Do the Royal Family deserve the jubilee?

Today we mark 60 years of her royal highness and the final day of celebrations (Sunday saw over 1000 boats sailing up the River Thames, that`s the most seamen for an 85 year old grandmother since Wayne Rooney went for a massage) of  Queen Elizabeth II being on the throne and head of the British monarchy, as street parties and celebrations reign over the nation (and around the world), I ask, do the royals deserve to be celebrated as I look back over 5 recent royal mess-ups

5. Prince Charles isn't really a fan of the press

More than 50 journalists had gathered at Kloisters, a Swiss ski resort in 2005 for photo's to mark Prince Charles' upcoming nuptials to Camilla Parker Bowles. However during this photoshoot, Prince Charles could not hide the contempt he had for such occasions, unaware that his microphone was picking up every word he spoke he could be heard muttering 'I hate doing this..I hate these people' to his two sons, William and Harry. Then when asked by BBC royal reporter Nicholas Witchell how he felt about the impending ceremony he sarcastically answered 'I'm very glad you've heard of it', then turning his head slightly towards the two young princes he whispers 'Bloody people, I can't bear that man, he so awful he really is'. As part of the jubilee celebrations Prince Charles presented the weather on the BBC, what's next? the Queen on  Antique's Roadshow? Camilla in the Grand National?

4. Princess Anne upsets a seasonal wellwisher

A 75 year old fan spent three hours making a flower display to give to the Queen Mother on Christmas Day in 2000, waiting patiently outside Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, the traditional Christmas royal residence, in hope of being able to present it to her. Instead the Queen Elizabeth's only daughter, Princess Anne grabbed the bouquet and groaned 'What a ridiculous thing to do!' while her un-princesslike attitude didn't end there as she then told her nieces Beatrice and Eugenie to 'get a move on', not wanting them to take further flowers as gifts from well-wishers.

3. Prince Edward knows that death sells

Prince Edward (is he named after a potato), the Queen's youngest son, is the current chairman of The Duke Of Edinburgh Scheme (basically encourages teenagers to participate in voluntary work, sports, trekking etc) and when asked in Australia about a 17 year old Australian schoolboy who had died while trekking in the outback unsupervised as part of this scheme, Edward referenced the death of a British boy who died in 1956 by saying "Obviously we don't want that to happen ... But its reputation among young people was, 'Wow, this is serious. You could die doing this.' "

 2. Prince Phillip upsets a whole race

 Australia's native Aborigines seek freedom from poverty, oppression and want to cast away the long held stereotype of them being warring tribesmen. In 2002 while visiting the Aboriginal Cultural Park in Queensland he asked successful Aborigine entrepreneur William Brin 'Do you still throw spears at each other?'. Buckingham Palace had to issue a statement saying the comments were 'light-hearted' and 'there was no offense intended' (I just Googled Prince Phillip to get his age and saw 'Prince Phillip at 90', at first I thought it was a documentary about the death of Dian)

1. Prince Harry is a Nazi

Two weeks before Holocaust Memorial Day in 2005, Prince Harry thought it would be funny to turn up to a fancy dress party as a Nazi. He was pictured wearing a swastika armband on the German uniform which was splashed all over the tabloids (ironic as I thought gingers weren't allowed in The Sun).. In a statement Harry said 'I'm very sorry if i have caused any offense, it was a poor choice of costume and i apologise', presumably his Ku Klux Klan outfit had stains on it.

The royal family are people (in olden days they were believed to of been chosen by God to be born into that role!) and people make mistakes but when they are ambassadors to a country, they need to remember they are looked upon by millions across the nation. Today is about the Queen and in her 60 years of reign she has genuinely been a great leader for Great Britain though the rest of the family leave something to be desired.The jubilee isn't so much about the family as about Great B ritian and Britian does deserve a jubilee, in these times of recession where comanies are struggling to make end meet, what we need is another day of work, thanks Liz.