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Originally Posted by andyl
I'm not convinced of the idea of massive tourist revenue. Leave the Changing of the Colour and Buck Palace and they'd still come because let's face it, tourists do not get to hang out with Lizzie & Co. They are but symbols.
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Well, it goes deeper than that. All the way down to the Diana commemorative plates (i.e. tat).
Also, the whilst the royal family are a bunch of descendents of inbred germans, they are also a link to something in the past. Not necessarily something to be proud of, but something of historial value. Like the Tower of London. You wouldn't want that replaced with a shiny modern building would you? It is a source of pride, but it does gall some of the more culturally minded Americans (yes, they do exist) that we have schools here that are older than their country, nevermind builds like St Paul's cathederal.