Oh, you can bet there will still be a crown. It's in England's best interest to keep it alive. It works in terms of product identification for the tourist industry at the very least. Anybody that's spent time in both Ulster and the Republic can see the obvious parallel to West-East Germany. The Republic is jumping. Like a young buck at first rut. Completely unencumbered by the crown. Ireland's not perfect, but stringing the entire country with fiber-optic cable some years ago, coupled with a cheap labor force has got every cyber-connected outfit in the world ready to invest seriously. I just hope it doesn't become the Japan of the 21st century and over extend. I've said it before in this forum, but a united Ireland, independent Scotland and Wales are just a matter of time. Saxon imperialism has been dead for more than 50 years, they just don't know it yet.