Hopes for ‘last hurrah’

ANTI-MONARCHY campaign group Republic has said it expects the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee to be the “last hurrah” in terms of major royal events.

Graham Smith, chief executive of Republic, which wants the monarchy to be abolished, said street parties can take place “with or without the monarchy”.

He said: “The jubilee is the last hurrah of the monarchy in the next few years. We always hope that this is the last.

“We are moving from hope to expectation as it will be a very long time until Charles has a jubilee and hopefully the monarchy will be abolished by the time George is on the throne.”