Get this: For $4,000, you can send your 8-year-old daughter to a princess boot camp — one of many that have sprung up prior to the April 29 nuptials of Prince Edward and Kate Middleton.
One in particular gathers wannabe princesses at a posh London hotel to teach them how to curtsy properly and what to say to the Queen, should these taffeta-wearing tweens ever cross her path in the buffet line.
We are obsessed with the Royal Wedding. Obsessed! You can’t turn on the TV without getting an update about William and Kate, where they’re planning to get hitched, who’s in her bridal party, what will she be wearing? We just can’t stop!
The royal couple is so lucrative, for example, Lifetime is airing a docuseries on them. Newspapers and TV stations have created special blogs centered around the wedding. And there’s even a “For Dummies” edition about the Royal Wedding. I’m not kidding.
More than 2 billion — BILLION — people are expected to watch the event live. It’s said to be more anticipated than Princess Diana’s fateful marriage in 1981 to Prince Charles, which was watched by about the same number of people.
But why?
Is it because we love a good romance? Are we just fascinated with royalty? Or are we desperate — after last month’s devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan, among other awful things going on in the world — for some good, uplifting news?
What do you think?
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I’m one of those that follows the royal wedding. I think it is the fantasy aspect of it that I just love. Carriages, crowns/tiaras, royal jewels… I mean how many people can get married that way? It’s also a cute love story where a “regular” girl found a real life prince.
CAT: I agree with Taina26, it is the fairy tale thing that all kids grow up with and have fond memories as adults. It is fairy tale turned to real life except it is becoming like reality TV which sucks. However, am sure that many of your fans will want the details of your nuptial. Maybe you could start a post where you ask what items and/or events make up a successful wedding ceremony and reception. Then you could incorporate those ideas for your wedding. Of course, you will need to charge them for their ideas…say, $5 which will go toward a worthy charity…like your honeymoon. Here’s my $5 worth, don’t get married!
I may be a minority but I have no interest with the Royal Wedding of the Century. Fairy Tale marriage or not, it’s all Pomp and Circumstance and British Protocol. I’m happy that Prince Charles’ son Edward is getting married but there are other events that I’d rather follow.
@Annoddah_Dave Hey, I like the idea of charging an admission fee for a wedding! Hmmm… I’m getting some ideas….
@harrycovair I’m just glad he’s marrying someone NORMAL. 🙂
@harrycovair You mean “William?” Haha! I think you’ve made your point even stronger.
Really? There’s an obsession? I must have missed it. LOL!
I can remember the coverage of Charles and Di, and this current royal wedding seems to have only a fraction of the coverage and fanfare that one had. Maybe it’ll pick up closer to the date, but right now Charlie Sheen and Snookie seem to be the current obsessions (can’t stand either, haha)
I will say I have been soooooo impressed by William. What a fine, young man he’s grown into. And Kate seems like a sweet girl. Good luck to them.
Hello Cat,
I don’t care about the royal wedding, none of my business. Congrats to them.
@MaxMaxMax You should see the blogs! It’s insane! CNN is devoting an entire blog to it. And NBC’s “Today” is sending the entire A-team there. It’s crazy!
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Ugh, I’ve been so over the royal wedding since last month! I think it would be hilarious though if the royal couple got fed up with all the hype and eloped.
People don’t have enough to do? Maybe? By the way, nice to see Kate back in the news after her divorce from John, ha ha , just kidding.
@Cat Agree with @MaxMaxMax I think given the media that was around in the early 80s the coverage of the Prince Charles/Lady Diana wedding was just as crazy if not moreso. Lady Diana was a national obsession in the U.S., Kate is not even close in popularity. I believe every major network carried the wedding live. I even watched a little bit of it but fell asleep as it happened late HST (like this wedding also be). But hey the U.S. has always had a fixation on the Royal Family, guess ’cause it’s something we don’t have. .
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