A happy day for Britain to be sure. :)

[Bikni]

Brits that bash the Royal family dont have a fuckin clue what they mean to your country from a foreign perspective, and the amount of money they put into your economy each year probably beats tenfold what they cost the taxpayer. My countries monarchy was dissolved in the 1900's and being one of the oldest countries in Europe makes me sad, when so many people are trying that everyone in Europe lives under the same stupid rules its always good to have something to set you apart.

[Deleted]

You know what? Tourists visit buildings not royal family. Remove royal family hire some actors and viola. same tourism at less money invested.

Yeah because an actors home is better than/as good as the Queens home right?

Clueless, absolutely clueless.

[Rend]

Its kinda sad. This is just another example of how sad this whole 4-chan generation and MMO-champion userbase is. You have to find negatives in everything.

Talking to the British specifically here.

If you are a royalist, you can watch the wedding. You are not forced.
You get the day off work. You don't have to take it, but it's there.
The sun is shining.
There are parties in the street.
The wedding raises far more money than it takes.

There is nothing bad here. The worst thing? Someone made a topic on MMO champion. You don't have to read it or even reply to it.

It was a nice day, the sun was shining, there were free parties everywhere, life was good. You didn't have to take part, but it's kind of sad that you guys would rather sit in your parents basements typing negatives on the internet and slagging off 13 year old girls like Katie Black than actually enjoy life.

I really do pity a lot of you. Life is there to be enjoyed, and if you cannot find something good about yesterday, which was just a nice fun relaxing break from the day to day problems and stress, then I really do pity you.

I respect you alot, while I did not watch it, or didn't really have anything to do with it, and I admit, I was getting annoyed with it being talked about for ages.

But that's besides the point, It was a great day all in all for the country, I think most people enjoyed it, the parties, the weather, the relaxation, the peace.

I think it's just some mad Americans who don't understand that our Country (unlike theirs) can spend £33million on something, and make Billions out of it in one day, It'll sure help the countries financial issues, and the fact that America missed out on such a Great day. Poor poor stereotypical Americans.

[Fuzzzie]

Keep the nation bashing out of the thread please. Infractions will be handed out for further violation of this rule.

Report bad posting and it will be dealt with.

[Deleted]

Glad it's over. I don't understand why the Brits suffer these worthless undeserveing parasites who benefitted from the subjugation and exploitation of millions in countless colonies over hundreds of years. The could have a thousand royal weddings and it would not pay back what the royals have taken from the world. Thier wealth is blood money.

Next time, have a lower key less visible event, because this is just a 'in your face' middle finger to everyone struggling to get by. I am a little surpised that more people are not outraged over this.

But, there will be a reckoning in the end for all of us.

You do Realise that the British Monarchy don't control the World media Yes? The media was invited, if your countrys media has chosen to air it then go complain to you gov.

You also have a flawed view of us "Brits" we don't suffer the Monarchy, we are lucky to have them

Their wealth isn't "blood money" it's cash that they have generated themselves and the can spend it on what ever they like

[Jaxi]

Who the hell cares?

If you don't, then why post in a thread about it? There are people who enjoyed watching it, why in god's name is that a bad thing?
I'm an American and the wedding does not effect me, but I'm glad that in the troubling times that England is in that they have some good news. If nothing else it's a nice moral booster, and let's be honest, are we so cynical that we cannot be happy for a newly wed couple? There should be no animosity towards England for this, this is an occasion to celebrate.
Congratulations Kate and William.

[Defiant]

I enjoyed the service yesterday very much, and it was nice to see something that brought the country together, all ages and races, in a point of national pride. All these nay-sayers about "the world is in shit" and it's not right etc etc, need to lighten up. Yesterday was a chance for the British people to forget for one day, the recession, the wars, the shit and just have some fun! The fact that with over 1 million people there, there was less than 100 arrests just shows the great atmosphere and positive energy of the event.

To those citing the anti-Iraq war march: Yes, 2 million people were in London that day, and less than 2 million people were there today.
However:
How many Brits watched the anti-Iraq war march?
How many watched the Royal Wedding?
How big was the international audience for the anti-Iraq war march?
How big was the international audience for the Royal Wedding?

I'd say when you factor in the full scope of interest for each event, you'll find the Royal Wedding was FAR more popular.

I'm a Brit and I think I'm quite patriotic, I've served my country, I know my national anthem, I love my Queen and flag... but yesterday wasn't just for patriots, it was a day for our whole nation to enjoy and celebrate.

And we did... 5,500 street parties (official and unofficial) across the nation? Sounds like a fucking big party to me.

Finally, to all those saying "I DON'T CARE ABOUT THIS SHIT", you cared enough to click the thread title, reply, type those six words and press "Post Quick Reply". Unless you have a macro for it for every topic that you "don't give a shit about".

Bang on mate! I would consider myself being patriotic also and loved every bit of yesterday. Went to a street party and got leathered, imagine 5.5k streets in the country doing that at once? Love it!!!!!

Great day for Britain! Rule Britannia!!!!!!!

And yeah to those who say "I don't care! etc", then why come here and waste some time of your life typing that shit? Weird mo fo's right there!

---------- Post added 2011-04-30 at 09:14 PM ----------

If you don't, then why post in a thread about it? There are people who enjoyed watching it, why in god's name is that a bad thing?
I'm an American and the wedding does not effect me, but I'm glad that in the troubling times that England is in that they have some good news. If nothing else it's a nice moral booster, and let's be honest, are we so cynical that we cannot be happy for a newly wed couple? There should be no animosity towards England for this, this is an occasion to celebrate.
Congratulations Kate and William.

I think I speak for Englishmen here to say "Thank you very much for understanding what this actually means to us Brits!" and this is actually the first good compliment iv heard from a foreigner(excuse the word). Thanks mate, much appreciated.

[warpath2k]

Too true to the last few good guys.

Read the other posts before trolling the same thing over and over again, about the cost, the "lazy" royals, which is a joke etc etc. Doubt many here have been on the frontline for queen and country. Or are serving as a Seaking pilot everyday (Which has Put the Hunnymoon off also).

Was a great day that lifted the nations spirits, I for one was proud to have, all be it a small population from other countries come over and enjoy the occasion.

[Elim Garak]

Yeah because an actors home is better than/as good as the Queens home right?

Clueless, absolutely clueless.

Actor's home? what are you talking about? Buckingham Palace is property of the State not the royal family. It should be turned into museum and be open for visitors all year long (not some 60 days a year as of now). So more revenue there will be. And Ex-Queen can live somewhere else - she has property to live in don't worry. But I'd rather have royal property nationalized. And let Billy earn his own as a pilot. Yeah.

The idea that Royal Family is REQUIRED for tourism is absurd. They can be replaced with professional entertainers.

Who's clueless now?

[Euphoria]

My objections to the wedding are the precautionary arrests and the invitations to diplomats of some countries.

Arresting people for 'conspiracy to cause a nuisience' seems like a violation of peoples rights to freedom and rights to protest. Its an abuse of the 24 hour maximum detainment time when not charging a person.

I also think there were diplomats thete of countries with governments that we shouldn't tolerate. I know they uninvited the syrian ambassador but that was because Syria has been contraversial in the news recently, not because the country has continuously violated human rights laws. If the wedding had been 4 months ago Gaddafi would have probably been invited.

[Deleted]

I'd feel alot happier for them if it was a private wedding and didnt go all up in my face in the news every morning.

Weddings are cute, but just like everything covered by the media it becomes...

Less cute.

[Deleted]

THEY aren't in your face about anything, the media is. What do you think the media does? So many people are furious about this wedding for the simple fact that it's being covered 24/7 and they don't want to listen to it anymore, but at the end of the day, that's not William and Kate's fault. William can't help being who he is, nor can he help the fact that if he gets married the news will want to cover it. My happiness for them isn't going to diminish simply because the BBC or whoever feel the need to cover every waking second of their lives.

Tbh, I'm glad there was a wedding. People were out celebrating, we get an extra holiday, and the UK generated a ton of money from tourism. Even though I'm not a royalist by any stretch of the imagination, I'm not going to resent them on the happiest day of their lives purely because one of them was born into royalty. :|

[Ðecimate]

So, what did you do while it was on then?

Work in the morning, study during the afternoon, band play at night

[Idaho Immortal]

sorry to say this, but its about stupidity.. all the royals do is wasting money for shit. nothing else...

Let me guess, you're a card carrying member of the NRA? Honestly. I'm tired of the ignorance. This is a great thing for their country, and even though I'm not one of them, I'm happy for them.