I've noticed that the people who express outrage and indignation over the existence of a hereditary monarchy almost always do so in terms and on the grounds of the cost, their 'pampered lifestyle', the servants and attendants seeing to their every need, the 'free' travel, and compare all that to the way we have to conduct our own lives.

Then, having pissed and moaned about the 'good life' enjoyed by the royals but not by the rest of us, they try to pretend they're not envious!

They think they aren't, but they are. Or they're a bunch of liars.

I've also noticed that they never actually manage to put forward any kind of proposal for a workable alternative arrangement that (a) would cost less than the current arrangements and (b) where the head of state (presumably a president and his/her family) wouldn't benefit from all the goodies that the royals get but the rest of us don't have.

So - come on, raise your argument out of the gutter, put your money where your big mouths are. Tell us precisely how you would replace the monarchy, precisely what the financial savings to the nation would be, and precisely how you would ensure that they don't benefit from the pampering and freebies that the rest of us don't get.