Queen Elizabeth II dies

You always hear this. The RF costs a certain amount yearly. Many millions. All they generate pretty much goes to the treasury.

They generate many millions for the British/economy/treasury. I’m not an economist, but there are those saying that RF pays for itself, and some, and those saying it’s not a good deal.

bottom line: it has existed for a long time in unison with “regular” Britain. It’s part of the same country/state as all Britons. It contributes. That for sure.

Scrapping RF won’t at all dent/eliminate poverty.

Show some stiff upper lip man, never let those paddies get the idea they are getting you ruffled!

I feel I respect most cultures and traditions around the world. Quite sad that you can’t see past your bitterness and bigotry to try and understand why the majority of British people want the monarchy to continue and indeed the majority of Irish people found our monarch to be their most popular leader on these islands

I think you might be stretching it there! I'm sure there are plenty of people employed but these could just as easily be public servants rather in the employ of the monarchy. If they wanted to reform the monarchy in the UK, one way would to rejig the financial underpinning of same. Keep the royal family succession but simply fund it straight from parliament.

I never doubted the bitterness of some nationalists in my community but my WhatsApp is filling up now with videos from local rural pubs of mass singing of “lizzy’s in a box” etc. I am shocked at the extent of it. It will be very important that nationalist leaders speak out clearly about these hate crimes in the same way as they rightly spoke out about the songs about the young woman from Tyrone. Employers also need to follow suit on that case and dismiss those identified.

It's quite crass that you feign mourning to point score with strangers on the internet.

As I pointed out above, I'd reckon as a people, we might have a soft spot for a dynastic family that would provide a succession of heads of state. Look at how we fawn over Grace O'Malley (Gráinne Mhaoil), Brian Boru, Queen Maedbh, even McMurrough Kavanagh and so on. We love a tribe - see the success of the Healy Raes and that many other politicians have family dynasties. We'd love it and lap it up.

Someone pointed out on RTE news earlier that we have our elected president and have sort of managed so far to avoid disasters. If the Brits had an elected head of state they could equally be open to all sorts - Boris, Branson, Nigel Farage, Mary Berry, Attenborough etc. Whoever has enough popularity and/or money. Monarchy serves well in that regard, boring but safe and predictable on the whole.

Set the cruise control for 30mph and keep an eye on Google Maps. Easy-peasy.

I listened to that. Brings lot more stability.

Exactly. Two sides, and no actual right/wrong answer. To date the RF and Britain side by side have been doing ok. Of course, you will hear two sides arguing. There are pros and cons to having the monarchy. For British people it is about finding a balance. And of course, their decision to have it or not.

She is nowhere near as important as any of the Prime Minister's during her reign. You can add to that the leader of any major country.

You are really not hurting me with the "revelation" I am a nobody. I didn't work my way up out of the slums to a position of importance like Liz did.

We haven't avoided disaster we have elected the right people by voting with maturity. Not sure we ever came close to any sort of extremist President.

If the UK had a President Boris would have been a likely winner before his PM days. Farage failed multiple times to be an MP so I doubt he could ever take a national majority. President Attenborough would be amazing.