Yes, always interesting to see red-blooded otherwise patriotic Americans defend the queen and her inbred family.
I look across the diversity of beliefs expressed, especially the idea that some people are so uninterested in a thread about the British monarch that they will open it and post in it.
I myself am skeptical that a (small-r) republican Britain would be markedly better than other republics of western Europe, like France or Germany. I don't believe that monarchies are somehow better than republics, just that there are lots of mediocre ways to run a country.
I've also noticed that (small-r) republicanism in the U.K. seems to be more leftist, although obviously republicanism doesn't have to be. (In other words, if I betted, I'd bet that if we ever find a "British Republic," it will more likely to be a left-leaning "democratic" state with a Big Government than something like the earliest United States.)
Right? And on July 4th. of all days.