Why Are We So Obsessed With The Royal Wedding?
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Why Are We So Obsessed With The Royal Wedding?

Is it a matter of her being different, or that we are looking for another thing to make a big deal about and judge?

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Why Are We So Obsessed With The Royal Wedding?
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As I'm sure most of you know Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are to be married Saturday, May 19. Anyone who does not know that, good for you, because it seems like it has been plastered everywhere and anywhere.

Quite frankly, I am tired of hearing about the minor details. I am happy for them, of course, but every news channel or website I view is talking about it, but why are we talking about it? Why are we so obsessed with the royal wedding?

Back when Prince William and Kate Middleton got married in 2011, of course it was a big deal, but for some reason this wedding is even more of a big deal, and for a lot of reasons. First and foremost, Markle is half African-American and is an actress, both traits that have never been found in the royal line before, but honestly, why are we so caught up in it?

Is it a matter of her being different, or that we are looking for another thing to make a big deal about and judge? I love learning about different cultures, but is this really necessary to be giving it all this attention? Do we need to know what flavor cake they picked?

From a journalist's stand point, I think it is necessary to cover the fact that this marriage is so different from the others in the royal family. Markle is bringing diversity and feminism to the castle, and I think that is what we should be focusing on, but should we be making a fuss over the minor details?

It makes me wonder what we deem newsworthy anymore, and why we feel the need to cover every aspect of things like this. I feel like there should be an element of privacy with the wedding, instead they are being plastered on every news outlet and Markle is receiving a lot of attention towards her personal life.

She is not the stereotypical girl that Prince Harry was expected to marry, and I think that is good. Yes, she comes from a different background, but so many people are nitpicking it. Of course there will always be the people who judge, but honestly I have heard more negative comments about the wedding than good ones.

That is why I wonder why we take events like this and soil them with judgement, when really it should not be a concern of ours at all. Two people fell in love, she is willing to give up her career, and she happens to be a different ethnicity. Who are we be to judge that?

I wish them the best, but before you go reading the article about what flavor cake they picked, or how Markle's brother was in jail, think about it, does it really matter? Let them be happy, because that is what we all want at the end of the day, isn't it?

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