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To hell with the cost,the royals are one of the last surviving indicators of our British identity-come on Alexander you fly the flag! Along with iconic national necessities,to mention a few, like the Memorial Flight, Dover Castle, Bell Harry Tower, Steam Trains, Vic, Cutty Sark, Stone Henge,TSS Dover -we need them all.
Keith, I sympathise with your identity crisis.
Our Royal Family costs a fraction of what the US spend on the President and his massive entourage of people and equipment. Republic? You can keep it!