Stupidly said.
The “instead” comment was like an American with no emotional attachment at all to the death of a great symbol of our foundations. The British monarchs today are such a symbol in Britain - a living symbol to its roots.
Some symbols carry more weight than others.
The meaning of some symbols changes over time to become antithetical to their original meaning.
As a symbol, I’d say the royal family (Chuck pi$$y about his pen stand, his partner in adultery stumbling to his side, the painfully obvious photo-op with the warring Cambridges and Harkles) has morphed into something that should be relegated to history.
If the author is an American, then there’s nothing stupid about what he wrote. He lives in a country that owes its existence to a bunch of men who revolted against the English royalty and everything it stood for.