Hear what you’re saying about monarchies in general, but I’ve been told that in regard to British royalty they do have a purpose other than receiving free benefits from their taxpayers.  The royal family is a big draw and a boon for the UK’s tourism industry.  I haven’t looked into this myself — as I said this is from people from the UK and I am not — that their ability to draw in tourists far outweighs what they receive.  They pretty much have no power (unless there are powers that royalty is still invested with and not used) so serve as figureheads and symbols.  So if they help the UK’s heavily indebted economy, then as far as I am concerned long may they reign.  Realistically speaking, however, I think eventually the Brits will decide to abolish having royalty.  We’ll see.  However it turns out it’s up to them and I don’t have a dog in that fight.

Who are we to judge whether the British monarchy is right, or wrong? The idea of it seems silly to me, but since they’re not living off my dime, I can’t say that it makes a difference one way or the other. The British seem to think it’s pretty important though, so I say bully for them, what?

Alright Teddy Im usually one of Joe’s readers, but this one might have made us simpatico.  Being Irish American specifically Northern Irish American, when you gaze past their veil of “honor” and “respectability”, you find they have been “politely” subverting the entire world since the inception of that turd of a monarchy.  Only here in this country do we seem to forget that our greatest “ally” was our slave master and ruler not to long ago.  So as they celebrate the lineage of their filthy empire, may at least a few people take a look and see what is truly behind all the pomp and circumstance.  For if they will, what they will find nothing more than one big criminal enterprise.  It was said in my house “The sun never sets on the british empire (lower case on purpose), because not even God could trust them in the dark.”  Be well and thanks for the article Teddy