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Anti-monarchists remind Britain that not everyone adores the royal family

WINDSOR, England - How about a lovely set of Meghan-and-Harry tea towels? Mmm, no thanks. Champagne celebration in front of the telly? Pass. A jaunt to join the crowds outside Windsor Castle? Don't think so.

It's a lonely time to be an anti-monarchist in the United Kingdom.

As Meghan Markle and Prince Harry tie the royal knot on Saturday, polls suggest some Britons - a minority, but a substantial one, hovering in the low double digits - would like to see the monarchy done away with altogether, though perhaps not by means as drastic as the head-lopping dispatch of a couple of Henry VIII's recalcitrant brides.

The House of Windsor remains an enduringly popular institution, weathering storms of

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