[Kamendoriks]

Or just being from a republic and one that has never had a monarchy.

Right, because the US Eastern States were never English colonies right? Is there something that wrong with the education system in England that you would say that?

No written constitution, no real Bill of Rights, not even a decent FOI system. Its ironic that the coming of the EU overlords has meant an injection of rights into England that never before existed.

The only benefit the system has is that it is a safety valve in times of dramatic political crisis, such as the advent of a brutal nazi dictator. Under a quite narrow view of her powers, never really exercised, the Queen could then try to remove such a government. I tend to think the people would do that themselves were there such a problem.