Royalty

                This week, the Dutch and Duchess of Cambridge came to America, home of the free, rebels of the unjust monarchy, and rulers of the free world. It surprised be really, the hype behind this special couple coming here.   They were at a pro basketball game, went to major fund raising events, and William even had an interview with the president. We (Americans) seem to care a lot more about the royal family than British people seem to.  The publicity they get here is ridiculous with the magazine covers, TV coverage, and “analysis”.

                Today, the British government functions mostly on a democratic level with the parliament and the prime minister having all the power. The queen has little to no say about the running of her country today.  She meets with the prime minister to talk about politics once a week, that’s about it when it comes to running the government.  They shouldn’t even be called a monarchy anymore; she shouldn’t really even be called the queen anymore when she has no power or controlled over the Kingdom.

                So why is she still the queen?  Why is there still so much publicity and hype for a family of people who do absolutely nothing all day but suck up money in some fancy palace? Well one of the answers is they do attract tourists. Millions of people a year go to see the beautiful Buckingham palace to try to get a glimpse of the royal family and feel like royalty. Millions of people buy up the magazines and watch all the media coverage to see and listen in on the gossip of the royal family.  I think women love all the information the most because it takes them back to their childhood when the wished they were a princess or the queen. The royals are such an iconic symbol of the United Kingdom that it seems like they won’t ever leave, no matter how much they cost. It still infuriates me though that people actually care about “what the royal family is up to” or what “Kate Middleton is wearing”, who cares really, in today’s society they are just regular people with a little bit more money. There is nothing special about them as sad as that might be.