I was thinking along the lines of "real" kings and queens, the "off with their heads" sort. Since most people now seem to be interested primarily in football and beer and gossip and wars, which were the primary forms of entertainment during the dark ages, what exactly is the point of all this foolishness we have now where ordinary people are expected to think? We already had utopia, and then those smarty-pants philosophers had to come along and ruin it.