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Originally posted by Salacious
In her case, that money belongs or will belong to her, but how can you justify any monarchy receiving tens of millions of dollars for greeting heads of states and knighting people? There would also be public outcry if monarchs were wasting money like socialites, since that money belongs to taxpayers.
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Even if that doesn't seem like a lot of work, regardless of the intensity of it, just by doing that + simply existing, they (reportedly) bring in more tourist revenue than they require to keep, so that alone is enough justification for them to be paid so much.
If they sat around like lazy socialites then I could understand people's complaints, but until that day comes, I think they should stay as they are.