It's the aesthetic argument for republicanism: ditch the monarchy and we'll no longer have to put up with ugly royals dressed like shortbread tins.
"It has been the misfortune of this age, that everything is to be discussed, as if the constitution of our country were to be always a subject rather of altercation than enjoyment." - Edmund Burke anticipates the Neverendum
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