[epolanski]

Fun fact but english monarchy is an asset rather than a cost for britain, there's massive business and tourism around it. Seeing castles where real nobles live is different to empty castle-museums.

Also the royal family pays taxes and lease lots of stuff to the government at no cost.

[scaramanga]

Their entire industry would be nationalized if they were abolished and it would bring in even more revenue.

Not to mention, legoland UK brings in a lot of tourists, but we don't have an unelected lego man as the head of state, secretly vetoing laws or orchestrating coups.