Nope, I suspect that we would lose the £330m profit that the Crown Estate currently pays to the treasury......

Er, No, you will find an elected President or other title will cost at least twice as much as a Royal head of state, at the moment Parliament controls the Royal Purse, with an elected leader they will be from the government of the day and the wish for an Airbus 380 as the presidential mode of transport will be overwhelming as will the need to update Buck house at a cost of billions as it has overtones of the deposed monarchy. There again they may well want a new palace for the leader again at a cost of a billion or so  my PC is slightly to the right of Genghis
2012 HSE SD4 In Orkney Grey now gone, best car ever.

Corbyn will be happy with his shed on the allotment I am sure.  FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
FL2 MY13 TD4 GS Current

Do you think so? I think he is planning to depose the current monarchy gang and make himself King Corbyn.

J

Nice to see a right royal Landy still in service. Pity that Jaguar all but removed themselves from the market for large executive, ministerial and government vip cars by their obsession with squashing the roof on their saloons.
Every XJ sold should come with tickets for a Limbo Dancing Experience Day at an approved centre - methinks too many ministers have bashed their brain boxes on the roof line trying to get in and out of their XJs.
(May account for some recent wrong headed thinking .........)

This man knows when to hang on to his motor.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=prince+p...7bUnIq5FM:

Another year has passed since the last post on this matter and he is still driving his FL2. He must be getting good advice. FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 76k+ miles) (MY2015)

JLR get a lot of free publicity from Royals and politicians driving around in Land/Range Rovers. It will be interesting to see what cars are used for the Royal Wedding this weekend. Could be the ultimate product placement opportunity with an expected worldwide TV audience of a couple of billion people. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

Most visible vehicles will likely be of the two, four or six horsepower variety.........

Bob 10MY (Sept 09) TD4 HSE Auto in Stornoway Grey (Now Gone)

08 FL2 TD4 SE Manual in Rimini Red (Now Gone)

I for one are proud to be British.
I love the Monarchy because it stands for the British upper lip/we can attitude/fly the flag/proud and fight/ and our way of life.
I will not go into this as I know it would cause arguments and upset some.
That is just my personal opinion and in this country i am allowed to have that.
For one I am proud to see him better at his age, that would have see many a groat moan and mooch for months off work to recover.
Yes he has a medical crew second to none but that don't make you heal earlier.
Well don Philip.

But the best thing is he's driving a FL2
And don't they look lovely in it.

for all the British out there.

ugg Don't wait for your Ship to come in.. Swim out and meet the Bl**dy thing (Barry Sheene)

Freelander HSE LUX SD4 2013 (6000 miles in..)
Discovery 300tdi 1998 (gone to the rust God) but not forgotten
Range Rover Autobiography 4.6 2000
Disco 200tdi
Defender 90 52 reg TD5
Hyundai Terracan 2004(my mud plugger)
Kawasaki KLZ 1000 2012
Suzuki T500 1970 (my Honey)

I had a brief few words with the Duke of Edinburgh a few years back when he and the Queen visited the Helicopter Museum.
He seemed quite pleasent.

The Heli Museum is not very far from where I live and I have volunteered there doing a bit of engineering/restoration for some time.
I am presently working on a Belvedere, an early twin rotor machine built by Bristol Aircraft.

If you are in the Weston Super Mare area, it is quite worth a visit.

http://www.helicoptermuseum.co.uk/ FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 76k+ miles) (MY2015)

I watched a bit of the Wedding yesterday and although I am not particularly a Monarchist it struck me that no other country on earth could have put on an event like that which reached a TV audience of nearly 2bn. Got to be good for UK plc. Oh and that 4hp Landau looked pretty cool too in an understated sort of way. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

The e-type was pretty cool, too! Just a pity it is a LHD! 2005 D3 2.7 Auto
Previously:
2010 MY FL2 TD4e GS - Now gone at 199,500 miles, about 135,000 of them mine.
‘93 Defender 110 200TDi CSW
‘87 Defender 90 4 cyl Petrol
‘83 110 CSW V8 - best ever!
Range Rover 2-door V8 (not sure of year - 4-speed box and vacuum diff switch)
Series III SWB Diesel

IanMetro wrote:

I am presently working on a Belvedere, an early twin rotor machine built by Bristol Aircraft.

http://www.helicoptermuseum.co.uk/

Worms wrote:

The e-type was pretty cool, too! Just a pity it is a LHD!

And electric!  (Now Sold). 2008 Freelander 2 (Nazca Sand) SE TD4 Auto. Statutory write off & on WOVR for hail damage but still road legal.
171037Km as of 09/05/22
Superchips Bluefin Flash
Nanocom Evo II (also sold)

Aha! I thought it took off a bit sharpish!

Bob 10MY (Sept 09) TD4 HSE Auto in Stornoway Grey (Now Gone)

08 FL2 TD4 SE Manual in Rimini Red (Now Gone)