> It's more figurehead than actual rule of thumb and the transition from rule-control to being a legacy rubber stamp has been something that shifted a while ago.

TFA is literally about how it's actually not just a legacy rubber stamp, and the Queen gets involved more than a figurehead would.

> As an aside - if America had a royal family, the prospect of Trump on legal currency bank notes would be zero.

We don't know that. What if the Trump family was the royal family? I don't think this is an unfair question - Prince Philip is probably just as much of a racist as Donald Trump is, if not more so...