March 10, 2005
Fairy tales?
Judging from the media coverage a fairy tale is being played out with the Danish Royalty's extended visit in Australia:
What ever happened to Prince Charles? He was hardly noticed. That should hearten the Republican movement. Alas we have the "people's princess" Mary, regal and refreshingly ordinary, and extremely popular. She is a celebrity of pop culture.
And yet there is something more.
It all connects to a fairy tale of a young woman being rescued by a handsome prince and living happily ever after in a castle far, far away. From memory the fairy tale is a sleeping Snow White waiting for her prince or Rapunzel stuck in her tower.
Are we not talking about the fantasy of royalty here?
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