A Fairy Tale Wedding

            Our fascination with celebrity climbs to nearly inconceivable heights when royalty is involved. One could understand the recent "Royal Wedding" craze if perhaps we were British. But here in America? They are not our Monarchs. We were not raised with a King and Queen, but we did have a princess or two.  
            Perhaps, at least for us gals, it has to do with fairy tales. In fact I'm quite certain of it. We are raised to believe that one day we will all find our very own prince charming. He will swoop in and with a single embrace rescue us from the peril of an otherwise mundane existence. His charm and charisma will be so overpowering that we fall madly in love and "live happily ever after".  Yes that's exactly how the story goes, Cinderella, Snow White, and Rapunzel told us so.
             As we age we come to find that these are just stories. Some of us will find love while others of us may eternally be kissing frogs........Enter Kate Middleton, the embodiment of every little girls dream.

             With the impending royal nuptials on the horizon the excitement is reaching a fever pitch and I'm not the first person to notice. Products big and small feature the happy couple and offer you "commemorative" wares guaranteed to provide you with a tangible memory. Marketers and product developers act like masterful puppeteers pulling the heartstrings of every little girl inside who dreams of being a princess. Everything from tee shirts to teabags and royal refrigerators feature the pair, oh and who could forget the replica engagement ring. Television stations across the globe clamor for ratings broadcasting the event. And then of course there is still the question of who will be Kate's dress designer. Everyone from big names like Sarah Burton to the more obscure names of Bruce Oldfield or Jasper Conran. No one knows but whoever it is can expect instant notoriety.
                 The media was on alert with the wedding of Charles and Diana in the 1980's but with today's increased availability of information and media it is far more the case. The intimacy, and to an extent the royal pomp has been diminished in favor of a relentless profit parade. It's a dream come true for anyone with some tacky royal memorabilia.
                 Personally, I can't wait for the whole event to be over, because it's too much, it's everywhere, and it's really just getting plain annoying. 





Sources
http://fashionista.com/2011/04/report-kate-middletons-dress-designer-revealed/
http://entertainment.blogs.foxnews.com/2011/03/24/prince-william-and-kate-middleton-commemorative-refrigerator-hits-the-market/
http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20395222_20474794,00.html