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Re:Queen Elizabeth II has died by epolanski on Thursday September 08, 2022 @06:47PM (#32773053)
Fun fact but english monarchy is an asset rather than a cost for britain, there's massive business and tourism around it. Seeing castles where real nobles live is different to empty castle-museums.

Also the royal family pays taxes and lease lots of stuff to the government at no cost.

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Re:Queen Elizabeth II has died by scaramanga on Thursday September 08, 2022 @07:10PM (#32773281)
Their entire industry would be nationalized if they were abolished and it would bring in even more revenue.

Not to mention, legoland UK brings in a lot of tourists, but we don't have an unelected lego man as the head of state, secretly vetoing laws or orchestrating coups.

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