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Chris Ship and Lizzie Robinson discussed the longevity of several of the current crop of Royals. Mr Ship stated that not being able to retire is a "disadvantage" of royal life. Ms

Robinson highlighted the fact 99-year old Prince Philip made an appearance during a Royal Family engagement recently despite having retired in 2017 and that Princess Anne continues to show

no signs of slowing down as her 70th birthday approaches. Ms Robinson said regarding Princess Anne: "Any question of her slowing down, her children don’t even bother to raise that with

her. "That is a real family trait." Mr Ship replied: "This is one of the disadvantages with being in the Royal Family, you can’t retire really. "Prince Andrew has kind of

been forcibly retired, Harry and Meghan retired by having to leave." READ MORE: MEGHAN MARKLE AND PRINCE HARRY TO ‘FADE INTO OBSCURITY’ AFTER EXIT Ms Robinson said: "The Queen is

94 and still working, the Duke of Edinburgh was out and about on an engagement the other day at the age of 99. "Princess Anne’s brother, the Prince of Wales, is in his seventies.

"The work rate of all of them is astonishing, they definitely do not have their feet up." Mr Ship added: "There is Camilla, 73-years-old, she also went out this week."

"This is money largely being spent on their private personal interests and there is no return on that investment. "The idea that the monarchy is good for tourism is complete

fiction and the original fake news. "We have a £170 billion tourism industry, the best figure that has ever been put out there for tourism revenue associated with the Royals is £500

million which is less than half a percent of that total tourist income. "So, if someone can give me evidence that they are net contributors then I will have a look but after years of

looking the evidence is simply none existent."