The british monarchy has existed since 1603.
There is many pros and cons about the british monarchy.
Pros :
The queen's status is highly placed and has a major popularity too. Queen Elisabeth II is a great attraction in Britain as well. A lot of people visit the Buckingham Palace, and hope to get a look of the Queen. Because of all the tourist, that come and visit the Queen, Britain as a country makes a lot of extra money. The British monarchy is also a great effective political system.
Cons :
The british monarchy use a lot of money, fx. travel, jewellery, clothes and more, that could be used for other things like the community and better schools and hospitals.
- When there is one person that rules a country it can easily be transformed into a dictorship.
- Queen Elisabeth II, is queen because her mother was a queen. That means, that she wasn't chosen by the public, but got to be a queen by birth, and that can be risky, because you don't know how she is going to rule the country.
- In the bottom of the page you can see youtube videos about the monarchy and the Queen
