Actually, I dont really accept the hereditary principle but I appreciate that getting rid of the monarchy is not what people want or at least want to be seen saying. I would settle in the first instance for less adulation and subservience like there is in other countries. Also, our taxes go towards policing and providing security for their weddings and now jubilee, and I really do not see this as justified in the current economic circumstances nor do I understand why anyone would view such expenditure as reasonable.