Thank god we have only one head of state and one that has no political power. Our Queen is a symbol of unity something impossible with a president, who at best represents the supporters of one party.
Who would we have had as president over the past 60 odd years ?
Wilson ,Heath, Callaghan , Thatcher, Major, Blair , Brown, Cameron, and for the future how about . President Milliban ? These are the people who would have been in the running for the presidency ! Not forgetting Blairs right hand man John Prescott.
In the states every 4 years the country has to find hundreds of millions to run the campaigns and fund the security . In addition all ex presidents and vice presidents and their families have to be protected and paid huge pensions for decades after their term of office.
At the moment the US taxpayers are paying for all their ex presidents dependants since WWII plus the current crop of the Carters , the Clintons , two Bushes as well as the Obamas. plus all their side kicks .
What do the Americans get as a bonus ? Nothing ! No tourists go to countries just to see their presidents , we usually don't even know their names ,let alone their homes or their culture .
Least of all N'Korea. In contrast we attract millions to our shores and if you ask them , as I did when I welcomed foreign groups , what they considered our major attraction, it was invariably the royalty.