A RIGHT ROYAL DO !

As the Royal Wedding bandwagon races to its conclusion at Westminster Abbey, those who are not terribly interested in watching all of the televison coverage are left wondering what else to do. The two main television channels have committed themselves to hour after hour of wedding coverage, reports, reviews, reruns etc., while the other channels are dishing up their ususal diet of, mostly, repeats and tripe; sometimes it's even repeated tripe.

Of course, I could do something more productive but I have a poorly foot and getting around is difficult at the moment, so here I am, sitting in front of the televisionlooking for something to watch that doesn't involve listening to the egregious Huw Edwards and his nauseating colleagues on the BBC, or whomever they have doing exactly the same thing on ITV. Thankfully, though anyone who wants to see both may not think so, the 'happy couple' have chosen to tie the knot as the World Snooker Championship nears its conclusion, and there is the alternative of watching one of the semi-finals on the BBC's 'Red Button'. So that's where I'm tuned, watching the poker-faced Chinaman, Ding Junhui, and the new 'wonder boy' Judd Trump, as they battle it out for a place in Sunday's final.

This is not to say that I don't have reasonably positive feelings towards the Royal Family, but I really can't be doing with all the celebrity drivel that's whipped up by the media. In days gone by, a royal wedding was an event worth watching as we rarely saw the Royal Family in all its splendour but, these days, they're front page news most of the time and, frankly 'familiarity breeds contempt'. I have now switched over to catch the moments when the bride arrives at the Abbey and have to admit that it's a wonderful occasion, but why do we have to have 8 HOURS of coverage for an event that really takes about 1½ hours ?

Now she's arrived and a very attractive bride she is too. It must be a day that she could never have imagined in her wildest dreams as a child. Before long, 'Kate Middleston' will become 'Her Royal Highness Princess William of Wales, Duchess of Cambridge, Countess of Strathearn and Baronness Carrickfergus'. Jolly Good Luck to her and William.

I'm going back to the snooker before all the religious tosh gets under way.