"A thousand years of this one specific bloodline ruling England". OP is clearly not a History major, then; read up on "Glorious Revolution", "Wars of the Roses", and much more. "One specific bloodline" my right foot! The Monarchy has its advantages over here in the United Kingdom (we renamed it about 300 years ago, don't know if you noticed) - our Army/Navy/Air Force swear to obey The Monarch, not some vague ideal like 'The Constitution" or some politician like "The President"; the King has "the right to be consulted, the right to encourage , and the right to warn" so he can try to advise against the more crazy political manoeuvring; and, if things ever went beyond nuclear (such as a Government pushing through a law banning all opposition parties) he could refuse to give his consent. Then the law does not pass. Unlikely, but everyone knows it's a possibility if things ever got completely out of hand. Oh, and he's trained from birth to do the job.

As a republican here in the U.K. I’m comfortable with this concept. Wind down the monarchy. I’d even advocate a replacement that was a family who represented us at state shenanigans but they’d be chosen at random or by some ridiculous Takeshi’s Castle type game show,, or a remake of It’s a Knockout. Every twenty years or so we’d have something stupid and enjoyable to look forward to, not as serious as an Olympics or as pointless as Britain’s Got Talient but a unifying event that saw us all encouraging people in massive inflatable outfits to climb slippery slopes or swim in custard.

It's astounding to read how little people know about the function and benefits of a monarchy. A monarchy is cheaper than having a president every 4 years and they bring in business which the country benefits from. Also, for many people it's the only thing that connects them: do you want to have the kind of divided society that the USA has? Also, the post is historically incorrect. You have an opinion, that's okay, but please make sure that your facts are correct.

"One bloodline ruling..." I suggest you go look at some history books.

but it is not the same bloodline since Hasting. And the modern British Monarch system dates to Æthelred the Unready, a 1000 year anniversary we passed

Nah, even with all the bitching, the English Monarchy is part of the world--good or bad.

Why just the British monarchy what about all the other countries that have monarchies.

This is a great idea; unfortunately it’s too much of an institution and brings in a lot of tourism and revenue to the UK. I think we could do very well without them, but there’s lots of pro-Royal nuts who will never go for it

Please do this!

WELL PUT!!!!!

Except it isn't one specific bloodline. Go back to your history books.

I don't know the figures but doesn't the government receive billions from the royal estate. So presumably ending the monarchy would also end this agreement. The royal family would be much better off and we'd be worse off. So if it keeps my taxes down, I'm fine with there being a royal family for that reason alone.

Didn't work out well for Hong Kong giving up the monarchy, but. . .

We can think about it

Yeah, I'd vote for that, but the Brits love their royals. They don't mind paying for their opulence with their hard earned money for some reason.

Love it. I have my best ideas when drinking. This sounds like one of mine....JS....

William the Last 🤣 or as I like to call him, Prince Peggington (Peggy for short)

Very interesting. Where did you say you live?

Oh, hell yes. But just like their ancestor Ethelred, they'll be Unready. [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86thelred_the_Unready ]