I think that Ms Piggy has been a wise and stabilising influence at times of constitutional crisis. The idea of hereditary rule as such rather grates, and the way in which the crown as such (as distinct from the current holder) amassed such landholdings also rather grates (as do the Inclosure Acts) but given that the Crown is now a constitutional monarchy I would have thought that work expenses should be paid by the employer (that is to say the state rather than the crown).

I'm not a rabid royalist, but I'm inclined to think that the present incumbent is better than any present revolutionary choices, and I thing that Big-Ears often talks a lot of sense. Both seem very replete with a sense of duty, and Phil the Greek has held down a gruelling schedule of official duties well past retirement age (and his sense of humour has I think suffered from an unnecessarily hostile press).

I don't want to jump up and down and celebrate being a peasant under a master's lash but I wouldn't lead the revolution against the monarchy. Now against the present bunch of "elected" Etonians, that's another matter!