THE ROYAL WEDDING

It occurs to me that I have not yet mentioned the subject which has occupied our news papers and T.V. news channels for some time the Royal wedding. Prince William was born just six weeks after my own son and I have always had an interest in his welfare. I watched as he walked behind his mothers coffin,a young man marked out by destiny and already marked by tragedy.

Now he has chosen a beautiful young woman to help him with the arduous duties to come and with all my heart I wish him all the happiness which elluded his lovely mother. It is understandable that people are interested in the Royal couple just as they were fascinated by Diana but we should remember that it is our insatiable curiosity about her private life which contributed to her misery and arguably to her death. After all had she not been trying desperately to escape the press hounds she would not have put herself in to the situation which ultimately caused her death.

Having a tradition of Monarchy is a large part of what makes this country so special as they play a large part in fixing our identity in the rest of the world. The Royals work hard in representing us to the world and spend a good deal of their time engaged in state business. There are some who say that as they are paid by the government they are the property of the people, frankly this is rubbish.
Any of us who work for wages and who have an employer realise that we must work for our pay and no one could say that out Queen does not give value for money. I wonder though ,how we would feel if our employer insisted upon knowing what we did I our own time, what colour pyjamas we wore to bed, what we ate for lunch. What if he insisted on sending a camera team with us on holiday to find out what we were up to and intruded upon our most private moments< it is of course a ridiculous notion and yet it is exactly what the Royals have to deal with.

At the moment Katherine and William can do no wrong and the press love them.. The media have worked people up to fever pitch and good sense has gone out of the window. Let us remember that this same adoring media will, if it sells more papers or makes their show more popular turn upon the young couple and publish half truths ans idle speculation of the most hurtful kind.

The death of Princess Diana caused a surge of unprecedented grief world wide, but do we remember now all the stories of her eating disorders, her relationships, how everything she did was criticised in some quarters. Even Prince Charles had one of his cronies tell the B.B.C that Diana was unhinged. I suspect he took this action deplorable as it was in self defence as he was at the time being shredded by the press. No matter which side we took did we remember that we were watching the unravelling of a family and not an episode of a soap opera, I think not.

I am not one of those people who is obsessed by the Royal family and probably have less interest than most in their doings but I am a human being and so let us remember are they.
We should enjoy their wedding day in any way we can, let us watch if we wish, the wonderful spectacle and let us wish the couple well in their future together. Let us then try to understand that they are entitled to a little privacy while they encounter and deal with all the problems face by a newly married couple. Their problems will be played out in the public eye and often amplified by a voracious press. It does not matter if we love the Royals or if we hate them we must remember this time that when they are off duty what they do is non of our business, We can temper the presses outrageous behaviour by being more moderate in or own,

It is being said how much the young couple are loved by the people so let us remember today and show that love by treating their privacy with more respect that we allowed the adored Diana.