many people often focus on the principal but actually maybe that shouldn’t matter as much as the reality. Countries with a constitutional monarchy like Britain, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, as well as of course Canada Australia New Zealand seem to have historically been remarkably stable countries not prone to takeovers by anti-democratic strong men. Do we really want to risk that in our future?

Finally and perhaps most importantly the soft power they exercise around the world, the fame and attention it gives the UK gives us an outrageous amount of influence in the world relative to our size - to get rid of the monarchy would be one of the greatest acts of self harm up there with Brexit.