The Royal Wedding

[Paul Wolfe]

Can someone explain the interest in this? I'm not trying to be negative, I just don't understand.

[Cpt Matt Sparrow]

I was apathetic towards it personally. I am not anti royalist but also don't know them, so two strangers getting married makes me think 'good for them' the same way someone i don't really know on a forum posts a thread LOL

My wife's mate's lad (16 years old) is a bit of a 'Del boy' (entrepreneur) and bought 20 Royal Wedding programmes for £2 each a little while back. So far he has 8 left and £900 profit. He has been flogging them on ebay to mostly American buyers you have to admire that kind of business savvy from someone so young, I suspect great things from him when he gets older

Matt

[NicDots]

In a time of such bad news and negativity, I think it's just nice to see a wedding happen. It's nice to admire the dress and listen to the vows. I'm not one of the obsessed people over it by any means, but I can see the interest. I like opening up my web browser and seeing something happy for a change.

[oth]

I think the tradition is great.Britain has a great history and this is living history so it is amazing seeing it.That Church is 1000yrs old and has a glorious history-unreal.I would love to visit it.
However the king and queen concept is anti democratic/freedom.It is everything every free person should reject.
But for ceremony i think its cool and it bring s pride to a great nation.The WWII plane flyover was moving and reminded me of Britains victory through will and grit, over Nazism-more history.They seem like a nice couple and not pretentious.Not bad for king and queen!

[Alex]

xx123456

[rice_pudding]

Personally it doesn't mean anything to me. I don't know them, so its just someone else's wedding. I only know one person who was genuinely excited (to the point of drug induced behavior and commentary ) and she is Malaysian

The media definitely ramped it way more than the public opinion. One reporter stated that support for the royals is always around 80%. That's complete bull if you ask me. I'm not saying people dislike the royal family, but i think a more accurate statement is 80% don't care one way or the other. My only true gripe with them is that they are used as an excuse by elites for constitutional failings to continue unanswered.

I didn't get put of bed until after the ceremony had started but the highlight of the day for me was seeing the union jack flying in the wind, it almost seems illegal to fly a flag these days.

Rob

[rice_pudding]

However the king and queen concept is anti democratic/freedom.It is everything every free person should reject.

Why is that? The King and Queen doesn't run the country. The elected parliament does.

Think of them as ambassadors.

I didn't watch this ceremony, but our Crown Princess married last year, and I watched that! I thought it was beautiful.

He was a real regular guy if i remember right? Just like a clerk or something? Nice to see that modern Royals are attempting to pursue some sense of normality.

Rob

[Lara Coimbra]

I'm happy for their wedding because they are cute together. The importance of it to the history is the fact that Kate was not royal. It's a XXI century love story wich the world got enchanted with.

[rice_pudding]

I'm happy for their wedding because they are cute together. The importance of it to the history is the fact that Kate was not royal. It's a XXI century love story wich the world got enchanted with.

To be fair its not the first royal wedding to involve someone who wasn't non-royal. The press stumped that up a bit too much. In fact most royal wedding's involve someone who isn't royal.

Rob

[Alex]

xx123456

[Cpt Matt Sparrow]

After seeing my newspaper The Times, so far with bids up to £20 on ebay and todays Express and Mail souvenir editions already on e bay for a handsome sum, I have decided I was a bit brash. I Love Kate and Wil, a handsome couple! God bless them and the sexy Milf Queen.

Just bought three Express newspaper and have re organsied my Times' too ready to go on the old bay
It is like the martial art aikido, where you use the opponents strength against them!

"Take what you can and give nothing back" me hearties!

Matt

[rice_pudding]

God bless them and the sexy Milf Queen.

It is like the martial art aikido, where you use the opponents strength against them!

"Take what you can and give nothing back" me hearties!

Matt

Behave Captain! The Queen's on facebook these days you know, she could be a RR fan, she could be watching

And lol funny you say that about aikido, i just had a lesson earlier today

Rob

[rice_pudding]

He was a real regular guy if i remember right? Just like a clerk or something? Nice to see that modern Royals are attempting to pursue some sense of normality.

Rob

Yep. A regular guy like you and me. He worked as a personal trainer, and that's how she met him.

Look at how excited Victoria is in that picture. There is something "folksy" about her.

I think people can get behind that. I know I can.

Ignore the expensive carriage and huge crowds etc. and you could be looking at a totally normal couple.

Rob

[The Flying Dutchman]

In a time of such bad news and negativity, I think it's just nice to see a wedding happen. It's nice to admire the dress and listen to the vows. I'm not one of the obsessed people over it by any means, but I can see the interest.

+1
If it makes so many people happy then I think it's a good thing!
Us being obsessed by footage of a certain guitarplayer isn't that much different I guess.

btw there was a guy in London who did sell 'wedding' cups but the manufacturer made a mistake and put Kate & Harry on those cups. That guy sold out within a few days! I heard in the end he could sell them for about £50 (≈ 56 euro) each!

[Cpt Matt Sparrow]

My newspaper I bought for $2 yesterday already has 6 watchers and including postage is up to $11...9 days left LMAO

Matt