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[Orrex]

I simply don't get the "fairy tale" aspect, unless we're talking about the one where the prince marries the well-off woman. Popular romantic comedies are on a whole different level because no one believes that they're real.

I can't speak to how the Londoners responded to the event, but the "prostrating" that I'm referring to is the very round-the-clock lovefest that we've been seeing in American culture. What could possibly be more irrelevant to an American citizen than who is going to be the next hereditary figurehead in another country?


As you note, it's no different from fawning over Justin Bieber or Paris Hilton or whoever; any form of celebrity worship is preposterous, all the more so if it hearkens back to the grand old days of feudalism.