Who needs 300 + posh guest, frikkin Vera Wang bridesmaids and a queen grandmother when you can have 50 guests, cheap - but pretty polyester bridesmaid dresses and a loony grandmother who buys your wedding present at "Europris"?
Priceless, I tell you.

Besides, William hasn't married yet, has he? So all is not lost? He is also just 2nd to the throne or something, unlike mr. 11th in the line there.
Kjersti | 05.18.08 - 10:37 am | #

No worries, girlfriend, and no need to feel even slightly jealous about not being a part of the kleptocracy. There is undoubtedly a certain romantic allure about the Old Order in Europe, but in the final analysis invented titles, ultra-chic dresses, and spanky uniforms amount to gilding on a toilet seat.

One of my favorite patriotic stories (and one that is hardly in circulation these days) has to do with Thomas Jefferson. He would answer the door to the White House himself (no doorman or house servant) in a threadbare robe and unkempt hair to greet foreign dignitaries. It was quite the scandal, but it was SO American--- back when that meant something Enlightened, positive, and revolutionary.
Clark Thompson | 05.19.08 - 5:57 am | #