Unless you live under a rock, have no access to television, magazines, or social networking, you like so many of us have been inundated with reports of the royal wedding. Coverage of the event begins at 4 am with many of our favorite fashion and gossip reporters on hand to to discharge every single detail of the big day. The fact that she is the first bride in the royal lineage to walk down the aisle with her hair down or if JayZ and Beyonce will perform Bonnie and Clyde at the reception or that the guests have to curtsy before the Prince and Princess can all be a bit of information overload. The speculation surrounding the dress is an entire blog to itself.
Despite my weariness behind the constant reporting of the impending nuptials, it got me to thinking. Has the royal wedding revived our beliefs in fairy tales? Love and all of its possibilities still lead as the number one topic in conversations, however with the realities of the growing rates of divorce, open relationships, the acceptance of mistresses and "male friends," we have grown a little cynical of ever lasting love. We really want for the princess to kiss the right frog, but these days the frog may turn into a prince that secretly likes other princes. You never know.
This leads me to the grand pomp and circumstance surrounding the 29th of April. Does our connection to William and Kate go beyond the fact that they are royalty? Stay with me a moment. Weddings tend to bring out the hopefulness of love. Any person in the presence of a bride and groom (under the right circumstances) can not help but to want to see the two make it to the island of happiness and marital bliss. Perhaps our reporting extends to a deeper level because we need to see "someone" make it. We need our faith in love, marriage, fidelity, and vows to be restored. The facts that we are dealing with a real life Prince and Princess just increases our hysteria.
Is it possible that millions of us will set our alarms, attend William and Kate viewing parties, and for some maybe shed a tear because this is the grandest representation of love that we have seen since well the wedding of Princess Diana? I would have to say yes. No matter how old we have become or what relationship madness we have experienced, there are still tiny pieces within us that wants to believe that fairy tales still exist. Stay tuned....
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