Do the British Royal Family still use BA?
May 22, 2018, 9:36 am
#91
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Would love to know if she is GGL herself, otherwise why would she get such treatment?
May 22, 2018, 10:45 am
#92
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Her Daughters are still Royal Family....they were at the wedding, along with her but higher up the list. She may well still be afforded the courtesy of treatment as a royal family member, BA may well do the same it seems.
May 22, 2018, 11:03 am
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The Royal Family, no matter how far down the succession, would seem to be likely to be afforded Premium status .., otherwise some of them would fly VS 
May 22, 2018, 7:51 pm
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For those who query the cost of the Monarch as head of state at Ł35.7m in 2014 maybe shocked to know the French President cost their taxpayers Ł91m and the Italian a whopping Ł181.5m for the same period. The cost per resident is 56p, Ł1.43 and Ł3.08 respectively.
May 22, 2018, 11:59 pm
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Seeing the way she walked to the Church in Windsor, I would expect special services where actually helping you out.
May 23, 2018, 5:06 am
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I sat next to the Duchess of York a couple of years ago in First on AA from New York to London - she was escorted on board just before doors closed. I was in 1A and she was across the aisle. Have to say I found her very nice, we had a chat about gin.
May 23, 2018, 7:07 am
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Also the French President does a lot more official international travel than the Royal family due to his holding executive powers so even then it's not a direct comparison unless you include the costs of the UK Prime Minister in the calculations
Without those it is impossible to do a like for like comparison.
Of course the president with the best and yugest costs is across the pond ...
May 23, 2018, 12:44 pm
#99
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Yes. I can see your point of view, but without wishing to delve too much in Omni territory we just have to look at our cousins to see what can happen with an elected head of state. I believe the Queen has been very keen on a Trump state visit in order to buttress support for the monarchy.
Aug 25, 2019, 8:01 am
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Interesting piece in the BBC today. It does make you wonder if the royal family is deliberately avoiding to fly BA.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49452836
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49452836
Aug 25, 2019, 8:37 am
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Interesting piece in the BBC today. It does make you wonder if the royal family is deliberately avoiding to fly BA.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49452836
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49452836
Aug 25, 2019, 8:43 am
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Interesting piece in the BBC today. It does make you wonder if the royal family is deliberately avoiding to fly BA.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49452836
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49452836
I’m guessing a few things have aligned to make that happen. The availability of the RAF Voyager fleet compared to the old VC10s must definitely be a factor, as is the unavailability of Concorde. Generally speaking security threats have increased at the same time as airports and commercial flights have got busier; in turn both of these things mean more disruption for other passengers. Finally in the age of social media in alerting the whole world to the presence of someone on public transport presumably makes keeping them safe trickier too.