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I think adore is a bit strong. Affection for the Royals seems to increase in proportion to geographic distance. Certainly if it were put to a popular vote in Britain, the monarchy would stand a good chance of being abolished, according to polls I've seen.

I wasn't aware of that. Thanks for the info. Do you think that abolishing the monarchy, even via referendum, would be a good idea?

I really don't have a strong opinion on that. If I were British, I think I'd come down on the side of abolition. Or at the very least, scale back the level of subsidy to the royals. A "monarchy-lite" on the level of Norway or Holland, for example might be the way to go. The people who argue strongest for the status quo often use the tourism angle, although I don't think the lack of a monarchy has hurt French or Italian tourism.

But like I said, I'm not British so my opinion doesn't matter. I think the last poll I saw had opinion pretty well split down the middle in Britain, although making such a radical change would probably require a substantial majority in favor for it to reach critical mass. So I don't realistically see it happening any time soon, if ever.