On: For Brits: click Republican? on the Guardian front...

[untog]

people got to Stratford Upon Avon and Shakespeare has been dead for years.

There was only ever one Shakespeare. There have been hundreds of royal families- the British one is notable because it still exists today. Take that away and they're just one of many, and tourists would be far, far less interested.

Then what do we promote? The Lake District?

[youngtaff → untog]

Oh and people have stopped visiting palaces like Versailles because the French no longer have a monarchy?