Report on Yahoo news that the UN recommends the UK do away with the Royal...

[Stef]

...Family. What do you think? uk.news.yahoo.com/itn/20080613/tuk-un-should-britain-scrap-royals-dba1618.html

I think the UN should butt out, they cannot resolve problems in difficult places of the world and they prevaricate and waste time over disasters like Dafur so they just want to pick on an easy target.
For me, I support the Royal Family. Like most families they have their problems but I would rather have a Royal Family with the Queen as titular head of the Government rather than a President who will just spend our hard earned money on whatever expenses deemed fit. The Queen may receive an income from the State but at least she puts plenty back into the UK, employing staff etc., and is great attraction for our tourist industry.
Perhaps the world should have a referendum to see whether they think the UN does a good job or not!

[HandyMan]

The royal family are about the only thing left in the UK that add any character to the country. Otherwise it would just be another boring place like Belgium or somewhere.
(OK I know the Belgiums have a royal family, but nobody would ever know that).