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'Appeal' isn't exactly the word. We just don't dislike him enough to kick him out.

I'm not strongly either way but I like the public holiday for their birthday!

I guess some of it is straight up fandom, but there is a historical legacy to consider as well.

There are still some UEL enclaves around where I live, for example. United Empire Loyalists were people who sided with Britain during the American Revolution (there were more than you might think), and many wound up resettling in Canada. So you still see Union Jacks flying in people's yards to this day and historical battle reenactments. That sort of thing.

They tend to be politically conservative, but have a distaste for American-style conservatism. And certainly nothing sets them off more than 51st state rhetoric coming out of Trump.

Monarchs don't just look to the next election or next year's economic growth.
Their frame of reference goes back for centuries and they have a personal interest in keeping the country functional and prosperous for the next centuries.

So as long as they don't wield too much executive power that isn't democratically legitimized, they can act as a counterweight to the parliament that's often dominated by party politics.

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