I wrote my anti monarchy/republican songs starting in the mid 50s. Josh MacRae was criticised in the Scottish press and banned from singing them in Glasgow public halls. The Sunday Post carried a report that "questions had been asked in the House" by a Scottish MP about this "seditious material". I, too, remember having to stand in the street with fellow school pupils and wave union flags when royalty visited Paisley. I think the people who do this freely are the types who swooned at Frankie Sinatra or the Beatles or want to touch the hem of anyone famous .. look at the public adulation of celebrities .... "princess Kate" is a prime example where photos of her royal bump command thousands of pounds. Why people fall over themselves to drool at unelected heads of state or film stars is beyond my comprehension. But I suppose it was ever thus ... however change can happen, Ireland did it.