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He knows zero about King George V - a man who literally saved the country. It's not well known, but in 1931, Ramsay McDonald was forced to enact spending cuts because of the Great Depression. However, he couldn't summon a majority to do it and so went to the King to resign. However, George V knew that if McDonald was replaced by a Tory who would enact the spending cuts, class warfare might ensue. He persuaded McDonald to stay on.

After the spending cuts, the Royal Navy mutinied. The government panicked and King George V took personal control - he sent an envoy to deal with the mutineers, and order was restored.

Dull and uninteresting? Hardly - a pillar of strength. Just because we cannot see the value of monarchy at the moment, does not mean it didn't have value in the past and value that could come into play in the future.

Regards, Ivan