Re what would happen to the Royals should Scotland go independent. The official line just now is that it is not in the discussions. It is the 1707 Union of Parliaments that is in question. It is true that a Republican stance is a bit more popular in Scotland than in the UK as a whole - and a bit higher again among SNP voters than Scots in general. However there would be enough of a support for the monarchy among Yes supporters and waverers for it to cloud the issue - so the official line is that the monarch would remain monarch of an independent Scotland. So we'd share a monarch with the rest of the UK just as we did between 1603 and 1707.

Saying that though yes I imagine if Indy was secured then there would be a move by some to campaign for an elected Head of State instead. Probably on the Irish model. It wouldn't be a guarantee that folk would plump for that though. There are plenty royalists here too - just not quite as many as down south.