I can't say that I particularly care about the royal wedding, or the royal family for that matter. At an estimated cost of £10 million, I wonder if that money could be better spent elsewhere. Lets start with the classic example - 5000 baby incubators. I don't know why that's always used as a benchmark, but we'll stick with it for now (it would also buy 334 doctors for a year, or 400 cancer operations - based on lower colon cancer surgery).
Is the royal family that important to us. I doubt they save as many lives. Then we have to factor in the £7.9 million cost per year just to keep the royal family afloat. We have a government to make all of the important decisions, so I can't really see the point of them other than for tourists to stand outside the palace hoping that they're inside it.
As for press coverage... would this time not be better spent with something entertaining or at least vaguely interesting. I can see why people would be interested if it was their own family or friends wedding, but that of an unknown stranger, doesn't seem that interesting to me.
Let me know what you think of it, whether you agree it is a waste of money, or if you think there is ab actual point to it...
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