Republican elephantmania two days to the final of the King's Cup

01/05

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A young girl worker of newspaper Vilaweb with the t-shirt "souvenir of Botswana". A republican T-shirt making fun of the royal house to the match of the "Copa del Rey".

02/05

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Republican T-shirts and stickers making fun of the royal house to the match of the "Copa del Rey".

03/05

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A worker with the t-shirt "elephant's king". A republican T-shirt making fun of the royal house to the match of the "Copa del Rey".

04/05

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A young girl worker of newspaper Vilaweb with the t-shirt "souvenir of Botswana". A republican T-shirt making fun of the royal house to the match of the "Copa del Rey".

05/05

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A young girl worker of newspaper Vilaweb with the t-shirt "souvenir of Botswana". A republican T-shirt making fun of the royal house to the match of the "Copa del Rey".

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Anti-monarchists adopted elephants as a symbol of mockery of the royal house after the King of Spain, Juan Carlos I was wounded during a elephant hunting trip in Botswana.

On Friday, FC Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao Madrid will to play the final of the "Copa del Rey". Both teams have supporters very reluctant to centralismand and both clubs are symbols of Catalan and Basque nationalism.

Historically, both supporters have hissed and acted against the Spanish symbols (flag, anthem and the figure of the King), which has caused des of politics related to government in Madrid has been asked if hissed against the anthem or the king the game is played behind closed doors.

Meanwhile, begin to appear shirts and symbols against the monarchy, how are t-shirts distributed by the Catalan newspaper Vilaweb.