Thats basically what they are. Most like Andrew and Harry are dirt poor without the taxpayer handouts and free homes from the queen. I am seeing a shift in the UK more people are like myself and would gladly see them thrown away. I used to be a very minute minority but im seeing more and more wanting them gone.
They try and sell us Brits the lies that they make money for the country but that was proven wrong. Lego Land in Windsor London makes more money in a year than all the tourist/royal houses combined. That includes the tower of London, Kensington, Windsor, Sandringham, Holyrood, and Balmoral.
In fact, I went last year to both the tower and Kensington because i had free tickets (i refuse to pay) and well there were more foreign tourists, mainly Americans and Chinese and they werent many. They are a waste of money and we could still use their palaces and castles as tourist attractions without their greedy asses. Just look at France Versailles is one of the most visited tourist attractions in the world.
Personally, i think once the queen snuffs it. We will see an acceleration of the end of the monarchy. The only reason they are still popular is that the queen. People hate Charles and Camilla thanks to Diana and now it looks like Charles is going to go back on his promise. He promised if he could marry Camilla he would not make her queen, not hes changed his mind. William is hated by most the youth because his brothers wife is black and because its a well known secret hes been shagging his way through Kates friends, even the week she gave birth to the first kid. HArry isnt popular with most royalists and hes not that popular outside of twitter and the wokists. Andrew is universally hated for obvious reasons. The queen is liked by most because shes always been there. once shes gone theres nothing to hold on to. They did try the whole making out William and Kate were average middle class people but that backfired when everyone said ''well why are we treating them as if they are special?''