please help me understand. why is there a monarchy in the UK still??

Question

good god you have starving people in that country

Answer 1

Every country in the world has starving people, Monarchy is not the cause of this. The reason that we have Monarchy is that it was the chosen system of governing back in 871AD when Alfred the Great defeated the Danes which lead to the creation of the Kingdom of England. He obviously decided to put himself in charge and became the first legitimate King. Since then, the system has worked well. Especially from 1707 onwards, when the Union Act gave much more power to Parliament and withdrew much of if from the reigning Monarchs. Effectively, the UK is now running on the same system of governing as the USA. The main difference being that in the UK, the person that gets the final say in any decision, has no allegiance to any specific party.

Answer 2

I don't understand why we have a monarchy in the 21st century. The so-called "royals" have given clear evidence over the last century or so that far from being any better than others, they're possibly worse!

I doubt very much there will still be a monarchy in this country in another 100 years. Suggestions that we should in any way copy the US style of presidency tend to meet with considerable hostility though.

Answer 3

Firstly, the monarchy is still there because the people of UK actually want them there, they have opted to keep the their royals.

Secondly, the British monarchy is really a show piece, they don't do much where government is concerned, that's left up to the prime minister and the rest of the government (house of lords etc. etc.) they are responsible for starving people and other stuff that has to do with the welfare of the British people.

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Answer 4

There is nobody starving in Britain, and even if there were, that would not be explained awat by the form of head of state. Many of the countries rated by the UN as having the highest standard of living (Canada, Japan, Australia) are monarchies. China and other republics have huge disparities between rich and poor. A monarchy is not necessarily expensive, and republics not necessarily fair.

Answer 5

What would getting rid of the monarchy have to do with starving children over there?

The monarchy isn't really the government there, you know. Just a traditional way of life. As such, it generates lots and lots of money from tourists, from sale of items with the royal seal or royal pictures, and magazines or newspapers, etc, etc, etc

And because the Queen decreed that they should, the royals even pay their taxes, just like everyone else.

Answer 6

Wheither you agree with having a monarchy or not, it cannot be denied that they bring a hell of a lot of revenue to the country, from visitors who come to visit all the royal attractions in the UK and take an interest in the family itself.

Maybe this is one of the reasons why we still have them, amongst others, which i am sure other answerers will expand on.

Answer 7

The monarchy has nothing to do with people starving. Blame that on the government.

Answer 8

There's starving people in every country. (Look between the fat people) LOL Anyway, they still have it because most Brits, about 70% of them still like them:) It seems like all the anti monarchy Brits and Americans use Yahoo Answers to voice their views.

Answer 9

One word: TOURISM!