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  • It's just chat. Like being in a virtual pub. Royalty is something most Brits have an opinion on, but mostly (ime) not a massively extreme opinion. The monarchy is an ever-present fact of UK life, but has little everyday impact - queen's death and netflix/tabloid hoo-ha apart. They are not going anywhere anytime soon even if thousands took to the streets.

  • They are not going anywhere anytime soon even if thousands took to the streets

    This is an interesting take. Why do you think so? I am making a silly comparison, but no-one would have thought that despite the strong foothold that the Church has in Spain, same sex marriages would have ever been a thing.
    I would think that if something similar (i.e: the reversal of long standing institutions/dogmas) were to happen in the UK, it will be in this day and age

  • I am making a silly comparison...

    A less silly comparison might be to imagine Spain no longer being Catholic.

    Despite 2,000 years of demonstrable greed, hypocrisy, intolerance, homophobia, misogyny, sexual perversion and corruption etc etc etc.

    And yet...

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