what's the point of the royal family????!!!

[BigDogsWang]

What are you all saying???!!!

If we had no Monarchy, we would be a Republic. And that means Tony would be President!!!!!

ARRRRRRGHHHHH!!!!!!

[Quizmonster]

What a wonderful idea, BDW...let's go for it!

[greenday]

It makes little difference what his title is. The bottom line is he calls the shots.

[willowherb]

he allready thinks he is president so its no big deal,,we are keeping them all president blair and the royal family ,,its like viewing the trisha show for the upper classes,,with all their carry ons,,i am sure we could get along fine without any of them dictating and living off the fat of the land..

[Hgrove]

T.B. would still be Prime Minister.  The Queen would be President.

[mike1222]

At least there would only be about 5 Blair parasites as opposed to about 55 Windsor parasites for us to keep !!!!!!

[hopalong]

Hgrove m if we had a republic then there WOULD be no queen

[Hgrove]

From a constitutional point of view the Head of State can be the Queen (in a monarchy) or a President (in a republic).  The Prime Minister is the Prime Minister whether it's a monarchy or a republic.  The Queen's job is very similar to the President of (say) France, or other republics in Europe.  If anything, the President of France has more power than the Queen.  So if this country became a republic (hypothetically of course) the President could well be Mrs Elizabeth Windsor, or Mr Charles Windsor (or someone else of course).

[Slainte]

Further to Hgrove, the Repulic of Ireland has a PM and a President.  The PM is the equivalent of Tony Blair, while the presidents role is similar to an ambassador

[PatTheRat]

The president of a repubic is also elected, though not always by the people. At least its not in-bred germans whos only qualification to be head of state is by birth right, instead of intelligence or ability.