Among the colonist nations the UK was the biggest but the most effective one. It helped spread English and Anglican beliefs which were later required for the Anglicization and Westernization of the world and also for American takeover. The British did the maximum labor believing that they would rule over their dominions for a very long time. But simultaneously they knew that because of English national consciousness would arise and they would face protests in the form of freedom struggle all over the dominions. They appealed to the elites and ended colonialism because of economic interests and American pressure. The positive effect of colonialism is felt maximal in the subcontinent with India being its biggest beneficiary. Of course, there were two flaws of colonialism: the racial slur and net capital output, but it was flaw of distributions and British should have had some incentive to rule over the people.
If Colonialism is not bad then the Tudors should be considered as the very decent people even for non-British people. Anyway, the Tudors have done great service to the cause of the UK. They are the symbols who can contain both Americanism and communism, simultaneously. They also help maintain the British institutions, particularly the Commonwealth. But the recent upheavals can make them a bit uneasy as many people in the UK can demand end of the monarchy or minimally its containment. This has to do with the increasing numbers of immigrants in the UK and their increased vocalization. The competition to cater to the demands of immigrants may induce bad politics and may end in the shrinkage of British values and institutions. The biggest target would be the monarchy whom many leftist consider as inefficient and unrequired because of its hereditary nature. Many Britishers consider the Tudors to be unqualified as head of the government. Of course, it would be foolish to replace monarchy by a Presidential office but people can think in any manner because of itch.
The best thing for the Tudors would be to modify their duties and rights themselves and adjust to the reality of the changing world. The Tudors instead of spending much time on protocol and ceremonial duties should spend more time on public service. Containment of powers of the Tudors should be financially compensated by the British government. They can invest part of their wealth in treasury instruments and other sovereign papers and they can invest in selective British companies too. With their earnings they can partially support themselves. If they already possess the invested wealth then they should start partially financing their expenditure. They should open an office of public good whereby with government and private support they would offer solution to public’s problems without intervening in politics. For that the Tudors need to diversify their skills. But they should never agree to abandon their position in Anglican Church.
The continuity of British monarchy albeit with some modification tells how much influence and independence British people have. It would imply not listening to ‘stupid’ demands and also imply containment of diffusiveness and confusion in the UK and Europe. It would also tell about the degree of containment of leftist forces. Ultimately, Tory and Labor Party would have to segment on certain issue; that would be requirement of time.
The Tudors need to become humanistic-investors and would have to shred part of tag of monarchy. The government needs to tell all people against the monarchy that end of monarchy requires huge economic compensation for the Tudors as the British laws are one of the most decent in the world and that is the only way that monarchy could be ended. Also, the Tudors would anyway remain special people and not private people. The monarchy could only be replaced by a huge investment banking institution and the Tudors would remain the most powerful people in the UK even after the end of monarchy. It would unnecessarily make British people thankless.
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