[Patrick]

Originally Posted by Livia

I've just seen on the news, hundreds of thousands of flag-waving people ignoring the rain and joining in the celebrations along the Thames... and less than a hundred joyless, dour-faced anti-monarchists with placards outside County Hall, whining. There's your answer, I think.

Who cares? That's just people looking for an excuse to celebrate something.

All you ever hear is how much the royal family piss people off, because they are irrelevant and mean nothing anymore. I think people can find many other ways to celebrate and show their culture and stuff like that, than trying to celebrate something silly like a Royal Wedding or a 60th Anniversary of some silly hag - when any other day of the year, no one pays any attention to them.