I can't be doing with them either tbh.
I've always been republican in principle, but I'm a pragmatist, so if we can demonstrate the queen offers good value, there are probably bigger fish to fry for me and various countries have demonstrated that presidency has its own issues (although I quite like the Irish model).
I had an odd lightbulb moment though a few years back when I realised a lot of the reverence I had for people was partly an age thing (the queen, my old priest despite being an atheist). Stick someone my own age or younger in the role and I suddenly queried why I ought to be doffing my proverbial hat.
Had to laugh upthread about the queen owning the country and paying tax (recent thing). I'm not particularly leftwing btw (centrist, some would say centre right), but an inherited right from feudalist times isn't exactly a mortgage & likewise the tax paid is based on years and years of take. I do wonder if they will pay inheritance tax, that'd be a doozy (I suspect not).
I couldn't really care about the Royal box at Wimbledon, except to note there were plenty of others in there who were 'slebs' but not especially worthy, so that wasn't exactly limited to Middletons. (This includes some very successful sportspeople who I respect, but still couldn't work out wtf they were there. Perhaps the criteria for the Royal Box seats could be a bit more transparent.)