I am sorry, I cannot let this go unanswered.
Shame on the Independent for publishing this load of old cobblers.
This has been written by a republican journalist, it has no standing and not an ounce of truth where the beliefs hopes and fears of the mass of general public
in the UK are concerned.
There have always been a hard core of republicans who like to make a name for themselves by attempting to reduce the value and social importance of our Royal family. This is not new. But for a large national newspaper to put out a story attempting to 'gentrify' this opinion is a shame and tells us much about the editorship of today's modern Independent newspaper, nothing else.
Maybe it is the opinion of a few of their metro friends and they felt the need to virtue polish their obviously shaky place in the rankings.
Well, I call BS and shame on them for this wanton attempt at destruction of our Royal family, a beloved institution that does a lot of good around the World. Bless them, in a hard world they are a ray of light.