Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, arrived in Virginia today to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Jamestown colony. She is meet with native Americans, a venerated civil rights lawyer and dozens whose lives were scarred by last month's Virginia Tech massacre. In downtown Richmond, a large sign beckoned Her Majesty with the sign, "QUEEN EATS FOR FREE."

Hell, I'd cook a free meal for the Queen. God save the Queen!

I say down with the monarchs grrrrr bloody queen

She's probably achieved more in her life then you could ever attain to.

she might of but then again if i was born into a family like that and was rised like that then i prob could of done the same and i've got hopefuly lot of life left

Wasnt saying that she die or sumet stupid just mely pointing out the UK rely has no need for a Monarch i ind it rather annoying that we still do, then again thier parts of the royal family i dont get liek that harry..... dont sedn him to war he might get kidnaped, yes fair enough he is big target but then why join the army.......

any way dont want a rant about this as im sure i get flammed so just foget it lol

she didnt choose the life she has - dont forget it was her uncle who gave up the throne... her dad was thrown into it, she just wanted to be happy and live her own life. We do need the monarchy. they are role models in todays society...

I love the royal family. Personally I think they could do more, but it's important to the UK's culture. Without them we'd have nothing. Just red phone boxes and red double deckers! And they're gone too!

The cost the Uk something like 200million a year but they make loads for charity each year and generate like 1 billion in tourism sooo.....

the irony is the US is the exact opposite ... we elect some idiot to pay that no one wants to see ... and he thinks he can go around starting wars

I did a little digging on the royal families finances and.. well, an accountant might disagree, but from an economists point of view they contribute to the UK's budget rather than take from it. The key is property rights; if you count crown lands, rightfully owned in my view by the royal family, as belonging to them than they're contributing to national finances -- if you consider it property of the state, then the royal family is indeed a drain. Even so, as long as they're well behaved, I'd say you guys get your monies worth. I'd be more worried about this devolution business 8O

I've noticed while she was making her rounds the culture difference. In the UK, she's the queen, but could see in the eyes of the American's looking at her that they held her in no special regard at all, not any more than they would any passing minor celebrity. We don't have national icons like that here, really, just personal ones of sorts. I, for example, try to make business decisions along the lines of "What would Trump do?", but still don't regard him like a King.

Bush though, he wasn't chosen as to be an icon like the Queen, just to do a job. A job that'll be done in 08.. Soon enough that history will say he had every chance possible to make America better than it was when he first arrived, but not too long that he has more time to screw up even more than he already has. Hooray for term limits!