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Originally Posted by punky
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.
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I concur with your description of our bluebloods (I had considered doing a precis of attributes of recent royal members but found the words dim, offensive and sozzled appearing to frequently as to bore, especially the first one).
Ok, imagine a world with no royals, just the buildings. No royal trains. No royal plane charters, no astronomical security costs - I'm betting policing for the opening of monuments etc is not included in these figures as they are local costs. Instead we have Lizzie tea towels, Charlie sausages and facsimiles of Architects' Review comment pieces, limited edition Nazi Harry figurines, Duke of Edinburgh toys that spout racist garbage when you pull a string on his back etc. Bob's your uncle, heritage preserved by tourist tat sold in buildings for which we charge tourists several limbs to enter in order to purchase. Job's a good 'un.
