As a Brit, I personally would rather the UK were a republic.

I have no love or even respect for the royal family and all they represent. When the queen snuffs it, I'll likely give it a few seconds of thought before going on with my day.

Unfortunately there are a lot of royalists here even among the poorest in society who will no doubt be weeping in the streets as if aristocratic classes cared even one iota whether they lived or died.

We are a bizarre country with a huge section of the population that cannot let go of our royal/imperial/colonial past and all the exceptionalism that connotates.