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The BCCI also instructed Kolkota Knight Riders to release their Bangladeshi player.

Do you think there would be more tourists in Paris, Vienna, Rome, and Berlin, if there were still Royal families there ?

I do not believe that a significant proportion of tourists come because of the Royals. Other than the Changing of the Guard there is very little pageantry to see, and that could happen without the Royals as it does in other capitals. What you have posted is the value of "Royalty" and history, it's not as if there is much chance of spotting any of the Family.

That is not my point, tourists would come regardless of whether we had a Royal family.

Don't expect Southern Brave to select any Pakistani players for the Hundred, teams owned, fully or partially by IPL franchises won't pick them. Happens in all franchise tournaments around the World.

3 of the Queen's 4 children are divorced, I would say they are a typical family.

Of course nobody goes to Paris or Vienna to see the palaces, and as for castles, it is not as if there are any in France or Germany.

No they don't, the Crown Estate effectively a commercial branch of Parliament, own Buck House. Windsor Castle and Holyrood House belonging to the Crown, not the Royal family. The King owns Balmoral and Sandringham. The revenues from the Crown Estate go to the Treasury, and in part are then used to fund the King's official expenses.

We like Vienna.

I wonder if there will be a file in his cake.

Back on track; 3:55 GMT 18th Feb 2026 : The US State Department says it "supports the decision of the United Kingdom to proceed with its agreement with Mauritius concerning the Chagos archipelago". 18:13 GMT 18th Feb 2026 : Donald Trump posts on social media - "Do not give away Diego Garcia,""

How does reducing the welfare budget reduce abuse of the system ? Is the logic as follows ; If the welfare budget was £100M and fraud was 3%, then the amount of fraud is £3M, however if you cut the budget to £90m the amount of fraud would be £2.7M, so reduced by £300K. The main issue with the system is the administration needs to do 2 things better; firstly better validation of claims to screen out potentially fraudulent claims, and secondly, better fraud investigation and reporting procedures.

Forrest Gump Dumb and Dumber.

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