Prince Harry snapped naked in Vegas strip-pool romp ~ Should he be royally punished for this huge embarrasment to England? Or does Royalty have no standards anymore? Kate lets nip slip!

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ultima said:

IIIIITHE1IIIII said:

ultima said:
So why exactly does UK still have a royal family? Scared to let go of a tradition?

Many countries still does. It's not about keeping a tradition alive, it's about following the will of the people.

So it's the will of the people to pay for this one no longer significant family to live royally in a palace?

The royal family itself generates quite a lot of money through tourism and they don't have any power any more so they don't do any harm. Most British people who dislike the royal family don't think they generate a profit, but the large majority of British people see it as part of their history to have a monarch. 

There are some issues though with the extended royal family (cousins of the prince and then their second cousins), at some point, the royal family just gets too big and the state will have to stop supporting them (so that means the 15th person in line for the throne has to get a job, oh no :P), but that's a difficult issue.