Originally Posted by
Fareastdriver
We have one. She's called Her Majesty the Queen.
No screaming and shouting every four years. No billions of dollars being raised and changing hands at election time.
We also know who is going to be the next one.
Indeed you do. Not exactly the same role of governance of course. Years ago, of course, we took great pains free ourselves from the rule of a monarch and do not regret it. But it didn't keep us from later forming a "special relationship" with Her Majesty's realm which I do not regret either.