I for one am an unashamed Royalist. I think that the institution of The Royal Family adds immesurably to the Country, not only in terms of heritage but financially. As someone who regulary travels to London on business, the crowds around Buckingham Palace and other royal palaces are always significant, showing that the world agrees with me.
My soap box today ladies and gentleman, is the coverage from the media, especially The Daily Mail. Yesterday, everyone was of course all hurrah wishing the love birds well etc. But today, only one day later, the rot has already set in with the Daily Mail warning the Royal Family not to "dump" the cost of the wedding on the tax payer.
This comes not 2 weeks after they ran a headline story where Jan Muir , their "royal correspondent" calling the Royal Family leaches and referring them to being like The Munsters.
In a free society, everyone is entitled to their own opinion, to love or hate the royals. But where is the respect? Our society often takes lead from newspapers and they form a good deal of our opinions on everyday matters. For any institution with that kind of power to stop reporting the facts and decide to publish opinions is wholly wrong. Newspapers and indeed news outlets in general are there to report the news, not make it or twist it to suit personal opinions. It's just another example of how this once great country has deteriorated.
