>>14752298speak for yourself.
Having a royal family is one of the things that means we aren't the fucking French.
Royal weddings makes a fucktonne of money. 2 Billion people watching. The footage rights alone... (All go into the public purse, by the way.)
The royals cost a British Taxpayer 65pence a year, and for that they get £3 back in tourism revenue alone. In addition, they function as a stop gap against revolution, control the Commonwelath of Nations, and seperate church, state and executive nicely. Oh, and mantain the crown estates, which is mostly the pretty parks the National Trust can't handle.
It staggers me how many British don't know how their own Constitutional Monarchy works.
(Oh, and if you think the UK doesn't have a constitution, please fuck off and read a book, or at least google it)
The Royals are a bargain, and I see no reason to throw them away until we can come up with something much, much better.