I got a breathless text on my mobile the other morning from a mate in Vancouver who found it necessary to wake me up (I live in the future) to tell me that HRH Queen Elizabeth II had dropped the puck at the Canucks pre-season game against the Sharks and that he was witnessing the, frankly strange, PR exercise live. It would explain the dip in form of the London Knights, if nothing else. Having investigated matters further on B.C. websites, it would appear the old dear is having a rather profound effect on the colonies in this, her jubilee year. So, what's the TTP consensus on all things monarchical?