know it will drain the economy. Roll on Saturday.
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Title: Re: Royal wedding to hurt Britain’s economy
Post by: mousiekins on April 28, 2011, 02:01:06 am
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TB :thumbsup:
I have always thought to myself, we are paying the most of everyone.
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Title: Re: Royal wedding to hurt Britain’s economy
Post by: pyrenees on April 28, 2011, 02:02:52 am
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It's your right to get TAX REFUND due to royal wedding waste expenses.
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Title: Re: Royal wedding to hurt Britain’s economy
Post by: Yooper on April 28, 2011, 02:16:56 am
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This is and has been my career for a long time and I swear I predicted I think it was today, to at least double whatever the media says and add at least $1M more for incidentals. In the end, the taxpayers will foot the bill for this. It's tricky bookkeeping and if I ran this the way they are, as I stated earlier, the IRS would be all over me. Technically, the BRF are supposed to be a non-profit organization, when it comes to events and trips, etc. Weddings, they 'sell' bring in tourist dollars to overcome any costs. That is NOT a given. And no accountant would buy it nor would a president of any company, which this BRF also is. A very large company, very adept at hiding and averting total transparency.
You are absolutely right, True Brit, most everything they're using they already have, so the cost ratio doesn't make sense. What are they really paying for? Not much, really. YOU, the taxpayer are.
After looking at even just the surface of the costs, I would have to build my budget and go in with a firm $150-175M, if not more. And the intake is also an unknown.
And I highly, HIGHLY disagree that this is cost is to be thrown at the feet of the media. No one held a gun to HM's head. No one forced PW to say yes to every little thing. Nobody from the media did this. They didn't keep an eye on the cost ratio and it's the BRF and the Middleton's fault. They never looked beyond their gilded windows to see the terror issue, the taxpayer outrage, the anarchists that drove the security sky high. No. What they failed to do was be realistic and scale BACK. Go to a smaller, safer venue and keep costs down. What do we have? 20' f'ing trees coming in at an outrageous price and that's all we've seen that's not hidden behind the curtain.
I know events and I know budgets and I know how these balloon and without a firm grip on cost and an emotional distance? You're screwed.
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Title: Re: Royal wedding to hurt Britain’s economy
Post by: June on April 28, 2011, 12:12:
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Quote from: Byechoc on April 27, 2011, 10:32:55 pm
Quote from: Raisie on April 26, 2011, 07:06:28 pm
I don't blame William,he couldn't resist the push the media and the Midds did to him.Sadly the people are the ones who will suffer.
I think that when the wedding is over the first who will receive the angry people is the media and with a very good reason,they were the ones who made this wedding to happen not the royals.Later the Midds and sadly because none do anything to stop it,the Royals.
Why not? he has 28 years old... it's not a child.. if he is spoild is his problem.. i believe that everyone on his family told him.. but for him kate's family has the best that he could have... so he can face it.. and give solutions to his people does not pay for his wedding.. he has a fortune so pay it...
Thanks byechoc - I agree with you. :thumbsup: William could have demanded a private wedding ... it's all to please Waity, IMO.
TB: I stated this elsewhere too - this is the biggest con at the taxpayers' expense. Further, if the BRF had to pay for the security themselves, the event would have been minimalist for sure. So, by virtue, the taxpayers are funding it. The security being picked up by the taxpayers is allowing the BRF to be so extravagant. It's just logical. If all of us had someone to pay our mortgage/rent and bills, we would have more money to spend on luxuries, like holidays, new clothes etc. And that is all this con is, but on a larger scale. :thumbsdown:
And since when do the Crown Estates belong to the royals? Aren't they publicly owned? Why should the royals have control over the profits? :rolleyes: My God, this con is maddening? :angry:
The castles and historic monuments would remain if the Windsors were given the boot. All they own is Sandringham, don't they? Who gives a toss. Keep the public buildings open to attract tourists. I've never heard that the Queen is even in residence when the tourists visit anyway.
I think I've convinced my father that Oz should become a republic. I told him that at the moment, we have NOTHING AND NOBODY to keep the parliament in check. Our Head of State is a foreign Queen who, in reality has no power or no interest in our laws and how we run our country. The Queen, to her credit, has always said so.
Yet, we have to pay for her representative (the Governor-General) to swan around looking ridiculous, flying to meet with the Queen on our dollar, living in the best house in Oz (costing a fortune for upkeep), spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on flowers and clothes, whilst demanding very expensive renovations on her residences. How outrageous is that? :angry:
We don't have a say over our laws. The right republican model, like the US one would give us that. :thumbsup:
Constitutional monarchies have no place in the 21st century. They have outlived their welcome with their arrogance and largesse, and it's time to move along now, though it should have been years ago.
The other thing is: security for royals is outrageous! How on earth do they justify that? :-
In one article the other day, there were numerous cars trailing William, not just one. Security is getting far more costly these days, with the threat of terrorism, and increases in technology.
And, what is going to happen to the Midds once this is all over? They are used to security protecting them. Are they just going to pack up back to Berkshire without security? :think: And, I can't believe that nothing was said about Waity not moving into one of the palaces, thereby reducing security cost.
Yooper: yes, it's creative accounting, isn't it? :rolleyes:
Ok, rant over.
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Title: Re: Royal wedding to hurt Britain’s economy
Post by: June on April 28, 2011, 12:20:18 pm
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Correction: when I stated 'largesse', I meant toward themselves. :tehe:
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Title: Re: Royal wedding to hurt Britain’s economy
Post by: Kuei Fei on April 28, 2011, 11:20:29 pm
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There's going ot be a pulitzer for someone who figures this out and publishes it; if the monarchy is caught out ripping off the taxpayer through fraud, it could end up causing a huge amount of anger that the taxpayers were so cheated.
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In one article the other day, there were numerous cars trailing William, not just one. Security is getting far more costly these days, with the threat of terrorism, and increases in technology. 
tale BS.
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