According to Anthony Holden, who has written three biographies about Charles, his spending on his mistress is costing his British subjects approximately half a million US dollars a year.

The public discussions about royal funding is what is the much bigger controversy, and certainly one that is newsworthy in Britain. The majority of the British people believe this family is plenty wealthy already--one of the wealthiest in the world, in fact. In fact, I heard a Sky News poll (OK, not the country's best source for news, but still...) reports something like 70% of the British public are against the marriage.

While Diana was around and the boys were still young and adorable, the royals enjoyed something of a rebound. But since Diana died, Charles hasn't been very present in the public eye because he has never been popular, and Camilla has only made him more so.

Add to that the idiotic and shameful antics of Charles' offspring, and you hear more and more people saying out loud that perhaps it's time for Britian to grow up and become a real democratic republic, with an actual written constitution, rather than the "unwritten" constitution that gets "rewritten" and the rules of the game changed by every succeeding generation of royals, based upon whom the heir and spare are currently shagging.

After the House of Lords, there is but one hereditary peer target left to shoot at, eh? It doesn't bloody matter if we only call Camilla the princess consort. Unless, of course, the royal watchers would prefer she be addressed as the Princess of Wales? No, I thought not.

And Australia and Canada truly ought to be ashamed of themselves for still putting up with this monarchy crap. Really! Isn't it time you all cut the apron strings to Britain once and for all?