Why do so many teenagers hate the Royal Family?

Question

I am 18 and I think they are great. Why do so many British teenagers want to knock them. Do you not see they are a part of a great tradition, earn more money than they spend, provide true entertainment, have great style (look At princess Di, ok, when she was alive). OK they have their faults, but they are only human and above all else i think the queen is so hard working and honourable putting duty towards and honour for her country above doing what is easy qand slacking off. And i think the princes, especially William will carry on doing this. (OK Prince Harry dressing up as a nazi was a bit silly but he didn't mean it cruelly). I think people who knock them are just mindless who want to appear radical because they have nothing else to complain about. Admit it, you would miss them if they went!!! I would :(

Answer 1

They have never done a hard day's work in their lives, expect to be kept and not in the least bit grateful. NO I am not talking about our beloved Queen, but TEENAGERS!
Teenagers full of bile and ignorance, half of those commenting so far would be lucky to spell their names properly and they have the cheek to come on here and tell us that the Royal Family are a waste of time: pot calling kettle black!

Answer 2

Well, I wonder why a question about British society and politics shows up on my Yahoo Answers pages when I am apparently on the US version. I mean, isn't Yahoo Answers sorted by region?

Well, if not, or if there is a glitch, my US answer is that there are feelings and opinions in Britain regarding class and government. Some people in Britain want a republic and do away with the monarchy, and there is a lot of class resentment as well.

What I find so curious is that here in the US, these people are made much of and their doings are always in the press, on TV, in magazines...what the heck do we care about these people? They are not US citizens, they don't even sing and dance or produce any other of the usual entertainment. I have nothing against them, they seem like ok people, as people, they fund various worthy causes, and so on. But, hey, they are British and live in Britain, not the US. You don't see the king and queen of Spain much in the press here, nor the kings and queens of Sweden, or such other countries.....

Answer 3

Being a royalist teenager myself, I'm probably not the best source but I can try to answer, because I've been asking the same question myself. The first thing I think is we teengers love new and exciting things and the royal family itself is the status quota, a physical incarnation of the old ways when what we want is something fresh and new. Also, I think the royal family lacks a charismatic member, someone who the people and the media can rally around, similar to Queen Victoria in her day whose willing to lead the UK forward instead of dressing up as a nazi.Yes, Prince Harry's atire was a bit distasteful for me but the thing is, the royal family acts as a mini-mirror and reflects how British society at large is changing. However, since I actually listen in history class, I know the royals all are of german descent (rather ironic considering the two Wars), so they're not really, genetically speaking, englishmen. Through english is a germanic language and the Angles and Saxons were Germanic tribes (make the wars even more ironic) but then on the flip side then the Vikings, Normans, and Celts all have genetic representation in England, but then Normans and Vikings were germanic tribes themselves, even if the spoke Old Norse and Old French while the Saxons and Angles spoke Old High German, but then I'm sure the Normans had some French blood in them but then French used to be the Franks who were orginally a Germanic tribe too so..... oh sorry, I went on quite a tangent didn't I? As you can tell I listen in biology as well and mix that knowlegde with history. Continuing on, the monarchy also I think symbolizes and is forever attached to religion, for which most brits...well, what can I say? There's one King and one God, that's a basic example why Christianity and Monarchies worked so well together in the Middle Ages, because alot of they're basic ideas existed in corallation. Personally I think there should be no disagreement between the church and state, but that's irrelavant. On a final note, I the monarchy represents a different type of government besides democracy, and I not sure if any of us want to change our form of government, at least for the moment. Thank you for your time.

Answer 4

i'm British and this is not touching directly to the money plenty. particular, some events generate a splash of tourism yet statistically the main time-honored vacationer web pages are non-Royal. they might say this is basically 59p according to taxpayer, yet it is different than for protection expenditures. i might estimate it extra around £2 according to taxpayer. If we gave that to charity, think of of all of the forged it would desire to do! the main important subject with the monarchy is the completed brush aside for democracy. the pinnacle of State might desire to consistently be elected, not chosen via the womb they're born from. people might say this is the top Minister that holds the skill, yet that doesn't carry an identical symbolic magnitude. To have a device the place ANY place isn't available to absolutely everyone (from delivery, besides. needless to say skills would be a limiting ingredient)- fantastically Head of State- runs counter to meritocracy, and having somebody with relative skill (basically inspect the hung parliament challenge and what the Queen have been given to do!) who isn't elected runs counter to democracy. Is that what we would like for our usa? The Royals might have served in conflict, yet in actually actuality they're almost consistently not in any possibility (different than for Prince Andrew, of course). Harry does not circulate to the front lines. He wastes suited soldier's time who could look after him. in actuality, it could have been extra suitable for the army if he did not circulate there. Royals get rapid-tracked with the aid of the army ranks with none skills or proving their information in any admire, it is yet yet another occasion of their ridiculous social privileges. ok, they provide to charity, yet I ask you this- is the money theirs to furnish? they don't earn it. The Windsors artwork 3 days each week, 5 months of the three hundred and sixty 5 days, and make it look like the deserve the ridiculous quantities of money and privilege they get. each and all of the money that they get could acquire to the state to the two income our usa or supply to charity. i'm for my section for the latter. The history may well be "outstanding", yet so is the history of another stepped forward usa's royalty. maximum (not all...) chosen to abolish it around the 18th century. The history nonetheless maintains to be, basically not the destiny. it is not any reason to not abolish ours and connect the stepped forward crowd!

Answer 5

no i wouldnt miss them if they were not here, ok i'm sure they do make some token gesture of goodness but in all reality they are just a drain on the taxpayer. The "revenue" they supposedley earn is nothing compared to what they cost.That money could be better spent on helping the homeless or sick, almost every family in the country is affected by cancer in 1 way or another think how much could be done to help those suffering and there family's if the NHS had that extra founding etc, how are we better of haveing them, the queen does'nt even make any decissions on how the country is run.

Answer 6

I'm going to sound really old saying this, but teenagers today just don't respect anything, have that be in the US, UK, or elsewhere in the developed world. It seems like teenagers today are taught to not respect anything, even old traditions. I mean I know that's an old saying and when I was a teenager ( a few years ago, I'm only 23) it was bad, but since I became 18,19, 20, etc it has gotten worse. And I think some of the shanaggins (spelling) of the royal family in the past 20 years have made people disrespect them. I love the royal family personally, I like them better than my own president, but anyway. And as far as my take on Harry's Nazi uniform, I think that's an indicator of his ignorance and not being taught how horrible the Holocaust was or how bad Nazis, and the white power movements in the US, UK, etc are. I can tell he doesn't feel the same way about Nazi,neoNazis, and other white supremacists as I do. Honestly I don't think he's very educated on the subject.

Answer 7

Well, you got a lot to learn about the history of monarchy of England which has been going on for centuries. Not only that, where do you think taxpayers money been going to over the years. Just ask any punk and they will tell you why they don't like the monarchy. Even The Sex Pistols sang a song called "God Save the Queen" which offended the Queen of England.

Answer 8

A lot of teenagers think they are in the media too much and are just for paparazzi purposes. Bad media brings a bad light onto them and also, considering it's the twenty-first century, many teenagers are for change and think the royal family is a bit old fashioned. And, some teenagers are just anarchists and rebels and just hate the royal family for no reason.

Answer 9

Hahahahahahahahaha - that is so funny!!

Why would I miss a family that, very rich in their own right, take resources from the tax payer for opening a few hospitals or heading a few charities, (most charities admit that having a soap star or pop star on board carries more weight these days!) Tourists rarely get to see them and, when polled, have said they would rather have access to the palaces and don't care whether there is a royal family or not providing they can see the crown jewels etc.

And what great tradition, the tradition of dispossessing anyone who disagreed with them? The tradition of starting wars for personal gain? Or maybe the tradition of starting a new church if the old one doesn't give you what you want??

And as for the queen - any mother who puts duty before her children should have her children taken into care! Instead she has bred another generation of emotional cripples with the interbred disease of hemophilia!!

Yay long live the Royal Family! - NOT!!!

Answer 10

it's because so many people want to put them down all the time,many of them do a lot of good work but there are a few of them that give the rest a bad name.i like most of the royal family but not all of them!

Answer 11

If U R talking bout British royals... Those are not nice people since the King established the Church of England. Moreover, he got six wives, is polygamy allowed in Christians ? Okay, let's 4get the past.. We can't blame their descendants, ryte ?..
Just let 'em lived happily okay ?