...And What Do You Do?: What the royal family don't want you to know

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Baker has keen insights into the ongoing issues that started long ago to protect the Royal Family from public scrutiny and review as to whether the British public is receiving value for the taxes they pay to support them. Wills are public documents in the UK and have always been open for inspection as an essential safeguard to prevent theft and malpractice. Some shocking revelations in this book written by a politician who has access to very many of the activities of members of the royal family. There are times when legislation has been sent back to be changed before it receives royal consent if at all.I would like to think that in that brief window of time before the crown passes from one unelected head to another, the people of Britain reflect on whether or not they want to keep siphoning millions of dollars into this antiquated and largely pointless regime. However, since 1911, the Royal Family has been allowed to ‘seal’ selected wills – or declare them private – in the interests of upholding the dignity of the Crown. There's no accountability, even for crimes, unless the press finds out, and even then the royals can and do have stories suppressed. With our democracy in turmoil, it’s right to be asking questions about constitutional reform, and that includes the role of the royal family.

The members of the royal family have more than a 100 military medals and decorations between them … to be fair, a smattering of those do actually reflect active military service. Sailing By (One) by Jeremy Boyce When it’s lively like that you need the vision of Nostradamus just to steer through the Hokusais. They used to get away with all their trying to hold back transparency and modernity and protecting themselves from the results of scandalous behaviour because the press was deferential. Before the very English "Windsor' was chosen as their surname, they were all the triple-barreled house of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Baker also considers the wider role the royals play in society, including the link with House of Lords reform, and the constitutional position of the monarch, which is important given Prince Charles's present and intended approach.Essentially, the book is a study and deep dive into things like etiquette and protocol and what the hell is up with all the titles, awards and why there is such thing as an official barge master or a sculptor and someone to look after the swans on the ever-sensitive and monstrous payroll. And here the story starts to stutter, it really should have worked better but for some reason it just doesn’t hang right. I was, until reading this book, a mildly supportive subject, with a bit of a leaning toward an Australian and Canadian republic. However, the royals still refuse to face public scrutiny through legal and forensic examination of their affairs (monetary, and otherwise), election to office, and subjection to the laws of the UK in the same way that face the citizens of the nation, including its politicians.

Access to the Sky Garden is free of charge on weekdays 10am-6pm and weekends 11am-9pm, see our opening hours here. The very idea that HM the Q has to give permission before a Bill affecting her personally can even be introduced in Parliament. We are also offered some very interesting historical explanation on the relationship between the governments and the monarchs, the press and the monarchs and how the family of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha became Windsors during WWI. Despite being ‘public servants’ on the taxpayers’ payroll, the Royal Family is exempt from the Freedom of Information Act and Is not obliged to abide by the standards of behaviour set out by The Committee on Standards in Public Life.In recent years two books have been published that have drawn attention to the nature and function of the British monarchy and its constituent royal family.