The thing is, John, that the arguments about privilege, its legitimisation, and the unearned trappings, etc., are THE arguments as to why we shouldn't have the royals. The "politics of envy" comeback, whilst inevitable, needs confronting. It's an easy and sneery riposte - and saying that it is should be the starting point in countering it. It's possible to give chapter and verse on the gross inequalities in society, the unemployment, the low pay, the disgraceful treatment of the disabled, the NHS waiting lists, the humiliation of the benefits-claiming process, the food banks, the homeless, all in stark contrast with those cosseted royals, whilst sidestepping the "jealousy" jibes, as most of those things don't apply to me. And don't forget that that arch-communist, Jesus Christ, told us not to store our wealth here on Earth, but to give it away... Well, I've even seen that stolid Christian Queen Croesus of ours making sure she's been filmed going to church of a Sunday...