I don't think the Monarchy will allow themselves to be obsolete because of their heritage and so called priviledged birth it is a lot for them to lose. Especially by the hangers on (which seems to include Ozzie and Sharon these days) they are probably doing alright on it thank you very much! Toe sucking Fergie comes to mind.

Thankfully we do not have the continual coverage of the Royal family as we did through the 70s/80s/90s at every turn. Pointless stories about Prince Charles spraining a finger or thumb playing polo, dear God! Or the 'It's a Knock-Out' fiasco to show us peasants that they are just ordinary fun loving folk like us (yeah right). At that time it seemed that the papers and tv coverage were doing their damndest to keep them in our minds knowing that people were losing interest and to question their importance in modern England. France went in the right direction by getting rid of their Aristocracy earlier and if England had had the guts to rise up and follow suit we would not be having this conversation now. I don't hate Queen Elizabeth infact the opposite she gets my sympathy having had to put up with her shower of a family. Enough to make her reach for the Prozac at times I bet.