Lots of people will be sad, but not because they're royalists or monarchists, just because the Queen has such a long and essentially spotless history. In a worl

Lots of people will be sad, but not because they're royalists or monarchists, just because the Queen has such a long and essentially spotless history. In a world where celebrities and politicians are all pretty much expected to have a lifetime of scandal and dishonour, she stands nearly alone in having managed to avoid controversy and dishonour for, well, at least as long as I've been alive. Very few people manage that, and in this, she represents a sort of British ideal. However, once the Queen is gone, the issue of whether to keep the Royal family will I'm sure become the next referendum issue (unless there's another scottish indyref first).