It seems to me, given that our GG really has no interest in allowing Parliament to exercise the democratic options that were present before her, our GG has increasingly less of a place in our system.
Besides, we're entering into an economic recession. Why should we fund someone to go hobknobbing in Europe when people here need housing, jobs, education, and all other sorts of fun, yet seemingly unnecessary, things?
The pomp and ceremony of the monarchy has always appealed to me, and it always will, but it seems that it is no longer a fit with a nation that needs to look to its future and mature.