Granny Gives Prince William a Chopper for his 32nd

[Spade]

And it only cost $11 million.
Prince William gets $11M helicopter from Queen on his birthday - World - CBC News
Is it for the possibility the Royal Family will have evacuate from the roof of Buckingham Palace when the Republicans invade?
A whoppa-whoppa gift for the prince who doesn't have everything?

Jeeper, it has a bar. Courvoisier L'essence, anyone?

 

[tay]

I don't want to hear any whining from the peasants........

 

[#juan]

There are not that many people who get 11 million dollar helicopters on a birthday. I'm sure there are a few. It bugs me a little that the money for that helicopter was bled out of the British public.

 

[gerryh]

There are not that many people who get 11 million dollar helicopters on a birthday. I'm sure there are a few. It bugs me a little that the money for that helicopter was bled out of the British public.

it's not.

How Much Do British Royal Family Make Annually? | DiscoveryFinance.Com

 

[Spade]

I don't want to hear any whining from the peasants........

Monty Python- The Annoying Peasant - YouTube

 

[lone wolf]

Has a bar ... but no toitie? That's gotta go over well

 

[grumpydigger]

You can always pee out the window.

 

[taxslave]

it's not.

How Much Do British Royal Family Make Annually? | DiscoveryFinance.Com

Sovereign Grant sounds an awful lot like taxpayers money to me. That is where the article says the money comes from.

Has a bar ... but no toitie? That's gotta go over well

Not to worry. If it is anything like British subs the chances of it staying airborne long enough to fill a bladder are remote.

 

[gerryh]

Sovereign Grant sounds an awful lot like taxpayers money to me.

That's because you are an idiot.

Under the Sovereign Grant, passed into law last year, the Queen receives 15pc of profits from the Crown Estate, the organisation that holds property on behalf of the Crown.



here's the latest report


https://www.royal.gov.uk/pdf/Financial reports 2012-13/Sovereign Grant 2012-13 - web.pdf

 

[Spade]

The stiff upper lip of the English peasant.
Queen gets William £8M birthday treat helicopter with publi - YouTube

 

[lone wolf]

You can always pee out the window.

;-) sorta what I had in mind - except the cabin's probably hermetically sealed - for the air conditioning

 

[JLM]

There are not that many people who get 11 million dollar helicopters on a birthday. I'm sure there are a few. It bugs me a little that the money for that helicopter was bled out of the British public.

Thought I heard a report early in the year that they were on the verge of bankruptcy, kind of thought maybe they were down to their last $50 but I was possibly mistaken with that assessment. -

 

[Ludlow]

We call that type of excess trickle down economics here in the US.

 

[Sal]

I don't see it as a big deal...we fly all of our politicians all over the place.

This copter will be used for official business. It's not like he won't soon be king anyway.

 

[Spade]

I don't see it as a big deal...we fly all of our politicians all over the place.

This copter will be used for official business. It's not like he won't soon be king anyway.

Well, when Granny goes, Chuckie will be Cheese. Are you suggesting Charles is doddering?

 

[JLM]

I don't see it as a big deal...we fly all of our politicians all over the place.

This copter will be used for official business. It's not like he won't soon be king anyway.

I don't think Chuck is looking like he'll drop dead anytime soon! -

 

[Sal]

Well, when Granny goes, Chuckie will be Cheese. Are you suggesting Charles is doddering?

no...
they live so long these old buzzards..but it would appear the stage is being set for the younger generation, even down to this copter...it's a new world, Charles time came and went

 

[JLM]

Well, when Granny goes, Chuckie will be Cheese. Are you suggesting Charles is doddering?

Chuckie will likely be King "Consort"- it's Camilla who "wears the pants" methinks!

 

[Sal]

I don't think Chuck is looking like he'll drop dead anytime soon! -

he won't, but I think that he will let it go to his son...

 

[JLM]

no...
they live so long these old buzzards..but it would appear the stage is being set for the younger generation, even down to this copter...it's a new world, Charles time came and went

But he still has to run out his time as king, as I doubt after the bad taste Eddy left in people's mouths, he is likely to abdicate.

he won't, but I think that he will let it go to his son...

Nooooooooooooooooope! -