Why the Royal Wedding is wrong

Surprise surprise as I left the office today I shot my mouth off. I had a five minute rant because someone asked me where am I going to be enjoying the Royal Wedding. I went very red and totally went off on one. To my horror, I received a really hostile reception when I finished my rant. So I looked in to it and to my surprise, according to some opinion poll, the BBC is saying that 1/5th of the population are republican.

The reaction I faced at my mouthing off and this stat surprised me immensely and not because this is a high figure, but because I thought it would be so much higher. I thought it would be the minority of the general public who would be behind this complete and utter waste of time Wedding and Royal Family.

I know what you are thinking, "what a negative arsehole." You are asking why pick fault with something like the Royal Wedding, "just enjoy it for what it is and enjoy the day off." I will enjoy the day off no question but as for the rest of it...

Quite frankly this Royal Wedding business makes me cringe, not just because of how badly the last one ended up, but because how much the country is embarrassing themselves by being so brainwashed in to thinking its important, and ohh its so good for the economy. Do one!

To start with the Royal Family in general, my problem is that they are supposed to be the pillars of society, leading from the front and demonstrating what is good with the world. They should be the most infallible part of our society that says to the wider public, "look at us, this is how you should live your lives, this is how its done."
They could not be further from this.

Apart from the Queen, and maybe William (who is well known for hating his position) every single one of them are a complete disaster, yet bizarrely the general public lap this shit up like someone is intravenously feeding them catnip.
Lets take Prince Andrew, who is openly friendly with Jeffery Epstein who is a convicted sex offender and seems to love dealing with despotic leaders.
Then there is Princess Margaret who loved a good affair, a good drugs binge and some serious drinking.
Princess Anne nearly killed two boys with her dangerous dog Dotty and has a criminal record for speeding (does that mean she has an asbo?). Seems dotty to me.
If Edward VIII had not abdicated with Wallis Simpson, a Nazi sympathiser would have been King.
You get the point.

To become a Royal you dont need anything more than being born in to it. No election, no democratic process. Just the fact you have been born in to this "special family" gives you the right to a life time of luxury and people thinking you are something special. So ultimately its complete chance who gets to be King or Queen. This seems like such a contradiction when you think how elitest and meritocratic the rest of our society is. Wouldn't it be great if we could choose the figure head of our Country and for them to be accountable to pissing around all the time?


I bet you are thinking the whole point of the Royal Family is that the tradition and heritage is pivotal to the UK's identity. Its what makes us different and unique.
From my perspective its a heritage based on snobbish bullshit this country seems to have ingrained in its psyche. Its this stupid notion derived from grandeur and bravado that people in privilege are supposed to be important and that we should all look up to them.
There is frankly no substance to this argument, people earn the right to be looked at from below. In a world of such uneven distribution of wealth, now more than ever privilege should be earned fairly and not given away.

Now, I am one for tradition and heritage, I god damn love it dont get me wrong, but the Royal Family are far from what I would class as real tradition and heritage. When I think about what encapsulates this country and our real heritage its about substance and things that are constant and have real meaning.
Its about our rolling hills, our rich and diverse history, our great cities, the Peak District, a picnic by the River Thames, our sense of humour, our ability to poke fun at ourselves, our great music scene, the NHS (for all its flaws), Rugby, Cricket, our ability to create fine Ales, Cheddar cheese, Cornwall, Atlee, Jamie Oliver (haha), a good Cox apple, allotments, pubs, I could literally go on all day.
So let me ask you, why is it that we need a bullshit wedding to rejoice and have street parties? Why do we need an excuse to celebrate, especially when what we are celebrating is so flawed?

Another point I can already here you making is that its great for tourism and our economy. Granted, it does have some impact, but amazingly out of the top 20 tourist attractions in the UK the only Royal Family related attraction is Windsor Castle at 17. Legoland is actually higher at 15, so to rip of Johann Hari even more, does that mean our next King can be made out of Lego? May as well be.

I know this blog will come across really negative and people who are just happy to go along with this Royal wedding for what it is will think I am making a big deal over nothing. Yes, maybe there are more important things to point out and maybe me caring so much is a waste of energy.
My response to this is simple.
Give the money you are going to waste on this wedding to charity. For once show some decency and have a modest wedding where the love of the couple is the important point. Finally, stop dicking about with Tax Payers money you total an utter bunch of muppets!!