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Originally Posted by Prowler

Monarchs are politicians and also corrupt. Many people in the UK and Spain dislike their monarchs.

I'll deal with the second part here first. There are people who don't like the idea of a monarchy. Not that they HATE the Queen per se, in fact I can barely think of anyone I know who actually dislikes her as a person. Just the institution that she is part of. But I don't think we'll be getting rid of the institution in the foreseeable future, because the pro side is much larger afaik.

Okay, first part. No Royal family member has any say, control or influence over any laws or bonds produced by the British Government. The furthest it goes is the Queen presiding over the opening of the Parliament session each year, having a veto on certain new laws (which she has NEVER exercised), and inviting the leader of the party with the largest number of representatives to form a government after every General Election. It may not be the case in other countries with monarchies, but there is certainly no political corruption or influences from ours.