"How do they have what they have? Not just the Royal Family but the "Aristocracy" in general - because at some point down the line they earned it, either by service, duty, appointment or by straight forward purchase."

Or stole it: William the Bastard gifting our land to his henchmen, or the theft that occurred during the highland clearances, plantation of Ulster, or the acts of enclosure.

All appalling acts of theft, and the aristocracy and the monarchy were involved in all of these, and have benefited. The idea that they are some benign force for good that deserve our undying respect is a fallacy. The Normans were an occupying force that laid waste to vast tracks of this country.

"What does the current Monarch represent? An unbroken line and link with our nation's history that reaches back almost 1000 years."

Luckily, the ordinary people of these islands represent and unbroken link with our nation's history that reaches back 14,000 years.