"That seems a bit crass to me." Not anymore crass than creating a cargo cult of monarchist sycophants, and expecting it to go on unopposed into the 22nd century for the sake of 'civility', particularly given the most recent decade of endless, hapless, idiocy and amoral gobshite.

Scotland in particular has a long running loathing of the monarchy, so any superheated response is not remotely surprising.