A ROYAL WEDDING
Why we love them... What is it about a royal wedding which interests even the most cynical of us? Kiwi, republican by nature ( not in the US political sense!), hugely cynical, feminist...I can hardly wait to see Kate's dress today and William in his millitary reds. Instead of going into work I am one of many expats gathering with their friends and "fairy cakes" to watch the big event. William and Kate's story is a break away from tradition, the smashing of the mould - it's the union of a royal to a commoner. It would appear that the royals have finally understood that love today cannot be tailor-made. Today, for the royal family to maintain its credibility, or that which remains, it has adapted its cocooned infrastructure to the real world. Whereas Charles and Diana were a fairytale, untouchable, William and Kate are a real couple. It saddened me to hear a french psycologist "analysing" the danger of this union. She spoke about "prin...