--- In [email protected], "Ann" <awoelflebater@...> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "salyavin808" <fintlewoodlewix@> wrote: (snip) > > Weird thing is, I don't personally know a single person who > > cares about them. They seem to exist purely as a tourist attraction > > for rich Americans. And something for the government to claim > > should make us proud to be British, they've sold everything else > > to foreign companies you see, the flag is all we've got left.... > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18237280
Good find. Apparently three-quarters of Brits want to retain the monarchy and have for decades. Pollsters describe it as "probably the most stable trend we have ever measured." And it doesn't seem to have much of anything to do with tourism dollars. Me, I've been a huge fan of the queen ever since I first read about her preparations for the coronation in Life magazine in 1952, when she was only 26 years old. She couldn't exactly make a silk purse out of the sow's ear of a life she was handed, but she made it the best damn sow's ear she possibly could. She is one tough broad.
