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

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The same payroll, that we the taxpayers provide for them and their ever extending menagerie of freeloaders, many of which you will never have heard of. All of which brings me to my bête noire - why is the British Royal Family not using some of the insane wealth they have built up untaxed over centuries to house their own homeless and alleviate the struggles of the average person living under their supposed benevolence? They are, to all intents and purposes, a very ordinary group of people privileged with outrageous wealth and entitlement. Well, with the passing of Queen Elizabeth II and the coronation of Charles III, this book is still or even more timely, I guess.

It is beyond absurd that the royal family are allowed to get away with what they still get away in the year 2020. Whatever the structure or shape of the publisher that you end up working with, the important thing to know is that you'll be working with experts in their field. For example, some imprints may be geared towards literary fiction, while others might publish certain non-fiction categories (for example, our Yellow Jersey imprint focuses on brilliant sports writing). Yet, Norman Baker recognizes that the royal family still wields considerable power and influence, as well as constant and favourable media attention. Given the depressing conclusion that the Royal Family is anachronistic, corrupt and arrogant and costs the taxpayer a mind-boggling amount of cash, the intelligent wit that accompanies the narrative is essential.And of course, the need to massively slim down the number of royal persons who will continue to receive financial benefits from public tax funds. Distribution: Our distribution team is responsible for getting 80 million books each year to our readers. We also hear of some uncomfortable secrets regarding the royals such as Edward VIII being a nazi sympathiser and the treatment and selection of royal servants. The monarchy itself is an important part of our constitution with considerable influence on the kind of nation we are.

Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item.To a Canadian who has always held a positive if low-key view of Queen Elizabeth II, Norman Baker's exposé of palace finances is a stunning revelation. He apparently hesitated 5 minutes before accepting appointment to the Privy Council, then immediately broke his vows. He is the author of the acclaimed The Strange Death of David Kelly and the political memoir Against the Grain. It is the fossilised royal patronage dating from 1348 that prevents the mould being broken in Britain despite the clear need to do so.

Baker’s approach can be summed-up in the words that appear on the back cover of the book: The royal family – the quintessential British institution or an antiquated, overindulged, drain on the taxpayer? Prince Andrew and his trips that he can’t remember to pedophile island is just the tip of the iceberg. Trim the Royal enclave down to a manageable unit consisting of the reigning monarch and his or her immediate family; ditch the cousins and the aunts who cling to the ermine robes. Norman Baker has uncovered so much information and goes into all the detail - the inner workings of the past and present; royal culture, finance and their relationships.Vikki Moynes, commissioning editor at Viking, which is an imprint of Penguin General, works on commercial and upmarket fiction – from laugh-out-loud romcoms like Emily Henry’s Book Lovers to intoxicating, compulsive tales of deadly secrets like Heather Darwent’s The Things We Do To Our Friends. Before the very English "Windsor' was chosen as their surname, they were all the triple-barreled house of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

As a Liberal Democrat, he is obviously and understandably biased against throwing good money after bad to keep up the false glamour and untouchability of "The Palace" and not afraid to voice it all and list the grievances, which are not his personally, but relate to all British taxpayers (subjects of the Monarchy). Their very existence puts a giant dildo on the face of Britain’s idea of democracy, fairness and equality. Very interesting subject matter, covering a very big timeline, written in a serious and funny matter where appropriate. Although the history is most interesting here, I found this book it's most entertaining and enlighting when references are made to the present day Royal Family. We could begin with the antiquated and wholly preposterous notion that it still exists for one or we could deconstruct its actual role and benefit to the people it actually represents in the 21st Century, for example.Kevin Maguire, Daily Mirror 'An important text for anyone who cares about our monarchy and wants to see it reform and evolve to face head on the challenges of the twenty-first century. So Margaret Thatcher, Conservative, made her husband one, thereby ensuring her son Mark, accused of racketeering and fraud and arrested in connection with an attempted coup in Equatorial Guinea, would be a Lord and sit in Parliament in fine robes with expenses from the taxpayer as would his son and son's son ad infinitum unless someone does something and we get a second elected house. A serial killer wanders into a house that acts as a time portal from the 1920s to modern day he wanders back and forth through time killing girls that shine out to him and leaving mementos from previous kills at the next scene. We hear of the distinction between monarchy and state and learn of the blurred lines concerning the ownership and control of the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall.