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Neither do you.

The British monarchy is powerless. It is used as a symbol only. If parliament wanted to change to a Presidency tomorrow they could.

You have a King or Queen in name only. You will never have another King Henry or Queen Elizabeth with any real power.

Cut the monarchy worship.

Stand up for yourself and your freedom and don't have a "monarch" do it for you.

The British monarchy is powerless. It is used as a symbol only. If parliament wanted to change to a Presidency tomorrow they could.

You forget, the Monarch is part of Parliament. Parliament does nothing without the express consent of the Queen. A few weeks ago was the end of the Parliamentary session 2003-2004, there was a ceremony called prorogation in which a list was read of the bills passed in the year after each a clerk said 'la reine le vult' (which is Norman French for 'the Queen wills it').

You will never have another King Henry or Queen Elizabeth with any real power.

Never say never. Anyway, what about the difference between power and authority? As long as government is fine, the Monarch does not have to bother herself too much with it, if we were threatened she could take incredibly action to sort things out.

Cut the monarchy worship.

This is going to sound like a Catholic-Protestant debate in the religion forum, but any way. We do not worship the Monarchy (or even the Monarch), but we respect the good work which is does for the country.

Stand up for yourself and your freedom and don't have a "monarch" do it for you.

Why. I'm a lazy bugger, and if somebody else will look after my freedom why should I bother?