The OP misses the point. The current hoohah is not about the family, of which most of us care very little. It is about the monarch, who even her critics acknowledge has been an admirable Head of state for 64 years. She is no better than any of us, she is not meant to be. She is a figurehead, a representative of the people, of no importance in her own right but of great importance as representing the nation.
I, for one, think we are far better with such a monarch, than all those faceless republics who nobody can distinguish from one another. Go anywhere in the world and they know who the British queen is. Can you say the same for any other nation's leader?
