Doesn’t it make you feel all warm and fuzzy to know that we have royals visiting Canada this Christmas? Yes, our prime minister welcomed them. He gets a selfie with Meghan and Harry. Why can’t you get a selfie too?
Because you aren’t supposed to see them. They are incognito and where they are in this country is a state secret. Would it not be simpler if we were not told they are here? That way, if you happen to see them, you would just say that nice couple remind me of some other couple. I am not sure who.
So instead of having a pleasant little visit with friends in Canada, the Duke and Duchess are the subject of a treasure hunt. We have spies for the media hunting high and low for where they might be. You can imagine how many media people are camped out in the cold near certain Mulroney family households in Toronto.
There is a prize for the first news photographer who gets pictures of the couple with their togues pulled down over their ears. Get Archie in the picture and you get a bonus. And check for the baby bump when you see the duchess. Rumour has it that its another royal on the way.
But it all seems so very foolish for Canadians to get excited about British royalty. The whole thing smacks of Hollywood press agentry. It is all so trite and inconsequential. Is it not unusual that certain people can be born to be oohed and awed over? It seems overdone Kardashian!
I think it is overdone foolishness for Canada to pretend it has royals. Are we that desperate to have a head to put on our coinage? I can think of many worthy Canadian prime ministers we could put on the $20 bill.
And we have certainly had enough foolishness with the $10 bill. Sir John A. Macdonald deserves better treatment.
It is good that we are part of the Commonwealth and it is a trading opportunity that we should maintain and extend. We might be better to dump relations with the Brits until they can get their act together in relation to the European Union.
But if you want to be so loyal and curtsy to British royalty, it really does look silly.
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