• WobWob@lemmynsfw.com
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    10 months ago

    They serve as good will ambassadors and bring in more tourist money than they cost to keep running.

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      10 months ago

      They also have lobbying and political power, at least in the UK.

      Also, it’s not the living monarchs that attract tourists. It’s the buildings, the places, and the history. Just look at France and Versailles. You do know what they did to their monarchy, right? It’s the place and the history, that people go for.

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      10 months ago

      Because a lot of them think they are somehow superior to others because they know who their ancestors were for the last 30 generations.