Republic is a British non-partisan republican pressure group advocating the replacement of the United Kingdom's monarchy with an elected head of state. It is a member organisation of Common Cause and the Alliance of European Republican Movements and is currently the only organisation solely campaigning for a republican constitution for Britain. Republic states that its mission is: "To mount a successful campaign to persuade a majority of voters to support the replacement of hereditary monarchy with a democratic republican constitution." Graham Smith is the current Campaign Manager of... Republic. Originally created by a small group of republicans in London in 1983 Republic was reinvented as a campaigning pressure group in 2006, when it became formally set up as a limited company with a board of directors and Executive Office. During the lead up to the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton Republic claimed to have around 14,000 registered supporters, up from around 7000 in November 2010. Republic asserts that there is a lack of transparency and accountability with respect to the funding of the monarchy.
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