Don't have a TV (and never have) so all the garbage floats by me (sounds like some here might benefit from that as far as blood-pressure goes 😁)

We get good monarchs, so-so monarchs and due to the power of parliament we can avoid the damage should a bad one come along.(unlike back in the old days)

Never have accepted anyone's 'better than me' by accident of birth (and precious few by 'merit') ... however we shouldn't hurry to abandon the concept of an unelected, apolitical head of state .... William's meetings with Trump has been a case in point ... able to do the talking about generalities and sounding out a prime-minister would do at an event like re-opening Notre Dame .... 'President in waiting' to 'King in waiting' both representing their countries .... an official function at a time when the UK Government have well and truly pissed on their chips with their petulant hostility to what has turned out to be the future President in the run-up to the US election ... Starmer would have got the coldest of shoulders .... William will have been coached in what to discuss and no doubt debriefed on every word after .... friendly contact nation to nation that none of our ruling politicians could have acheived at this time.

K