[Tomalak]

If it hadn't been for Edward the VIII falling in love with Wallis Simpson and abdicating, then we would have been stuck with a king who sympathised with Hitler and believed that Britain should sign a non-aggression pact with him. What would have become of us?

Nothing Edward VIII could have been involved in. Besides, if he hadn't been the sort of man to abdicate then he wouldn't be the sort of man to support the Nazis anyway, so I don't think this hypothesis matters too much. I just don't see what it is the Queen does that some greasy politician could do better.

[David Hunter]

I just don't see what it is the Queen does that some greasy politician could do better.

I believe the fact that a President would be accountable to the British people, because we could vote them out after 4 or 5 years, would help.

Also if we did have a a written constitution then we would have certain unalienable rights for all time.

The right to peaceful demonstration has been eroded in Britain, as has the right to own firearms. The Government can change our rights at will, whenever there has been a suitably well publicised incident.

Abolishing the House of Lords so that it can not veto policies passed by the elected House of Commons, would also be a definite improvement.

[Draco]

Edward VIII's NAZI sympathies were a concern to the British and U.S. intelligence services. The British royal family dropped the Germanic Battenberg from its name and substituted Mountbatten (I think I spelled that right). The British royal family is closely related to German royalty; indeed, Prince Phillip is a close relative of the Russian royal family. (So close they used his DNA to verify the remains of the last Russian royal family.) There was much to worry about. Remember Hitler's adjutant Rudolph Hess? He parachuted into the English mainland during the war. Hitler himself hoped to install a friendly and compliant member of the royal family on the British throne. Winston Churchill ordered certain WWII intelligence records sealed forever. There are too many "conincidences" to dismiss the Edward VIII/NAZI links.