All the 'Royal' celebrity news has recently centred on Prince William and Kate Middleton's relationship. We've heard the saga of photographers crowding around poor Kate on her birthday, and of the Topshop dress that she wore on the day that has sold out at most branches! Now, we have the gossip that the couple are to tie the knot this year. While I wish them all the very best for the future, this issue is hardly as important as other, more pressing political issues in everyday life.
I do not agree with the concept of Monarchism, and would favour a situation where we have an elected head of state. The Royal family is outdated and archaic, and by centering all attention on the young lovebirds William and Kate, it is as if the media, and the Royal family alike, are trying desperately to justify their existence through them alone.
In my opinion, the Royal family has no part to play in Wales, and that is why I protested alongside others when the Queen opened the new Senedd building on March the 1st last year.
( although, funnily enough, the media didn't give much recognition to those with the placards on the day- but more so to the singing school children who were dragged there by their teachers!)
Others may argue that the Royal family is part of 'our history' and 'our tradition', but in my opinion they do not reflect Welsh tradition and culture at all. Leighton Andrews and the Labour Unionists would disagree with me entirely, but considering that we could definitely save Burberry with a little help from the vast finances of 'our' Welsh Princes, I think that he should reconsider his stance, don't you? ;-)
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