As a socialist monarchist I must declare that my preference for a monarchy over a republic is the power of the billionaires and AIPAC lobbies. British territory is British Sovereign territory. Our elected governments are flogging off or giving away our energy, water, rail, etc utilities, to the global corporations and hedge funds. ‘Don’t forget what we said about the oil’ (in UK waters) were Trump’s parting words to the King as he patted his hand. The government has stated that the oil will stay in the seabed, but Shell, which is nominally a British company but has major shareholders such as Black Rock, is towing its drilling gear ready to drill for the oil in the North Sea. Greenpeace are on their way too, to try and halt the drilling. The seabed is British Sovereign territory and Shell should not be there without permission. Did the King actually agree, without the authorisation of Parliament. I sincerely doubt he was more than merely diplomatically oblique….