Americans: How attached do you feel to the British monarchy?

[Kingpoleon]

Not from the US, but I do have a soft spot for the British monarchy. Not for a second would I believe it would work in South or Latin America for more than obvious reasons (except perhaps for Brazil had the Empire not been overthrown), but I like them.

"South or Latin America"

Atlas Posters for American Potentate*!

*Not an actual potentate, but it is the only synonym for monarch that carries the alliteration.

[Antonio the Sixth]

I watched the Crown last week and all I kept thinking was that monarchies are really really dumb.

Not dumb. Evil.

(But that show is still excellent.)

[Antonio the Sixth]

Voted option 2. I wouldn't want a royal family in America and I don't follow news about the royal family, but I quite like them overall. They seem like good people and I can actually see some benefit from countries preserving a constitutional monarchy like the UK. If I was Canadian or Australian and given the chance, I'd vote to keep the monarchy, honestly.

Please change your username now.

[Blue3]

Voted option 2.

I think of Queen Elizabeth like, as if one of my grandfathers had become a widower and married again, and then amicably divorced her, but the entire family was still on good grounds with her.

[SATW]

No to American Monarchy/Constitutional Monarchy but I do like the British Monarchy as a cultural and traditional institution.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Option 4. Monarchy is a terrible system of government, and while I appreciate that by this point the Queen is mainly decorative, there's something discomforting in the principle of the thing. As a general rule, I don't support running one's country via a genetic lottery, nor do I believe having fancy parents and wearing a special hat makes one the legitimate ruler of a country, so I could never support any monarchy; that said, the royal family is relatively harmless as hereditary rulers go, and it's not really my business if the British want to retain this last link to the Dark Ages.

[courts]

i have to admit there's something about it that makes me feel irrationally angry.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

I have some admiration for the Queen herself and there are figures in the monarchy's past who are also admirable, but most of the other living ones are pretty dire. I understand the arguments for keeping them around and think some of these arguments are better than others.  Voted for the fourth option.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Option 2 (normal)

[Vosem]

I like them but I'm not a monarchist per se -- but voted for the first option because Elizabeth II is a fantastic woman in every way, truly deserving of the title Queen.

O Lord our God arise,
Scatter her enemies,
And make them fall:
Confound their politics,
Frustrate their knavish tricks,
On Thee our hopes we fix:
God save us all.

Thy choicest gifts in store,
On her be pleased to pour;
Long may she reign.

[All Along The Watchtower]

Option 5 (American, normal)