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Prole.
Goes to things, opens things, wanders around waving.
It is, as everyone knows, a weird ceremonial role, which also seems to be extremely popular with a lot of people. There's no reason we can't keep the role, but also reduce the cost to the taxpayer and maximise the benefit to the economy.
I mean, ffs, we've got government so intent on fucking with the BBC - an entity that gives incredible value to pretty much everyone who lives in the country - and yet no one ever thinks to make the royalty better value.