what would happen 2 our country if we didn't have the queen or royal family??!!
2006-12-20 21:50:12 · 28 answers · asked by burn baybee burn 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
It would be so much better?!?! We could put someone else's face on our notes and coins????
2006-12-20 21:51:21 · answer #1 · answered by Puma 4 · 2⤊ 10⤋
We would seek to find a new Royal Family and 'import' some distant relative, as they did in the 1700's when Mary and William were invited to England to become joint soverigns after the King fled his own country.
Parliament now have the power to select a monarch, should there be a need because over the past 300 years there has been a gradual shift of power away from the monarchy who have the divine right to rule (see the royal coat of arms which states 'dieu et mon droit', 'it is my right').
There is of course, no way to predict the future, however we can look at what is 'conventional' / 'traditional' and what the public will put up with. If the government go beyond the expectations of the people and do not manage our country well enough, there will be a revolution. The people would effectively remove the government from power and install some other system of governance.
I do not understand why the importance of the Queen and Tourism link, if any, has been commented on so much. The facts are that it is the public who fund the Queen and other Royals and not the other way around. Besides, it the Queens money, printed by guess who? the Royal Mint.
Try a search for 'sealand' and see how one family have set up thier own country on a platform just off the essex coast line. It makes for interesting reading.
2006-12-21 06:05:17 · answer #2 · answered by Dean G 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
We would loose part of our culture. Royalty represents a large portion of what this county is made of. We could not simply carry on without major reconstruction of our government which we all should agree would not happen without great stress to our country. Instead of other countries drafting their government after England's we would be drafting a new government from most likely the Americans (of all things). Losing the monarchy would also mean the deconstruction of the commonwealth and the united kingdom. Each country with duty to Her Majesty would also have to reconstruct their government accordingly. The mail services would be reworked (okay maybe that will be okay, but costly). New currency designed and printed for the commonwealth and united kingdom. And I do believe that England would see a major drop in tourism. All this would cause a financial strain that the tax payers would most likely cover.
2006-12-21 17:26:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anna L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Several tabloids would go under for a start.
Then we would change our name to New-Normadie and start eating lots of smelly cheese, stoooodle, frankfurters and wearing big strings of onions about our necks.
Naturally with all of the euroism in the air people would stop turning up for work and the country would grind to a halt. At this point some farmers would block off roads and try to take responsibility for the fact nothing was being done.
Ken Livingstone would be housebound with fear by now as the public went into scapegoat withdrawal.
The end as we know it basically. Long live the Queen.
2006-12-21 06:12:23 · answer #4 · answered by mince42 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If Britain were not to have a Royal family, the British economy would not be what it is today, As the income in which the Royal's bring to the country would not be there we would be hit even harder upon our current taxes.
2006-12-21 06:12:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Not much on the surface but we'd lose an invaluable source of revenue as tourism generated by the Royal family is immense. Plus they are ambassadors for our country and part of our identity. I love the Royal Family and hope we keep them for many generations to come.
2006-12-21 06:04:10 · answer #6 · answered by Bel 4 · 5⤊ 2⤋
I'm afraid the previous answers are not correct. They have thought only about the externals we see clearly. If you remove the monarchy from our un-written constitution you have a huge problem. First of all, no-one else can call a General Election. The Prime Minister has to ask permission of the monarch - soemthing that has been refused. The monarch summons and prorogues the Parliament in this county. Secondly, the monarch has the final say in law-making and the actions of the Government. remember, it is Her Majesty's Government. Don't we need someone to hold Blair et al to account?
Thirdly, the judges, bishops, school inspectors, government officers, police forces, armed forces, the list goes on a long way are all appointed in the monarch's name.
Think about the alternatives - President Blair? an imposed president from the EU?
Someone has siad they cost more than they give - Check out the value of Crown Estates - we get that revenue from their land in return for the Civil List and we get a very much larger amount than we give to them. In 2004/05 the surplus in our favour was £184.4 million. So they cost us £184.4 million less than the money we got from them.
Yes, if Her Majesty were to die, then Charles would instantly become King and the Royal Family has served us better than any know. The Christmas Speech may not be an up-to-date modern rant or multimedia presentation, but monarchy represents something timeless, rather than contemporary.
We tried being a republic once and it does not suit the British character.
Without The Queen - we'd have Blair and New Labour forever, no chance of justice and lose something valuable from the heart of this country.
Worth delving a little into our constitution to find out exactly what they are for.
Hope this explains some of it and isn't too dull.
Worth checking out http://www.royal.gov.uk as a starting point
2006-12-21 05:56:47 · answer #7 · answered by Pete 3 · 8⤊ 7⤋
nothing not every country has a queen
2006-12-21 12:10:16 · answer #8 · answered by pat e 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We'd like it for awhile then some fools will whine "It was so much better when we had royalty." and they or some other people could become royals. Either way we wouldn't be hypocrits in without a royal family because we try to make a fair and equal society while they are treated much better than the ordinary citizens and have state funerals unlike everybody else. Don't forget the money they get given much more than their fair share, alot more.
2006-12-21 05:56:34 · answer #9 · answered by anon4112 3 · 3⤊ 5⤋
depends if you mean not having the queen or not having a royal family. not having the queen would mean we have king charles what a disaster. not having the royal family woul mean a loss of billions of pounds of tourist money and buisness deals
everybody take flags to arsenal
2006-12-21 05:54:24 · answer #10 · answered by phillip b 3 · 2⤊ 4⤋
We would probably become the 51st state of America. Also the church of England would probably split up into several smaller churches because it would have no leader.
2006-12-21 06:09:12 · answer #11 · answered by monkeymanelvis 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋