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Originally Posted by alan 7554

all i am saying is that when the queen dies that the royal family public duties should die with her,and we then set up a republic,after all the royal family is after all desended from the german line off succession,in the house of gotha sax-coburg and also the russian royal family,not exactly british are they,the name was changed to windsor when george Vth was king,before the start of WW 1,and even now if the surname is windsor why is william and harry last name wales,as thats a heredatory title ie prince of wales,even in australia they are thinking about doing something like this. dont get me wrong the queen has done a great job but myself i think its time for a change as the UK has been a monarchy since 846 A.Die ruled by kings or queens)

Thanks for the history lesson and informing use all just what a monarchy is, gosh we'd never have known