I start to wonder the same thing about Holland... Especially the last couple of weeks with a lot of trouble going on in the royal family. The niece of our queen accuses the queen of abuse of power. Our queen didn't agree with the future husband of her niece and apparently she did research on the history of that man, stuff like that... That seems to be more important news for weeks now over here than anything else that happens in the world. There's more important stuff to take care of these days. Our new government hasn't even been formed yet and it's like that for months now, the politics are a mess and all they worry about is to find out if the queen did or did not abuse her power. I'd say, just get rid of the monarchy and there wouldn't be any problem like this. But I guess it has more to do with traditions why there's still a monarchy. The monarchy has been a part of the country for centuries. Even though the queen hasn't got much power when it comes to important, political decisions; she still has quite a status as a queen, I think a lot of people like that.