Why the monarchy (sigh) still survives in Canada - The Globe and Mail
Of course, Britain has every right to celebrate. Of course, Britain should retain its monarchy as long as public opinion supports it. But, to presume the rest of the world views the British monarchy through the same lens as someone in Britain, is a little much.
I don't care what the rest of the world thinks about the British and Canadian monarchy.
But judging by all those people on Sky News last night in Trafalgar Square with foreign accents going wild with celebration - the Yanks seem the most royalist of all - it seems that people the world over are wishing they had a monarchy like Britain and Canada do. I think there's a bit of jealousy and envy the world over for the British and Canadian monachy and people wish they had a monarchy like ours.
And yet there are eejits - only a minority however, with just 17% of Britons wanting a republic - who want us to swap this wonderful monarchy of ours with all the celebrations they give us (in 2011 we had the royal wedding, in 2012 we had the Diamond Jubilee and now we have the birth of a future monarch) and swap it for a President Cameron. Who do they think they are kidding?
And the British monarchy CREATES money for Britain. It puts more into the economy than we spend to pay for the monarchy. What republic does that?
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