tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1028511161413354120.post8638961331393583690..comments2007-09-09T13:17:00.933-04:00Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08691684350360442014noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1028511161413354120.post-79443574025999838962007-09-09T13:17:00.000-04:002007-09-09T13:17:00.000-04:00Royalty is expensive, but I do agree that it is probably worth it. A benign, relatively powerless figure-head government does have its uses, mostly in creating a national identity and custodianship that does not exist with a purely professional government (which is what we have in the US now).<BR/><BR/>The palaces do seem a bit hollow, however. You can't help thinking when in Westminster or the Tower that real power used to exist in these places. Downing street seems like a sorry little brownstone in an alley by comparison.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12721078575943846756noreply@blogger.com