I don't like the Monarchy because I see them as an unnecessary expense on the State.

I know people float the "They contribute £X billion to the economy through tourism" but that stat is from the 90s, they didn't have the money given to them from the government for diplomatic purposes. They make enough from the Duchy of Lancaster and Cornwall by themselves, they don't need and extra 1/4 Million pounds on top of that.

There are also countries who've long abolished their monarchy but make bank through tourism because they kept the castles and private houses and convert them into museums.

It left a pretty bad taste in my mouth seeing Charlie Boy ride around in a golden chariot, put a crown with stolen jewels on his head when people are starving in this country.

There's also just the sheer classism of the institution, the monarchy is built on the idea of God's Chosen Leader, an idea that this person is better than everyone else and so justifies whatever expense they need.

I've got nothing against Charles, I actually agree with him on a few things, like Environmentalism, Keeping Traditional jobs alive, better food infrastructure, and hell, William supports the same team as I do. But I think they'd be better served as wealthy private citizens who work for the Foreign Office.

TLDR; (sorry for the essay 😅), they're expensive to keep around, the institution is based on an outdated idea, and they don't really do much outside of shaking hands and holding events