They are the figurehead of state, they have no actual power in deciding anything.

you're awesome we have cameron to do all the actual leading, "yipee!"

the queen can veto decisions and disband parliment if she wishes. she does have a fair bit of power but not much oppurtunity to use it nowadays.

She also appoints the representatives of the crown to the commonwealth countries and they are the go to people for negotiations between those nations. She also technically has veto authority in Canada, though I don't recall it ever being used.

19- it's all over the news in the U.S. Why should we even care about the royal family in England?

its not our fault its on the news. just the same as ots not your fault when the news is filled with stories about the American senate

Are you serious man? Don't you know they can take any piece of land in Britain as they please? At least, the queen could in "Jonny English"

There's a difference between Controlling a country and actually using that power.

There is a good chance the person does - look where she's from. And stop making this about you.

Well, you're just a basket full of rude, aren't you, 31?

Here here! The truth shall coomence

correction :they did all of this before the twentieth century, now they are just a very well dressed black hole taking in a hefty chunk of our taxes to fund their new homes

Its not that we don't respect it, we just rather not hear about it every 5 minutes.

the royal family actually recieve very little compared to other things and unlike some of the things we pay towards they also bring money into the UK.

That was a long time ago, get over it and get with the program only the oil companies and other huge conglomerates rule the world, royals and presidents are all puppets. god save my pocket book!

You know the Royal family makes Britain a hell of a lot more money then they actually take. There is a thing called tourism.

The tax payer bill is fairly low for the royals, being landowners and having some income of their own the tax payer support for their lives comes to less than security for the prime minister. Less even than the president of the united states spent on vacations last year.

That "hefty chunk of taxes" is in exchange for Her Majesty's private income., which goes to the state. If she kept her own money, and paid income tax on it, the family would have more than they get from the civil list.

Oh grow up.

Oh grow up. The taxes you're referring to is paying job seekers allowance, and basically, is paying for chavs to stay at home, do drugs, drink and "raise" their bastard children. As stated by another person in previous comments, "the royal family brings in more money than they spend" it's completely true. You go to England on holiday, you end up going sight seeing. So just grow up. If you don't want to know about it, then just ignore it. At the end of the day, it's a life. It's a potential new king. It's a baby. You wouldn't say "it's getting boring" over your own family's new born, so have some ******* respect.

Respect? Really? We're not all English or British. If you want to talk about respect for other countries and their leaders, look up the history of what your country and it's leaders did in other countries.

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I'd put two thumbs up if I could.

i cant express how much this annoys me. you are not a whovian because you were not born in whoville or illustratrd by dr suess. the kid will not be a half blood because Kate became a royal upon marriage.

That was the most epic post I've probably ever read on here.

*werewolf

Just because she married royal does not mean it's in her blood. She is not by blood a royal and therefore her son is a Half-Blood. And fandom names are not generated by where they're located but rather the object of affection itself. The Harry Potter fandom is known as Potterheads, not Hogwartians. The Doctor Who fandom is know as Whovians, not the TARDIS Nation.

I would love to be your friend if you really are a Potterhead and/or Whovian.

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nobody made whovians up though it was already a thing. it was created by someone else and the doctor who fandom decided to steal it. its bloody annoying to people who know who what a whovian actually is.

also he wont be half blood. do you know how nasty that sounds? calling someone a half blood. you dont get half blood royals. do you class yourself as a half blood (fathers surname)?

Pretty sure Doctor Who was around before Dr. Seuss. And no, a half-blood is not a nasty sounding thing. Yes the Potterworld Half-Blood Prince was a surname but this is a literal half-blood prince.

Err, nope, pretty sure Dr Seuss came first. Seuss has been around since at least early 50s whereas Doctor Who first aired in 63. I don't object to you using the term 'Whovian' though, just had to set that straight.

#29 by your ridiculous reasoning Princes Harry and William are also "half-blood". Also, stuff like this is why you're still a virgin.

#45, she still isn't of royal blood. Why do you think she has the title Duchess, and not princess?

#135, Princess Diana was of royal blood, you know. Therefore not making William or Harry so called "half-bloods"

Before you go making assuming judgments about the character or virtue of someone you have not and never will meet, take a good long look in the mirror. You are not happy about yourself or your own life. Besides if you think being a virgin is an insult, you are more pathetic than I thought.

He's been around. That says nothing about when he was first published.

Side note: when attempting to insult someone, don't go after a person so high out of your intellectual league. You are only going to embarrass yourself.

Excuse me but last I checked any member of Whoville is known as a Who not a Whovian. Thereby showing that Whovians have nothing to do with Dr.Suess.

Well gee, do you really think I just meant that he'd been alive since then or something? Sorry if I didn't make it clear but, I did mean that he'd been publishing children's books since then, as that's what we're talking about. He's literally 'been around' waaaay longer. In any case, as for some reason you keep pushing something you don't really know but still don't have the brain to look it up, I did. Horton Hears a Who was published in 1954 (but as I said, he published other children's books before then, I'm just not sure if they mentioned Whoville or not).

Obviously they meant "been around" as in was published since then. Dr Seuss was born in 1904 so they obviously weren't talking about the year he was born.

129 your failure to understand is phenomenal. my guess is you only like dr who thanks to David Tennant and Matt Smith like most of the supposed new fans. the princw will not be half blood becaue being royal is not a race it is a lineage. that is exactly like me calling myself a half blood Robertson because my fathers lineage is all robertson. you get it now huh? no kate does not have royal blood but she is now considered a royal because she is a Windsor.

#147 it's called a joke. Try developing a sense of humour it might help with the whole virginity thing... ;)

Oh piss off 186. Don't even TRY the 'it was a joke' card. That kind of thing isn't a joke, it's just a poor attempt at a cruel insult. Saying it was a joke and using smilies in an attempt to seem more casual and less vicious doesn't change that, we can all see straight through it. And if you somehow really DO think that's a joke then you have a very poor sense of humour indeed.

187 - you make me feel sad. Of course it was a joke. Jesus Christ. How depressing that the only acceptable humour on here is shitty puns.