Man, the whole Royal family thing in the U.K. is so outdated

Prince Phillip wanted to phase it out in ways. Charles feels the same way. It is antiquated.

It sure makes my crazy ass family seem normal, so for me there's that.

Nothing will change while Queen Elizabeth is alive, and functioning. She personally respected, she's been there everyone's whole life, she is AN INSTITUTION!

But when she goes, the anti-monarchist knives come out, and Charles is going to have to fight to have a throne to inherit.

For what it's worth, perhaps Meghan and Harry are more aware of that than anyone else in the family, and this is the first of many steps to wind down the whole tradition. Which is probably why they're getting so much hostile resistance.

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Agreed. It's such a medieval backwards system.

It's true. England hasn't really relied on an actual monarch to run things since the days of Victoria, and even then, she still had to answer to Parliament in order to do some things. After 1901, the monarchy declined in importance very steadily.

These days they're little more than rich, living mascots of England. They don't have the power to change or do anything for their country, much like the Emperor of Japan. The Queen's sole purpose is to represent all things British and to give the people hope, which she can't always deliver with people acting up in her family.

The royal family brings in over a billion pounds for the UK every year, half of that in tourism alone.
Not only that, but the royal family is constant whereas politicians are temporary.

It’s a lot easier to be patriotic with a Queen who has lived practically as long as everyone else in the UK and the Commonwealth.
She is the queen of Canada, Australia, New Zealand and many others too.

Long live the Queen.