"The Queen is part of English culture, as are the attitudes-- for and against-- toward the royal family"

So, fortunately, is the tradition of radicalism and revolution. Just finished reading and excellent account of 'the 9 days that shook England' - the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. As you might expect from my pseudonym, I'm a staunch republican and fairly knowledgeable about the English Revolution culminating in the end of the monarchy in 1649, but I hadn't realised before just how advanced the ideas of John Ball and the other instigators of the Peasants' Revolt were - and how they could so easily have succeeded, resulting in a radical change in the history of England and the culture we know today.