wrote:
> Perhaps this is the wake up call the Brits need to do away with the
> monarchy once and for all.
>
> Long live the queen, but then be done with it already.
>
That's like asking Americans to do away with celebrity sex and murders,
don't you think? The royals cost British taxpayers hundreds of
millions of pounds per year, but the entertainment value seems to be
worth it to them. -aem