Yes they can be removed by Act of Parliament and the next in line of succession appointed, it was Act of Parliament which made George VIth monarch at the abdication.And yet I never once mentioned nor made any comparisons to Republics or Presidents in my quoted post. The Windsors are an over-privileged anachronism and trying to compare them to some supposedly higher evil is irrelevant. But since you've brought it up, the key difference obviously lies in the fact that a President can be impeached and or outright removed from office or voted out. The heir in a Monarchy cannot simply be removed involuntarily and implying that removing them would be simple is disingenuous.
Addditionally, implying that a President politicises and divides a country is erroneous. That may be the case in hard presidencies like the US and France, but in the UK which already has a Prime Minister, there would be a soft presidency where the President is a figurehead only and is not voted in. voted in. This is the system that my country, a member of the Commonwealth, has adopted. We have a two chamber system comprising the ruling and opposition parties led by the Prime Minister and a non-political President who is usually a past member of the civil service, an academic, medical doctor, former judicial figure etc....basically someone who has actually contributed to our society significantly. They hold no sway and cause no division.
Anyway, i digress. I wasn't trying to argue in favour of a Republic in that particular post. Only trying to point out the utter hypocrisy, entitlement and chaos of the Windsors.
The UK has a ceremonial head of state known the world over, other nations with ceremonial Presidents are barely known outside their own nations and raise no royal wedding, jubilee or coronation revenue. In any case the UK as a P5 permanent member of the UN Security Council would likely have an imperial presidency like France and the US which is powerful but party political and deeply divisive and hated by half the nation.
Nobody has heard of the Irish President outside Ireland. Most of the world has heard of the Queen. The Irish President also costs Irish taxpayers as he lives in a 95 room mansion and he also has no power, no Irish President has ever dismissed an Irish PM or vetoed a law passed by the Dail.Amen to all of this. I'd say the UK already has divisive politics anyway with what seems like a two party option. No one else seems to get a look in. I'm in Ireland, the president is just a figurehead, no power at all. They just go to various events and promote the country. The politics is much more varied with a multitude of parties and even independents being able to get into power. Something for everyone so to speak. Politically I can't see much of a change in the UK if the RF goes. Change comes from the people and there seems to be no willingness to elect anyone other than out of touch public schoolboys.
So changing to the Irish model of head of state is pointless
Archie is mixed race and now 7th in line to the throneI have always wondered...how could something as scandalous as Windrush happen in a country that supposedly has such good ties to its former colonies? Queen once spoke of ''our great big family''.
Royalists love to point out that royal family has survived cause it evolved and adapted. Then why didn't they employ more people of colour back in 70's or 80's ?
Would an Asian or black Princess of Wales be as welcomed as Diana?
Constitutional monarchies are amongst the wealthiest and most free in the world.This whole bloody family are corrupt.
Anyone bowing and scraping to this bunch of degenerates or continuing to believe they are in any way superior to the rest of us needs their head examining.
New headache for royals as Prince Charles's charity is investigated by police
The Met Police has launched an investigation into allegations that a former aide to Prince Charles helped secure honours and citizenship for a Saudi billionaire.metro.co.uk
Bearing in mind the treatment meted out to Meghan Markle it seems unlikely.
I think their recent attempts to appear to be bothered about equality and diversity are just window dressing.
Allowing a brown person to clean up after you? OK. Allowing a brown person to marry in? Hell no. Think of the bloodline!
You republicans can be as rude as you like, we monarchists will continue to fight for our royal family, tough!!
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