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Thereby relieving The Almighty of a heavy responsibility.

'Experience is what we call our future mistakes - which are already recorded in the libraries of the world.' Karl Popper

His inscrutable majesty may even keep their judiciary more independent than the US Supreme Court Orange Lickers. I half expected to see you in the cavalry riding over the hill but alas instead just another tumbril pusher it seems.

A cursory glance at any primary school history book explains the development of such totalitarian states although to be fair the Guardian would probably consider the information unsuitable for its readership.

Along with Stalin and Napoleon no doubt.

I don't understand the payment of subscriptions. I recently got an T95Z Android Box on an Amazon Deal for £30 and it streams all the footie & films you could want using freely available apps. My understanding is it's legal providing you don't download content from unauthorised sites. You need a...

Positively encouraged in the democratic institutions of our constitutional monarchy but a privilege not permitted in many countries with elected heads of state you'll find - usually after they've abolished the apparatus that put them into power of course.

I wondered the same, better kept encrypted and away from public view till the tumbrills start rolling.

It must be very sore after reading so much nonsense ;-)

Are you all in a Whatsapp group?

Well, well - the old AHT uncurls inside its mod shell and the ordure seeps out

So everybody's wrong and everybody's right. Actually in this case the sceptics are just wrong.

All the analysts agree the net financial benefits to the UK of the Royals through tourism are undeniable. It Is abolitionists who call the figures dubious without any convincing contrary evidence. Who do you think would profit from the crown estates if Charlie & Co got the chop? Calling all US...

According to Brand Finance, the UK monarchy’s capital value as a business sits at £67.5bn, while its annual contribution to the UK economy is £1.76bn . Meanwhile, for the taxpayer, the annual cost per head is roughly 1p a day.

Nothing whatsoever to do with the Royals friend. Instead let's start with Atlee who failed to use Marshall Aid to modernise our industry while the Germans & Japs performed miracles with a fraction of the funds. Then the Militant crazies who kicked Callaghan out and let in Thatcher's mob in for...

at least we had sparrows, newts and proper football

A total disconnect- on a par with abolish smoking/ fox hunting/ gender specific public toilets/ fishing/ meat eating/ leather wearing etc etc - or the nation will continue to decline. These advanced nations of which you speak, which ones do you have in mind?

It's the way the world works, always has. The powerless crave the favour of the powerful sacrificing their dignity to greater or lesser degree. Private property, law and order, food, energy, shelter - society itself - depends on folk knowing their place whether it's Beijing or Beswick. 'You...

They certainly do. Constitutional monarchies in the UK and Scandinavia have protected democratic institutions in those countries pretty well over the past two centuries, less so in Italy and Spain, but the power they deny is crucially important.

The people's aristocracy - all the advanced democracies had - or on the case of China, Russia, Iran & N Korea - still have their nepotic uniformed elite.