The head of state in France does indeed live in a Palace. But his/her extended family don't live in palaces. Nor demand huge security, live above the law free and from accountability, only pay tax optionally and help themselves to the estates of people when they die from large swathes of the...
It's also complete bollocks peddled by a sycophantic media.
France for example has twice as many tourists as we do - and no royal family. Meanwhile, our head of state and his entire family remains unaccountable, as proven by the fact Prince Andrew got to pay off his alleged victim rather than...