Royal Wedding

[kiwimazda]

Agree with that. I think she has no right. But that\'s my opinion

[DR SCHNITZEL]

Its only a wedding. my mum was on the bacardi at 8am and she stole the show in our house. we missed most of it. nice day off though fair play. hope it helps our economy more that the tax payers bill.

[Jojo]

I enjoyed it! No day off though for me! :o

[Paul-Tll]

Nik ...............Bloody right :mad: Just been driving empty trains about all morning. It\'s like 28 Days Later out there, what a waste of my life :3Confused

yep and Ive been out checking/testing  the signals for you !
P.

[RobMatthews]

well imo i dont think william could have picked a prettier or smarter woman to marry!

[antnicuk]

she certainly is a stunner,  good on him.  I havent been that fussed about watching it but i like the patriotism of it all.

[CharlieP]

And apparently 2 billion around the world have been watching, that must put us back on the map

[B.Martin]

I\'ll be honest and i dont want to offend, i\'m all for the royal family its a great not many countries have one anymore. However... i\'m really not bothered about all this, i\'m glad i\'m in cyprus and not having to deal with all the coverage and talk about it, and although i\'m not paying tax to a UK government now i have done for the past however many years and i ask myself and you guys? How much money has this \'royal wedding\' cost the tax payer? I for one imagine its a lot and when a country is in debt and 1000\'s of people are unemployed are there not many better ways to use the taxpayers money?  

Rant over, but i\'m sure you see where i am coming from.

[CharlieP]

I\'ll be honest and i dont want to offend, i\'m all for the royal family its a great not many countries have one anymore. However... i\'m really not bothered about all this, i\'m glad i\'m in cyprus and not having to deal with all the coverage and talk about it, and although i\'m not paying tax to a UK government now i have done for the past however many years and i ask myself and you guys? How much money has this \'royal wedding\' cost the tax payer? I for one imagine its a lot and when a country is in debt and 1000\'s of people are unemployed are there not many better ways to use the taxpayers money?  

Rant over, but i\'m sure you see where i am coming from.

It will be a huge boost for the economy (maybe more so London, but still), there\'s no doubt about that
If you need to talk about spending money....need we be out bombing several different countries!?
I expect we could have a Royal Wedding every month for what they\'re costing :Hammer

[BlitzBoy]

Get your facts right about economics Ben in this case...
The Royal Family paid for the Wedding, the Tax payer paid for the security. The money generated by tourism by the wedding is massive and more then pays for the security cost 5 or 6 times over, so well worth the money spent in my eyes.
More jobs will get generated because of tourism, and a wedding boosts this particular industry.

[RobMatthews]

I\'ll be honest and i dont want to offend, i\'m all for the royal family its a great not many countries have one anymore. However... i\'m really not bothered about all this, i\'m glad i\'m in cyprus and not having to deal with all the coverage and talk about it, and although i\'m not paying tax to a UK government now i have done for the past however many years and i ask myself and you guys? How much money has this \'royal wedding\' cost the tax payer? I for one imagine its a lot and when a country is in debt and 1000\'s of people are unemployed are there not many better ways to use the taxpayers money?  

Rant over, but i\'m sure you see where i am coming from.

It may have cost a lot, but have a think at how much it will boost our economy,how much just the millions who traveled to london to see the wedding had spent, on all the tat such as balloons,perascopes,food and drink let alone all the thousands of tourists that will come and spend money in our country and all the memorabilia that will be sold,

[Will66]

In terms of cost/benefit analysis, it\'s a complex one.  The cost of policing it and security was probably significant, however the tourism revenue was considerable, also there is a lot of intangible benefits to it as well.  We do well out of the Royals and they almost certainly cost the tax payer less than an elected head of state would.

[syebba]

 
The same anniversary date:evillaugh

[Will66]

Coincidence and that\'s all.

[Nik da Greek]

Mmmm, Eva Braun, now she had a twinkle in her eye :Giggle Foxy