Another Royal Baby on the way

[FatAndFaithless]

Just out of curiosity, what are your opinions on the royal family, Bella?  My mom's English, and her parents are all staunch royalists, while her brothers both really dislike the whole royal institution, so I've heard both sides of the fence.

Sorry, I probably should have put that in the OP.

I would like to see the royal family abolished at some point in my life time. Not violently, but slowly phased out by cutting down their duties and the money they receive from the government.

When the time comes, any castles, palaces and expensive royal jewellery belonging to them should be confiscated so we can still maintain a decent tourist industry without them.

However, it's unlikely to happen for years to come since so many Brits worship the royals at this point.

I'd probably agree with most of that, yeah.  To an American (me), it just seems like a celebrity culture on steroids, with a literally invulnerable revenue stream and all the responsibility of a glorified rubber stamp.  Not to say that members of the royal family haven't done good things, served in the armed forces, etc - but those things are good on their own, and I don't understand the people that think being a royal somehow adds to the merit, when perfectly normal Brits do that stuff every day without the unlimited wealth.

I care about the royal babies as much as I care about Kim Kardashian's perfume line (does she have a perfume line?). What's funny is that my mom has a calendar for 2016 where each month is a picture of the royal toddler(s), and whenever her brothers visit they give her endless shit about it.