"I really do find it peculiarly mean-spirited to grudge them these simple pleasures"

I guess you mean the simple pleasures people get from watching rich irrelevant people get married? I don't grudge(?) anybody that - I am simply appalled by the rubbish that the press have written about nearly all Royals for decades.

"Why anyone should consequently feel like vomiting I genuinely can't make out"

I repeat, because this is my position:
"On each occasion loads of public money have been spent and acres of nonsense have been written about the people involved - almost none of which have contributed to the general well being of anybody but themselves. Yes they support charities - don't most of us."

L in C#