They probably do have to have a visa but one thing's for sure, they won't have to do all the form filling and messing about with their photo's etc themselves.

I've often wondered about the cricketers and other sports. Do they still have to have the 2 month gap?

queenie doesn;t have a passport so I doubt she needs a visa. Lesser royals do have passports so I guess visas as well but I'd bet my bottom dfollar it isn't the usual tourist visa. ditto for MP's etc

Sports people would have a different type of visa too so probably don't have the same hassle as us

Can we form a cricket team for next year then?