Angry protesters in Cape Town have confronted the king and queen of the Netherlands as they visited a museum that traces part of their country's 150-year involvement in slavery in South Africa.
The British monarchs still hold power and information came out years ago showing some of the extent of it and how they still decide government actions and laws.
It's hilarious to me that Canadians will pretend the monarchy doesn't have power over them because they can only appoint and remove the guy who has power over them at will.
Seriously. It's hilarious to hear people talk about how their actual head of state totally isn't their head of state because they usually don't do anything.
However they don't hold much power over the day to day workings of the country.
The current monarch is essentially an ambassador that travels around the world for state visits and diplomatic talks. Similar to what a president and foreign minister would do.
I doubt support for the royals would be so high if not for all the national and international PR work that they do.