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   clearskies000 said, about 2 years ago

   Just about sums it up perfectly to me.
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   Kingoswald said, about 2 years ago

   Ain’t it the truth!
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   Ian Rey said, about 2 years ago

   The amazing thing to me is that Americans, who, if I recall correctly, signed some kind of document declaring our independence from the whole “DNA of medieval tyrants” system of rule, are still going crazy for this, if the Lifetime channel and Us magazine can be believed.
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   Wildcard24365 said, about 2 years ago

   @Ian Rey:

   Quite right. Always the English monarchs, too, not those also rans on the continent.

   Don’t worry, though. We have enough political “dynasties” going on to where we’ll be virtually indistinguishable from the rest of the monarchies.
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   Doug Dean said, about 2 years ago

   No matter how much you try to explain to people how ridiculous the whole concept of royalty is, there seems to be some kind of universal human psychological need for it. Case in point: here in the US, we consciously excluded it from the start, but the prople spontaneously invented it anyway (see: Hollywood). Even that isn’t enough; we have to create reality shows for the sole purpose of generating even more of them!

   Of course, we are one up on the Brits since we make them pay for their own weddings
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   NoMo'ol'tomcats said, about 2 years ago

   William doesn’t actually have to marry a resident of Berkshire to prove that he’s a berk.
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   ironhand said, about 2 years ago

   @DougDean your typo reminds me of a Simpsons episode where a dad is yelling at his son after he gave a government presentation

   “We the purple? What the hell was that?”
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   geedee said, about 2 years ago

   Americans are fascinated with this royal wedding solely because the rest of the news is so depressing. It’s pure escapism from reality.
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   annamargaret1866 said, about 2 years ago

   Actually, I find Trump’s hair pure escapism. :-)
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    hugh_jainus said, about 2 years ago

    England needs to be introduced to the science of dentistry. Even a toothbrush would be a step in the right direction.
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    Chikuku said, about 2 years ago

    Actually, Willy’s ancestors were not Brits or English, but Germans. George the First, 2nd, etc., could not even speak English, only German. Willy’s real last name is Von Battenberg und Saxonia-Coburg-Gotha. Jawohl, it’s been Krauts all the way for a couple of centuries now, ach.
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    Chikuku said, about 2 years ago

    Willy’s great-great grandmum, Queen Victoria, was half German. Great-great-Grandpa Prince Albert was another big Kraut who knew no English.
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    pumaman said, about 2 years ago

    Didn’t a lot of people want to make George Washington king of the U.S. after the revolution? Imagine if he’d accepted.
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    yumitori said, about 2 years ago

    I fail to see how this is any more silly than the way we Americans fawn over actors and sports players.
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    schlimmerkerl said, about 2 years ago

    Or magical sky-deities…
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