In that case, they're putting the Assembly on the map as well, and a very good thing it is too. But in terms of the amount of time that we have available for debates in this Chamber and the massive problems Wales is confronted by, I think there are better subjects for debate than this, although I always enjoy listening to Dai Lloyd's journeys down memory lane and his innovative responses to the problems that we have to grapple with. But I personally have no difficulty whatsoever in supporting the Welsh Government's decision on this. For better or worse, like it or not, we are a constitutional monarchy, and the monarchy is one of the unifying factors of the United Kingdom. We inherit these institutions from predecessor generations, and the idea that somebody like me might end up as the president of the United Kingdom or the president of a republican Wales would be far more horrifying, I think, for Members of Plaid Cymru than for the current Prince of Wales to hold the position that he has. That is always the danger, of course, with democracy—that you sometimes turn up rogue candidates for jobs. We might well have had a President Tony Blair, for example, at one time, when he was riding high in the public affections.

The overwhelming majority of people in Wales, as in the United Kingdom, do support a constitutional monarchy as the ceremonial head of state. We don't have an executive monarchy in this country, and a very good thing that is too. Power resides with the people through representative institutions like the National Assembly for Wales. I think we should glory in our monarchy because it gives massive prestige to our country in the world at large. Who could actually name the president of Germany or the president of Italy and other countries? You can't, whereas the Queen is one of the most famous people in the world and there is a massive economic benefit—although I disdain to justify the monarchy upon such a materialistic basis—but there is a massive economic benefit to this country—