Q1 In keeping with...... , means a group of people, the opposers or protesters of the royal existence, gathered on the street , holding placards to show their opposition to the monarchy. They think the "diamond Jubilee is the most precious occasion to demonstrate their opposition, which can increase their popularity and attraction sharply. Only 8 people composed the group, actually quite small in number. But the author thinks the number of 8 people is quite to the satisfaction of the organizer of the protest. Q2. 像许多观看庆典活动的民众一样,他们也希望女王能看到他们,也许他们还会出现在电视节目报道中。然而,对这一群体来说,电视报道尤为紧迫。 Q3. Mr. Smith means that more and more people are showing their support to their group. Since the increase of the number of their supporters from 300 to 20,000 is very obvious and huge. It also indicates that they have mailed to people at least twice to have a better view of their support from the public. But the author points to the fact that actually only a minimum part of the public reacted to their mail , no more than 0.00004 of the British people did, so the change of the numbers given by Mr. Smith, maybe, means nothing.