At any rate, whether the monarchy in itself is worth keeping, in its present form it isn’t exactly doing much for the character of the royals. Previous royals at least had matters of state to keep them busy – present royals seem to get lots of money and fame but no real responsibility whatsoever, which is a good formula for encouraging people to get themselves into trouble and make utter fools of themselves.

Not that I have any idea from way over here what the best thing to do about it is…