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Those who peg their sense of identity to national institutions/traditions tend not to be able to tolerate any criticism of them. Presumably because people with fragile personalities and/or low self esteem are most likely to have sought such crutches.
But the royals do attract bizarre levels of worship. That's a bit of a problem, since the institution is so entwined with Britain's imperial past. A lot of people won't tolerate criticism of anything associated with them, not just the direct criticism, and that means no criticism of so many things that need to change.
Maybe the only thing that could change that would be the royals themselves taking a firm and progressive stance on these things, but we've just had a fresh reminder why that isn't going to happen.