Protecting the Queen’s safety is a task that is gladly accepted by Police Squad. No matter how silly the idea of having a queen might be to us, as Americans, we must be gracious and considerate hosts.
I remember when seeing coverage of Prince William’s wedding that afterward when they went out onto the palace balcony and waived to cheering subjects how ancient that kind of a ritual was that they are still doing in modern times and how it is still engrained in their culture. It’s one of the things that makes Britain be Britain. And it appears that those who want to do away with it over there are the equivalent of our Occupy Wall Street, The Resistance (and whatever other names the ultra left calls itself at any given time) types who want to do away with the Constitution. The Monarch *is* their Constitution, as weird as that may seem to us, that institution keeps Britain being Britain (and some moments caught on the microphone clearly demonstrate she is much more than just a figurehead). I fear what Charles may do if he takes the throne since he apparently wants to push “liberal” reforms. Brexit has probably prevented much of it, thankfully.