To think Britain should have got rid of the monarchy rather than their EU membership

[Mookins14]

Inspired by the dress up party that was the Queen's Speech last week. These are grown ups acting in a pantomine in very expensive dress up clothes that is costing a fortune and is very hard to take seriously.

Actually also inspired by the Downton Abbey movie which was a cring-inducing fest of cap doffing, and acknowledging that everyone is inferior to the King and Queen .

I am not British so maybe the fact that I haven't been brain washed from birth to believe that these are superior beings who deserve to be fed and clothed and feted for doing very little makes a difference.

I appreciate the tourism argument (that they are good for it) but I maintain that the palaces being open to the public with costumes on display will be just as good if not better for tourism and the economy. I lived in central London for a decade and never saw the changing of the guard or visited Buckingham Palace. I worked near High street Kensington so was aware of Princess Diana and Princess Margaret but that was about the extent of the effect the monarchy had on my life.

I see the monarchy as belonging (very much so) in the past and a strong relationship with European neighbours being the future and so I think you have gone in the wrong direction lately.

When you die, you become the property of the crown.
In which case Lizzie can pay for my bloody funeral since she will be desperate to own me.
Biggest bunch of scrounging council house dwellers in the UK.
People bad mouth people who are claiming benefits and live in council houses, well just take a look at the bloody RF!
There's people living on the cold wet streets and that lot would have the lot bulldozed into the Thames rather than offer them a bed in one of their many unused rooms.
Annus horribulus my arse! She wouldn't know a horrible year if it jumped up and bit her on her well stuffed arse.
Try telling a destitute homeless person or a struggling single parent who is constantly 'on a diet ' as they feed their kids a diet of spaghetti hoops from the food bank, or the pensioner who worked all her life and us sat in the cold because her meagre state pension won't stretch to putting her heating on!!
Yes, I would get rid of the spoilt greedy bastard's tomorrow without a second thought.

I started this thread on the back (primarily) of the pomp and circumstance surrounding the recent Queen's Speech. I thought that was very archaic and, given the current atmosphere of Brtiain making a bold move forward (hopefully), it jarred with the sentiment. Why hold onto all that expensive ceremony in a modern world. And, if you are marching forward into your brave new world, why carry expensive royalty with you.

I am sorry I came across as snippy in my OP. I loved my time living in the UK and came across very many lovely, welcoming people and very few people who did not understand Ireland (the republic and the North) but Mumsnet posts have been a shocking revelation that Ireland Ignorance is quite prevalent.

To those who say it is not my place to comment on their political system well, of course it is. At a basic level, I speak English because of your monarchy: I carry British legacy. We look to Britain for so much (or we did when I was growing up, to my horror, my children look to the US), hence your country's disregard for ours has been so hurtful. But if we could not comment on current affairs in other countries there would be no hope for progression of human (and especially women's) rights.

The EU membership and the monarchy are not an either or situation, I know, I just thought: if you're doing a bit of housekeeping I don't think I'd be advising you to keep the King and ditch the allies. But you didn't ask so, as you were Britain.

Well thanks for your unsolicited advice and pearls of wisdom, but No Thanks to your suggestion.

Can't remember the last time her Maj was seen greeting tourists at the ticketing office at BP to be honest

Harry was grafting in the kitchen tho, he gave me a wink