The irony: I'm an American monarchist.

I'm a monarchist, born & raised in the US. I'm Bermudian-American (my mother's American & my father was from Bermuda). My dad was a hardcore republican, and hated the British Royal Family - I'm 28 now, and I still remember when I was 11 years old, my dad & I argued about QEII. My dad screamed at me, "The Queen doesn't do s***!"

I guess that's why he decided to move to the States? (My dad lived in Virginia, briefly from 1973 to 1974, emigrated back to Bermuda for 21 years, until moving to New Jersey in October 1995, after marrying my mother).

My dad was great, and the only 2 things we disagreed on, were LGBT rights (my parents were homophobic) and me being a monarchist (my dad was a hardcore republican).

He died in 2010, but I've always wondered how he'd feel about certain people being president in America today. I also remember my dad telling me in 2009, "I never knew what racism was, until I moved to the United States.", and that statement is something I've never forgotten.