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Evaluation of Internet Sources

Name of Website SodaHead
Title of Article Who pays the Queen of England? Why do they still have a monarchy, and do they have jobs to pay for the big wedding of William and Kate?  
URL http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/who-pays-the-queen-of-england-why-do-they-still-have-a-monarchy-and-do-they-have-jobs-to-pay-for-t/question-1544679/
Publisher of Website Judy Ann
Author of Article Judy Ann
Date published or last updated February 27, 2011
Date accessed January 22, 2013
Type of site: business / academic / charity / gov’t / journalistic / political / religious / campaign / blog / forum / education
  Evaluation of this source: · fact 1 opinion · objective 1 persuasive · level of bias · assumptions · up-to-date? · reliable?   Author of this blog has presented some valuable facts regarding the costs and spending on Royal Family. Based on the facts means that the information found is more objective, though bit biased and criticized. It is relatively up to date, as it was published only two years ago. Throughout the text many facts are discussed and analysed, therefore it seems to be quite reliable information.
  Main points:   Who will pay? The main question of this source is who will pay for Prince William and Middleton’s wedding, which could discharge the Queen’s reserve finances just before her Diamond Jubilee. This wedding is possibly the most important event for the Royal Family since wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, however, the Queen is unlikely to be able to finance the wedding on her own, therefore question whether Parliament could help financially or not is raised. It has been widely criticized by the public when John Major said that the Parliament would help the Royal Family if Windsor Castle gets in fire.   The ring: It has been reported that Diana’s wedding ring was worth £85,700 in this time terms. However, for this wedding Prince William has given Queen’s ring to Kate Middleton. The dress cost for Diana was £9,000, which is now worth £25,700 – more than the average cost of £21,000 for the full British wedding. In 1990s the Queen agreed to freeze her salary due to economic downturn in the country. Consequently, it seems to be hard for her to fund her Diamond Jubilee if she does not claim for her income recover. Spending cuts: The Queen agreed on cutting Royal household spending by 14% in 2012/2013 as well as cancelling £50,000 Royal Christmas Event. Most likely that Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding will be played in the City of Westminster, where the Queen married herself around 50 years ago. It has been claimed that the Council of City of Westminster will not take responsibility for the security of the event and its participants.   Comments: This article was commented by many internet users. Some of them say that England would not be that country, as it is now without the monarchy. Relying on the facts that the Royal Wedding indeed attracts a lot of foreign tourists to come and see such a great ceremony. As a result, high tourist turnout positively affects the economic trend of the country. However, other people criticize the wedding by saying that British people give 50% of taxes annually to Royal Family for its “ceremonial” events and eventually do not even taste a cake from that party. On the whole, though this article is based on many facts, it is a big debateable question, where many people would have split opinions.

 




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