We have a constitional monarchy and to just " get rid of the UK Royal Family" woould mean a fundamental change in the political systems of this country. The two houses of parliment work in conjuntion with the Monarchy in a complicated series of checks and Balances.If your political leanings are republican then no doubt you would be in favour of radical change and of course, insulting individuals is much easier than proposing radical change to our parilemantary system. Critiscms of the individuals and finances are virtually trivial when compared to these issues. EG Would people rather the armed forces swore loyalty to an elected individual ie Prime Minster such as as Maggie or Blair or to a Queen/King. Cllr