Friday, May 6, 2011
A royal flush of sentiment
Although it might have been a struggle to see them beneath the assorted pieces of riotous headgear, young people were out in force at the Royal Wedding.
From an insurance perspective having all those young and wealthy aristocrats in one place must have been an underwriters’ nightmare. Add to that the array of Bentleys, Rolls Royces, Aston Martins and custom-made limousines and it becomes clear that it must have cost a fortune to insure the whole extravaganza.Whatever your view on Royalty – time-honoured British institution or anachronism turned glorified celebrity circus? – it was hard not to be swept along by the sentiment and collective goodwill which the spectacle engendered – moving out concentrically from Westminster Abbey to streets and lounges across the nation. One friend of mine, a newly-qualified young woman driver and avowed monarchist, shocked everyone, including herself by breaking into empathic tears of happiness as Will finally managed to lock the ring onto Kate’s finger, which appeared to have swollen with nerves.
Perhaps all of us who’ve been reared on fairy tales, Disney movies and Jane Austen costume dramas are hardwired to be susceptible to the prince-meets-girl-makes-princess formula – no matter how cynical we may claim to be on the outside.
The only time I felt remotely cynical was when the newlyweds rolled out of Buckingham Palace in my dream car. My resistance to envy can only withstand so much taunting. I wouldn’t even be able to realistically afford the car insurance for the Aston Martin, let alone the vehicle itself.
Image by it’s a foot! via Flickr, under Creative Commons Licence
Labels: car insurance, newly qualified, young woman driver
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posted by Fuse @ 8:04 AM 
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