Wearing a wedding ring is just an old tradition - like having a royal family.
I don’t care what this idiot does. But, tradition is the only thing that keeps his family living in splendor and wealth. One would think the royals would have the good sense to embrace tradition.
Sooner or later, modern-thinking Brits will decide to do away with the expense of the royalty, and the royal family will all cry “But what of our ancient traditions!?”. lol That’ll be a hard sell if they continue to snub English and Western traditions at every turn...
One can argue that the royal family are a source of revenue. They cost about $60 million a year. Tourism is about $122 billion a year.
If the Windsors account for even half of one percent of those tourism revenues, they've paid their way.
Also, the Crown Estate is theoretically the property of the royal family (though not the property of any specific monarch) and it contributes about $350 million a year to the treasury.