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Why commoners are fascinated by royalty?
The royal wedding of the century as was hyped by international media was wrapped in about an hour on Friday, April, 29, 2011. Britain’s Prince William married Catherine “Kate” Middleton in a storybook ceremony at Westminster Abbey in central London in the United Kingdom (UK).
Prince William is the elder son of The Prince of Wales and the late Diana, Princess of Wales and he is second in line to the British throne. After the marriage traditions at the famed church, Prince William, now conferred the title the Duke of Cambridge, kissed his new wedded wife Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, on the balcony of Buckingham Palace. Many people lined up the streets of London and crowds celebrated the event all day long, and many more were glued to their television sets to get a glimpse of the fanfare worldwide.
Now comming to the central question, why commoners from around the world are so crazy and fascinated by the royal wedding and royalty in general? The answer my friends is best said by the above picture taken today, a picture that is really worth more than a 1000 words.
To add to the charm, Kate was born a ‘commoner’ and not an aristocrat from a royal family, as was Prince William. The royal wedding also provides an avenue for us to express our ambivalence about class privilege, whereby rooting for Kate, who is commoner, a descendant of coal miners, lets us revel in our egalitarianism. However, paradoxically we would not see Kate’s marriage as a triumph for commoners if we did not accept the premise that it is desirable to join the ranks of the aristocracy?
God bless and may all the hopes, wishes and dreams of all commoners around the world be fulfilled!
