VIDEO: British republicans' Royal wedding frustration
bbc
19-Apr-2011


With less than two weeks until the Royal wedding, a small group of Britons are determined their refusal to celebrate should be noticed.

While the approval rating for the monarchy hovers at around 70%, die-hard republicans are rare.

Activists say a hereditary monarchy is inconsistent with the idea of a democracy, but that most people are more interested in celebrity weddings than constitutional reform.

Gabriel Gatehouse reports.

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