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Originally Posted by The Avon Lady
Some of those are pretty funny. Some are insulting. There's also the utterly ugly side.
My personal feelings, after visiting England several time (much family there), is that sooner or later it's time to disband the monarchy, who no longer serve any relevant public or governmental purpose and have been reduced to total figureheads, feeding off British taxpayers.
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They don't serve a "government" purpose because they aren't part of the government (Blair is head of the government). They have been "reduced to figureheads" by design. The King/Queen is head of state, that is their purpose, and they perform the associated ceremonial functions that go along with it. There are very few democracies where the functions of the head of state and the head of government are held by the same person (though I'm certain there are others, the US is the only one I can think of based on this model).