The British Monarchy has a lot of interesting history behind it. Were it to be abolished, some British folks might be happy about it, but I think many more would feel that they have lost something of considerable national importance.

The four huge presidential faces on Mount Rushmore aren't good for much of anything other than as a spectacle, a reminder of important events in America's history, and to bring in a few tourist dollars, but I wouldn't like to see them demolished.

Does the royal family actually provide a worthwhile function anymore? I understand that they can be quite important diplomatically when the occasion arises, and they certainly perform many functions in the historical/ceremonial line. Monarchs and members of the royal family (families) have certainly provided a lot of material for historians and dramatists to work with:   Shakespeare, a number of wonderful BBC series' that have been shown in the U. S. (The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Elizabeth R.), movies like Mary, Queen of Scots, The Lion in Winter, many, many others. . . .

And God knows, they keep a lot of gossip columnists and scandal-mongers off the dole and give misanthropes something to moan, hiss, and snarl about.

Who knows? William may be a prince of a fellow in his own right, even if he hadn't been born into the Royal Family.

We have two young people here who are in love and are about to be married. To those who jeer, sneer, and make rude noises about them, I place this curse:

May a large, ugly wart with three stiff black hairs growing out of the middle of it it suddenly appear on the tips of your noses!

Don Firth