This may surprise people (in the UK) but, fundamentally, you cannot be a king, and *not* take yourself to be above other people.
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I just assumed most British people under 70 privately think it's absurd but the cultural pressure to act polite is too overwhelming
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There is an episode of the thick of it where characters almost buy a bank out of social awkwardness and the idea of accepting the monarchy “to be polite” strikes me similarly
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