Dozens of popular polls taken over many years serve to re-enforce what you will hear in bars and pubs across the UK, which is that the monarchy is a parasite pimple on the face of our country. It are neither respected or (heaven forfend) loved and the only reason their continued existence is supported is that they continue to pull in the dollar/yen/shekel/euro. They aren't even English for heaven's sake. And soccer really is for kiddies, while Rugger is for real blokes who play without silly tin hats and body armour and face paint. .......oh god the thighs of Johhny Wilkinson.......
