Ms Faulkner is right in claiming not many people would want the Monarch's job (Letters, March 29).
However, this is simply because most of us wish to earn our own way in life.
The claim other countries envy us our Royal family is a familiar one but no evidence is ever presented to support it.
I lived on the continent for 25 years and discussed the British monarchy with hundreds of European citizens.
Not one of them expressed admiration for the British monarchical system - on the contrary, most of them were astonished at Britons' willingness to be treated as mere "subjects" within an outdated mediaeval society.
The Royals make themselves, and us their financiers, the laughing stock of the world.
-Dennis B Stuart, Brighton
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