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CMV: Fawning over Royalty is outdated.

I may have mis-titled this post, but what I’m trying to understand is why a large amount of people (my girlfriend included) are interested in the Royal Wedding and are putting stock into it. 

My girlfriend is currently watching the live stream of it and all they are broadcasting is a panel of people discussing celebrities and describing the wedding as if they’ve never seen or heard of two people getting married before.

It’s my understanding that those in the royal family are they are just average people, like anyone else. They simply have power and are such perceived to be ‘better’ somehow by the public. 

Is that why they have this spotlight on them?

How is it that in 2018 we are focusing on such trivial events with such a magnifying glass?

I can’t be the only person that’s thinking this, please help me understand.


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Update: 

I now understand that there were many different reasons to tune in to the wedding, and there were also a variety of reasons it was televised. 

I’m now more interested in why humanity has such a focus on escapism. Is it something we will pass onto our youth or will we curtail it and learn to live on the moment with our friends and families?
gpt
I can't understand why people watch rugby, listen to metal or like reality TV, people are interested in different things.


>Is that why they have this spotlight on them?

Royal weddings are the superbowl or oscars or glastonbury for people who like celebrity weddings. Celebrity draws crowds, sells glossy magazines and gets people watching TV. Weddings also draw crowds, sell glossy magazines and get people watching TV. In a few months most of the people currently glues to their screens over this event will probably be complaining about how the "whole" country is crazy about the World Cup and "are they the only one who doesn't care". Those people who today don't care will be watching all the games and discussing if England were always that bad or if this is a new level.

Both groups are happily escaping their lives for a short period of time in their own wierd way, and people who care about who turned up to a royal wedding are probably just as wierd as the people discussing if that really was a goal or not.