[Livia]

Originally Posted by Merry Mockmas

I personally am not really fussed one way or the other with the Royal Family as an institution tbh.

But I do agree with you that the Royal Family bring stability, because the one area where they definitely help with stability for the UK is how many tourists go to London to want to see Buckingham Palace up close.

They are also patrons of countless charities, employ thousands of people and bring in countless trade deals through diplomacy and by hosting foreign dignitaries. It's not all 'changing of the guard'. I worked briefly with the Prince's Trust, now the King's Trust. What an amazing organisation and one that is ignored every time an anti-monarchist reduces the royal family down to a tourist attraction. I'm not really referring to you there, by the way, Mock.