While the palace tries to keep the media from intruding on the lives of Royals and their friends/significant others with good reason — everyone remembers what happened with Diana — at what point can public figures be private?
When they are out in public, are they fair game for photogs looking to snap that pic or get that footage that could be worth millions to satisfy the curiosity of Royal onlookers? (Which I admit, somewhat ashamedly, I am — I love that CBC runs Royal documentaries almost every night over the Christmas holidays!).
I watched a clip of the couple's photocall today, where pictures snapped constantly as the press asked questions like 'how did he propose?', 'tell us about the ring'. But after about five or six questions, the Royal couple was ushered back into their private room. The public had seen enough.
The palace has acknowledged that the media has been fairly good at respecting the wishes that William and Harry have privacy as they grow up. But now that the biggest wedding of the century approaches, it will be interesting to watch how the palace releases information about the upcoming nuptials and how much Kate and William wedding info us Royal watchers will be given.
But what I want to know is will the wedding be televised?
(Images from mirror.co.uk and cbc.ca)
There is no doubt that the wedding will be televised, it's the biggest wedding of the century. I mean, Princess Diana's oldest son getting married - it's a biggy. I hope that the media learn something from the Diana tragedy, not only her death but also them stalker her throughout her life, and back off on Ms Middleton.
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