Upon the death of Her Majesty The Queen, the British Monarchy should be dissolved

In order for the United Kingdom to become a Republic there must be widespread support for it. A recent ICM poll states "A strong majority among people of all political persuasions and social groups think that Britain would be worse off without the monarchy. While just 26% think the country would be better off getting rid of the royal family, 63% say the opposite. .. as well as 67% of all people – including 73% of women and 57% of 18-24s – think the monarchy is relevant to life in Britain today. Only 32% disagree. " [1]Clearly this states that there is popular support for the crown in the U. K. In the rest of the commonwealth, the Monarchy is somewhat less popular so that essentially rules out your suggestion of the other realms taking on the Royals full-time. Although Charles' reign will not have high support amongst the people, I do believe that William ad Kate will bolster support for the monarchy. A full 46% believe that William should become the next King rather than Charles who only has 40% support. [1]On the note of the taxpayer, I'm sure you knew that it only requires £41.5m/yr[2] to support the monarchy in the U. K. However, Her majesty also surrenders millions of pounds from the crown estates. "The £132.9 million profit of the Crown Estate for the year ending March 31st, 2000 was paid to the Exchequer for the benefit of taxpayers. This sum far exceeds the total cost of the monarchy. .. The Queen pays tax. In 1992, The Queen volunteered to pay income tax and capital gains tax, and since 1993 her personal income has been taxable as for any other taxpayer. The Queen has always been subject to Value Added Tax and pays local rates on a voluntary basis. "[3]"In republics not only do presidents have to be supported financially, as do former presidents and widows, but their official duties have to be paid for and official and historic residences maintained. And there is the added expense of periodic elections. "[3]The United Kingdom, as well as any other republic, would not only have to pay for Prime Ministerial (Parliamentary) elections, but also for Presidential elections (Executive). The most recent election in Canada cost Canadian taxpayers nearly $300 million. [4] Whilst the monarchy only costs Canadians $50 million. If I were to use the Canadian Vice-regal term of five years as an example that would mean that it would only cost Canadians $250 million to keep the monarchy yet it would cost them that same amount plus election costs to have a President. If a presidential election costs around the same as a parliamentary one then you add it all up and it comes out to a whopping $550 million. Canadians would be having none of that. In the U. K. the last election I could find costs for was 2004 and that election cost Brits "more than £80m to organise. " [5] And would therefore have similar cost results as a Canadian one. So having a republic certainly won't save taxpayers in any of the commonwealth nations any more money and it would likely cost millions of more dollars and pounds than any of them can afford. So perhaps the money that would go into a republic can instead go down to paying for the deficits and massive amounts of debt that partisan politicians and 'Dyed in the wool lefties' have cost us all. [1] . http://www.guardian.co.uk...[2] . http://news.bbc.co.uk... [3] . http://www.monarchy.net...[4] . http://www.torontosun.com...[5]http://news.bbc.co.uk...Thanks,