Queen To Open Sandringham To Homeless!

[Theland]

NO! You won't see that headline, but a charity is asking for £28.22 to help the homeless, just as I was watching a programme about the Royals at Christmas.
Two hundred staff looking after their Christmas break, lots of Dubonnet and gin being drunk, and masses of food from Fortnum & Mason.
In a word, disgraceful.
The ballroom alone would house all of the homeless in the Capital.
But wouldn't it be a great gesture if the Royals came down out of their ivory towers and really helped real people with real problems.

[emmie]

perhaps they do in their own way theland, many of the royals are heads of charities.

[emmie]

no good getting bitter theland, its just the way things are.

[Theland]

Yes Emmie, their charity work needs putting in inverted commas.

[emmie]

perhaps but many donate to those charities which they spearhead.

[emmie]

don't watch programmes about them then thats all i can say

[Jackdaw33]

The Royal Family will not be gathering this Xmas. The Queen is not going to Sandringham but staying at Windsor with Philip. It must be hard work dining with the Queen. Apparently she is a very quick eater. Once she has finished a course all the plates are removed, finished or not, and the next course brought. I can imagine some guests leaving hungry and having to call in at the chippy on the way back.

[emmie]

thats funny jack calling at the local chippy

[weecalf]

Was in the church on the estate small but nice so at Christmas when it’s on the telly I say I was there .

[waterboatman]

The royals do more for charities than you realise. They just don't want it advertised.

[emmie]

as i said many head up charities like Harry did with the Invictus games,

[Theland]

I'm not convinced.

[emmie]

no you won't be best not watch any more about them

[david small]

It has always been so...come the revolution...Fat chance.

[emmie]

either that or he doesn't watch such programmes.

[rowanwitch]

We have a head of state who is not really that ostentatious compared with many. I think she will be far happier with the old man and the small group of staff they have with them. I think things will change with Charles and then William to a more modern pared down version but after so many years of hard work let the woman have her luxuries it's fair payment for living your life as a matter of duty not of choice.

[anneasquith]

‘ the royals do more for charities than you think’. Might we have an example of that wbm rather than being a figurehead.

[woofgang]

those two hundred staff are in employment and for a lot of them housing goes with it. I know! lets sack them all and make Theland feel better.

[rowanwitch]

What they give is time which in terms of money raised and the morale of those at the coal face is immense although from a volunteer experience with Save the Children The princess Royal is quite hands on, as is the Duchess of Cornwall especially for the Osteoporosis society. It's like a plumber volunteering to mend taps for the needy, it's doing what you can with who and what you are. Having a senior Royal as patron ensures high profile contributors and bums on very expensive seats at fund raising events.

[Ken4155]

"Queen to open Sandringham to the homeless." There's a funny book in there, somewhere. :-))

[ichkeria]

“ The ballroom alone would house all of the homeless in the Capital.”

That’s a hell of a ballroom