they are the descendants of the ex most influential people in England. They themselves don't really have power but it is pretty much all for British traditions. Can you imagine the prince enlisting in the army and being a general in actual combat? I certainly can't.
If you actually googled your sentence you would see Prince Harry was performing frontline combat in Afghanistan for several months until the media outsted him, and there is a long tradition of Royals fighting in the services. Prince Andrew fought in the Falklands for instance.
Prince William has gone back to work today as a RAF search and rescue pilot after having the weekend and monday off like most other people in the country for the bank holiday.
The Royal Family does take some public money but does provide a lot of tourism money. Most of their income comes from their own private assets.
They are used to represent Britain abroad and are heavily involved in charities.
They don't have any real powers, they are now more of a very wealthy family who perform traditions relating to government. Theres no disgrace in a democratic country keeping a bit of tradition and ceremony that in no way affects government policy.
Theres a lot of ignorance in this thread.
For starters sorry for quoting but it was the previous page:
If you actually googled your sentence you would see Prince Harry was performing frontline combat in Afghanistan for several months until the media outsted him, and there is a long tradition of Royals fighting in the services. Prince Andrew fought in the Falklands for instance.
Prince William has gone back to work today as a RAF search and rescue pilot after having the weekend and monday off like most other people in the country for the bank holiday.
The Royal Family does take some public money but does provide a lot of tourism money. Most of their income comes from their own private assets. They are used to represent Britain abroad and are heavily involved in charities.
They don't have any real powers, they are now more of a very wealthy family who perform traditions relating to government. Theres no disgrace in a democratic country keeping a bit of tradition and ceremony that in no way affects government policy.