If the Royal family have a right to be subsidised with millions of pounds a year of taxpayers money and live in some of the finest buildings in the country, then every other person born as a British citizen should have those same privileges too. My views are not particularly unorthodox or radical in this particular instance. I have a fair enough grasp of what the monarchy is and how it has evolved over hundreds of years, but that in no way means that I think they should have the privileges that that they have continued to hold, despite us having a parliamentary model that wields most of the power in the UK.

On a moral level I see no justification for a Royal family in a so called free and open democracy. It is a relic of a bygone time in our nations history and should be eradicated. If they are to be granted such privileges then so should you and so should I. As it stands I don't believe that I am owed anything by the British tax payer and so neither should they. Sure, if they can't find a job then they should recieve the same support that every other citizen can claim, but millions of pounds and never needing to cook a meal of their own? That is just not justified.