Has the argument finally been won by British Royalists that 'if it ain't broke don't try and fix it?'

Among the national hysteria around the news that two young, rather posh people are to get married it would appear republicanism has become another victim of the rise of New Labour.

Reading the media coverage it would certainly seem so. Even the so called left leaning press suddenly turned into a bunch of fawning sycophants who thought this was just the thing to lift Britain's spirits through the depths of our economic woes.

Actually what would really lift the spirits of the millions facing a bleak future would be to abolish this embarrassing constitutional relic and spend the millions instead on helping to alleviate some of the tougher measures being imposed by the current government.

But it would seem such dissenting voices are few and far between

Although one rather cruelly said the happy couple combined all the attributes that the establishment thinks Jonny Foreigner admires in our ruling classes. Good bones, honest, dependable, ruddy cheeked and just a little bit thick.

I blame the tabloids, without the Royal family for the content of the majority of their papers they wouldn't have anything to write about.

Focus of their attention of course was the engagement ring, another peculiar little idiosyncrasy of British Royalty. They must be the only family in the world where it is acceptable to give your betrothed, the girl you love, your dead mother's engagement ring.

Any sensible girl living in the real world would be saying 'hey cheapskate get yourself down WH Samuels and and get that wallet opened' but then again that probably wouldn't work given the Royals never sully themselves by actually carrying cash let alone paying for anything.

Will it be a quiet family affair? Not if David Cameron has anything to do with it it won't. On hearing the news in Cabinet he allegedly gave three cheers to the happy couple and banged on the table. Then again he is remotely related to them through various intermarriages, so I suppose he'd be guaranteed an invite even if he wasn't PM.

Whether or not you believe in the Royal family or not, there is a legitimate argument to be had about the anachronistic excess of a Royal wedding in a time of austerity. And it's time the dissenters stood up and made their voices heard. Prince William and Kate Middleton deserve a happy day but not at my expense.

Who knows the cause might even have a unexpected champion. If anyone had a reason to sabotage the whole thing it must be Prince Charles. Now the handsome young Prince has a beautiful wife, who's going to be the more popular choice for our next monarch when the current incumbent finally departs this mortal coil?