...." ask them what they thought of the monarchy."
As I have already said - I'm not questioning your description of 'how' it was, just trying to understand 'why', which seems to be far easier to ignore than answer in your case.
"that yours are misguided, doctrinaire and patronising towards those whom you claim to represent"
Have I - or has anybody ever claimed to represent anybody - don't really expect to get an answer to this one?
I leave that to our elders and betters.
"misguided, doctrinaire and patronising"
And I shall keep my not unsimilar view of your good self only to add sprinkle of hypocracy.
Anyway, I think we've taken up far too much space on something that is only marginally relevant to this thread.
I'm sure you're right - you usually are.
Jim Carroll