I mean, just declare a republic ffs.

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    You really think the tourists would stop looking at British castles etc. if the UK became a republic?

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      some if them would. Some people are just fascinated by the anachronism of having a king. A palace that once belonged to some king a few hundred years back is just far less interesting than a palace with a living, breathing monarch in it.

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        I highly disagree with that. It’s literally the opposite in opinion. I’m way more interested in castles where no one’s living in them now because that way they’re more of an historical Relic. Why do I want to see where some rich fuck head lives today? Let’s see some pricks big screen TV and fancy curtains. Ooh that sounds like fun. Fuck that I go to castles to see murder holes. I go to castles to see dungeons. Not duvets.

        The only time I want to see some rich fuck head living in a castle is when I see them dragged out of it to meet their just ends.

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            Well let’s test that. I mean as other people pointed out there’s plenty of places with no monarchy that gets tens of millions of people going to visit their old palaces. But if you want to test it I say let’s kill all the English royalty and see how many people come to visit those castles for a while. If it’s way less then we’ll give a fancy hat to someone new.

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      I’m pretty sure the people calculating the number could distinguish between tourism for castles and the monarachy.