As royal hype builds, republican leader begs to differ While royal wedding fever descends on Britain as the nuptials of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle approach, members of anti-monarchy campaign group Republic will not be raising a glass to the happy couple on May 19. For these republicans, the wedding is just another showbiz sideshow, with the group's CEO calling the event a "public spectacle" and saying that interest in the royal family "is not a lot different from international fascination with the Kardashians". IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES