O/T Prince Philip

[Newcy Wolf]

..is doing his last official Royal engagement today, saluting the guard or something like that.
This man must be superhuman as it is reported that he has attended fifty, that's right, FIFTY events so far this year.
That's a grand total of fifty plaques to unveil, not to mention the fifty speeches involved.
I reckon the man must never sleep.

This comes after we hear Prince William is retiring from his part time Air Ambulance job so he can concentrate full time on his royal duties.

I tell you what, if we all had the same sheer hard work ethic as these people this country wouldn't be in the mess that it is in.

[MichiganWolf]

How is the royal family paid? Is it as if being a member of the royal family is their job i.e. they get a paycheck every week or every other week? Or do they just get a big lump sum that they distribute amongst themselves? Or is their every whim just attended to from a bottomless fund?

[Newcy Wolf]

How is the royal family paid? Is it as if being a member of the royal family is their job i.e. they get a paycheck every week or every other week? Or do they just get a big lump sum that they distribute amongst themselves? Or is their every whim just attended to from a bottomless fund?

Yes, yes and especially yes.

[Woking88]

How is the royal family paid? Is it as if being a member of the royal family is their job i.e. they get a paycheck every week or every other week? Or do they just get a big lump sum that they distribute amongst themselves? Or is their every whim just attended to from a bottomless fund?

Mich, if you look up 'civil list 2017' on Wikipedia you will get a sensible and accurate answer.

[Newcy Wolf]

Mich, if you look up 'civil list 2017' on Wikipedia you will get a sensible and accurate answer.

I take it you didn't think my answer was sensible enough?

[Woking88]

I take it you didn't think my answer was sensible enough?

I think Mich was looking for rather more detail than opinion.

[Newcy Wolf]

I'm sure he will thank you for your input

[wolves71]

..is doing his last official Royal engagement today, saluting the guard or something like that.
This man must be superhuman as it is reported that he has attended fifty, that's right, FIFTY events so far this year.
That's a grand total of fifty plaques to unveil, not to mention the fifty speeches involved.
I reckon the man must never sleep.

This comes after we hear Prince William is retiring from his part time Air Ambulance job so he can concentrate full time on his royal duties.

I tell you what, if we all had the same sheer hard work ethic as these people this country wouldn't be in the mess that it is in.

He can't have long left now anyway, he needs to enjoy his retirement whilst he can, how will he survive on a government and work based pension? I think we should all have a whip round!

[Newcy Wolf]

Gets me how he has gotten away with all those unsavoury remarks he has made for the last 60 odd years.
Because he is royalty they are known as 'gaffes'
If I had said any of those things I would be labelled a homophobic racist.

Oh, wait a minute....

[Evewolf65]

Gets me how he has gotten away with all those unsavoury remarks he has made for the last 60 odd years.
Because he is royalty they are known as 'gaffes'
If I had said any of those things I would be labelled a homophobic racist.

Oh, wait a minute....

Ah but he's a 'Greek' homophobic rasist ....jobs a gud un!!