Conserative Morality wrote:Dooom35796821595 wrote:It raises the profile of the military and inspires additional applicants.
The government actually makes a net gain, since they get about £200 million a year in land rent, money that would go back to the windsors if they were to abdicate.
The Queen has seen 12 PMs come and go and has decades of experiance, and a higher profile then any diplomat. And politicians are inheriently political and a dime a dozen.
Prince Phillip has seen just as many PMs come and go, having been married to Elizabeth since before she was queen, and he's still adept at putting his foot in his mouth. Diplomatic affairs are about qualification and temperament as well as experience. That's why Joe Average doesn't become a diplomat - it takes a certain kind of person. And you said politicians are inherently political, but... I don't understand the problem there? It is quite literally the job of politicians to deal with the politics of a country.
Prince Philip is married to the Queen, yet not a King and of foreign birth. He's just annoyed since everyone ignores him.
The Queen has an 80% approval rating in the UK, is just as popular in the USA and well liked in many countries around the globe. And no one lines the streets cheering for some drab diplomat, but they do for the Queen. So the monarchy is very effective at increasing and improving the international opinion of the UK. And it's not like we don't have a diplomatic core, but they could never be as effective as the monarchy.