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It's basically the key argument of the pro-monarchy folks these days. They can't justify a baby being born into such luxury, or Kate getting -so- much fame and wealth just by marrying and giving birth, in this day and age, so they bellow 'What about the money from tourism?!' as if that justifies it. A lot of people don't want to get rid of them, like I said, because of the money from tourism and the fuss such a change would create, but they sure as hell don't like them.

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I think a hell of a lot of pro-monarchy anglophones come from outside the UK, and to be honest, they're entitled to like the monarchy but that's just about it. And personally, not naming names, there are examples even here over how non-Brits like the British monarchy far more than -we- actually do. Another example is how much the US freaked over the royal wedding, as did the Brit press, but most of us were like 'I want to watch the news. I don't care about this wedding poo. Why is on every channel? How much is it costing out country? Damn, the Middletons are annoyingly smug, aren't they?'.

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Antipathy basically sums up what, from my experience, most of the UK population feel towards the monarchy, with a growing level of boredom and bitterness.