Royal FFRR question
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Just watched a random YouTube video of the Duke of Cambridge. Video was of him taking baby George home from hospital. Vehicle was a range rover.
Question is about the RR having blue (emergency services type) lights fitted. Car was his own personal vehicle.. He was definitely driving whilst blue lights were in operation.
Is this just another royal perk/exemption? Is it normal for royal family vehicles to be fitted with them?
Posting purely out of interest over the question, not a bash the royal family thread.
Appreciate any info :-)
Question is about the RR having blue (emergency services type) lights fitted. Car was his own personal vehicle.. He was definitely driving whilst blue lights were in operation.
Is this just another royal perk/exemption? Is it normal for royal family vehicles to be fitted with them?
Posting purely out of interest over the question, not a bash the royal family thread.
Appreciate any info :-)
JPJPJP said:
Hardly matters really does it?
In reference to? Would William have undertaken some "blue light" training then? Pretty cool perk of the "job"!
Kind of similar to the Russian elite and their "migalka"
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2015/02/heres-one...
Always makes me chuckle watching the special escort motorcycle police on their sports bikes and their whistles!
Pacman1978 said:
Just watched a random YouTube video of the Duke of Cambridge. Video was of him taking baby George home from hospital. Vehicle was a range rover.
Question is about the RR having blue (emergency services type) lights fitted. Car was his own personal vehicle.. He was definitely driving whilst blue lights were in operation.
Is this just another royal perk/exemption? Is it normal for royal family vehicles to be fitted with them?
Posting purely out of interest over the question, not a bash the royal family thread.
Appreciate any info :-)
Are you really asking this?Question is about the RR having blue (emergency services type) lights fitted. Car was his own personal vehicle.. He was definitely driving whilst blue lights were in operation.
Is this just another royal perk/exemption? Is it normal for royal family vehicles to be fitted with them?
Posting purely out of interest over the question, not a bash the royal family thread.
Appreciate any info :-)
JPJPJP said:
Hardly matters really does it? If he wants roads closed / SEG escort anywhere, it is at his beck & call
He only encounters traffic by choice
I'm assuming as in the many other police cutback threads and cutback excuses they don't apply to certain sections of society "all in it together: eh He only encounters traffic by choice
Couldn't move for BIB down Buck palace earlier this week, in fact absolutely no different from any time I'm in that neck of the woods you can't move for understaffed and underfunded BIB, as noted elsewhere it's all about 'priorities' eh
speedyguy said:
JPJPJP said:
Hardly matters really does it? If he wants roads closed / SEG escort anywhere, it is at his beck & call
He only encounters traffic by choice
I'm assuming as in the many other police cutback threads and cutback excuses they don't apply to certain sections of society "all in it together: eh He only encounters traffic by choice
Couldn't move for BIB down Buck palace earlier this week, in fact absolutely no different from any time I'm in that neck of the woods you can't move for understaffed and underfunded BIB, as noted elsewhere it's all about 'priorities' eh
speedyguy said:
JPJPJP said:
Hardly matters really does it? If he wants roads closed / SEG escort anywhere, it is at his beck & call
He only encounters traffic by choice
I'm assuming as in the many other police cutback threads and cutback excuses they don't apply to certain sections of society "all in it together: eh He only encounters traffic by choice
Couldn't move for BIB down Buck palace earlier this week, in fact absolutely no different from any time I'm in that neck of the woods you can't move for understaffed and underfunded BIB, as noted elsewhere it's all about 'priorities' eh
I assume the visitors to the UK, who are coming because of the Royal Family / visiting the palaces / marketing effect of the weddings etc and all that entails have no positive impact on the UK econcomy at all. So better kick them out and not pay for their stuff /give them some privileges - am sure it will work splendidly - Brexit seems to have been a good move too - why stop while on a role
I always find the above argument a bit perverse as most people never see those tourist pounds.
What good are those tourists to you unless you are making money out of those tourists and thereby offsetting the tax you are paying or the time and money you waste when in London?
Someone is making money out of them and you are still paying for it one way or the other!
What good are those tourists to you unless you are making money out of those tourists and thereby offsetting the tax you are paying or the time and money you waste when in London?
Someone is making money out of them and you are still paying for it one way or the other!
Truffs said:
I always find the above argument a bit perverse as most people never see those tourist pounds.
What good are those tourists to you unless you are making money out of those tourists and thereby offsetting the tax you are paying or the time and money you waste when in London?
Someone is making money out of them and you are still paying for it one way or the other!
You obviously do not understand economics. Foreign money being spent in London is bringing money into the UK creating a better balance of payments. The tax paid by the shop-owner on the foreign sourced income is extra tax into the economy, thus reducing the amount of tax UK people have to pay.What good are those tourists to you unless you are making money out of those tourists and thereby offsetting the tax you are paying or the time and money you waste when in London?
Someone is making money out of them and you are still paying for it one way or the other!
Truffs said:
I always find the above argument a bit perverse as most people never see those tourist pounds.
What good are those tourists to you unless you are making money out of those tourists and thereby offsetting the tax you are paying or the time and money you waste when in London?
Someone is making money out of them and you are still paying for it one way or the other!
Well the money those tourists spend is taxed, so even if you don’t directly benefit from it, the tax pounds flow back into schools, roads, the nhs etc (and before anybody complains about how bad the nhs is, at least there is medical insurance for everybody even those who can’t afford to pay for it) and the people making the money, spend their cash on other UK services/goods again etc - so overall I’d think (even if I don’t know) it should be cash positive for the UK as a country What good are those tourists to you unless you are making money out of those tourists and thereby offsetting the tax you are paying or the time and money you waste when in London?
Someone is making money out of them and you are still paying for it one way or the other!
Pacman1978 said:
Just watched a random YouTube video of the Duke of Cambridge. Video was of him taking baby George home from hospital. Vehicle was a range rover.
Question is about the RR having blue (emergency services type) lights fitted. Car was his own personal vehicle.. He was definitely driving whilst blue lights were in operation.
Is this just another royal perk/exemption? Is it normal for royal family vehicles to be fitted with them?
Posting purely out of interest over the question, not a bash the royal family thread.
Appreciate any info :-)
FFRR?? Hand in your PH card and see yourself out.Question is about the RR having blue (emergency services type) lights fitted. Car was his own personal vehicle.. He was definitely driving whilst blue lights were in operation.
Is this just another royal perk/exemption? Is it normal for royal family vehicles to be fitted with them?
Posting purely out of interest over the question, not a bash the royal family thread.
Appreciate any info :-)
It was a Disco for Will's
https://www.thesun.co.uk/motors/6128324/kate-willi...Any RR would therefore be royal protection officers
Edited by hyphen on Saturday 26th May 21:50
hyphen said:
Pacman1978 said:
Just watched a random YouTube video of the Duke of Cambridge. Video was of him taking baby George home from hospital. Vehicle was a range rover.
Question is about the RR having blue (emergency services type) lights fitted. Car was his own personal vehicle.. He was definitely driving whilst blue lights were in operation.
Is this just another royal perk/exemption? Is it normal for royal family vehicles to be fitted with them?
Posting purely out of interest over the question, not a bash the royal family thread.
Appreciate any info :-)
FFRR?? Hand in your PH card and see yourself out.Question is about the RR having blue (emergency services type) lights fitted. Car was his own personal vehicle.. He was definitely driving whilst blue lights were in operation.
Is this just another royal perk/exemption? Is it normal for royal family vehicles to be fitted with them?
Posting purely out of interest over the question, not a bash the royal family thread.
Appreciate any info :-)
It was a Disco for Will's
https://www.thesun.co.uk/motors/6128324/kate-willi...Any RR would therefore be royal protection officers
Edited by hyphen on Saturday 26th May 21:50
Sheepshanks said:
Even the Royal Family's older Rolls Royce's have a blue priority light on the front of the roof.
Older Land Rover's too ( From: http://nice-reg.co.uk/number-plates/number-plates/... ):
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