I am utterly ambivalent re KM or any of the royals. I don't know them as individuals, they're nothing at all to me. Although I do find some of the personal attacks on KM pretty unpalatable and yes, misogynistic.
However.
The monarchy is a vile, outdated institution which needs to be got rid of. Royalists' arguments in favour keeping them are utterly baffling.
'They're good for tourism' - Windsor castle isn't even the top tourist attraction in Windsor. No royal residence is in the top 20 most visited UK attractions. Besides, if the monarchy ceased to exist, it's likely that the palaces would generate more tourism, because people could actually visit them. After all, nobody could suggest that a lack of royal family harmed Versailles' tourism trade. Besides, what precisely does the Queen do to promote tourism anyway? It's not as if she comes out onto the balcony of Buckingham Palace at hourly intervals and puts on a magic show for the adoring masses.
'Would you prefer Donald Trump as head of state?' - He's a mingetrumpet of gargantuan proportions but actually, yes, I would. Because he would have been democratically elected. And by that token, he could be un-elected, too.
'It's traditional' - so was slavery, locking away MH patients, being allowed to beat your wife with a stick no thicker than your thumb... When traditions are outdated and pointless, it's time to do away with them.
'The pomp and pageantry is so British' - loads of both at the state opening of parliament last week. Monarchists really can't see the hypocrisy and injustice of a woman sitting on a golden chair, wearing a £1m hat, talking about austerity and inequality. Or Princess Anne visiting the food bank I volunteer at, as happened a few months ago, complete with lackeys and a fancy car. Did I curtsey? Did I fuck.
'They work so hard' - Travelling all over the world having your picture taken next to landmarks is what most people call a holiday. Oh to be able to go in holiday several times a year and call it 'work'. I'm sure the people cleaning toilets for ten hours a day on minimum wage agree that they don't work nearly as hard as KM.
There is nothing fair or right in the poorest working people in society paying for these people's lives of luxury and privilege. If you think otherwise, I'm sorry, but you need to have a word with yourself.