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Why I Won’t be Watching Today’s Royal Wedding

I’m happy for Kate Middleton. Really, I am.

She’s found the man of her dreams, a prince no less. And today, watched by family and friends, and millions of people around the world, she will walk down the aisle with him by her side.

She’s lucky. Only a few women get to have that fairy tale come true.

I’m happy for her family, too. By dint of hard work, they were able to turn an idea into a lucrative business earning them millions in the process.

That put them on firm footing financially so that they could afford to send their daughter to a good school where she was able to meet and snag her prince.

And so today, as they celebrate their good fortune and destiny revealed, I am pleased for them.

But that happiness is tempered by the reality nearly 3 million Britons are out of work, that services including medical and mental are being cut and libraries are closing.

And if that isn’t enough, they will be picking some of the tab for the 48 million dollar wedding. (It costs British taxpayers nearly 67 million annually to keep the royals in the style to which they’re entitled. So, even with the family promising to pick up part of the tab, it’s still taxpayers’ money.) Add that to the 10 million dollar that the designation of today as a national holiday will cost and the tally rises.

Even though I don’t live in Britain, when I look at these numbers, I find it difficult to be celebratory.

And it seems I’m not the only one. Reports say nearly 80% of Britons claim they don’t care about the big day either.

Can we blame them? Come April 30th, they’ll still be out of work and watching their standard of living continuing to deteriorate.

So while I wish the couple happiness and a long life together, I will not be watching their wedding today.

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