Saturday, April 30, 2011

This royal wedding is Britain's Marie Antoinette moment | Polly Toynbee

Back in the real world, below this thin layer of pomp, there is a social dislocation whose cracks are starting to emerge

How well we do it! Was the princess beautiful in lace and was the prince charming? Indeed they were. The glorious pomp and circumstance did not disappoint those 2 billion worldwide watchers, indulging vicariously in the theatre of majesty . They tell us this is what we are best at, the great parade, the grand charade. If you weep at weddings here was one to cry for, for

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