Hi
Moonmaiden! I just think myself, and others, don't like the idea of a "manufactured" type relationship (as it seems
to me), especially when they are trying to spin it like the wedding, relationship, etc. of the century.
I like that Sarah and Andrew seemed in love, and very close, I never saw those awkward moments or public disagreements as we do with some royal couples now. They just didn't make it. In love at the start doesn't mean forever of course, but I feel those who are in love to start have a better chance and it makes me want to root for them.
As I have said all over this board
nothing of the royals lives are our business, but they are public figures, we are here discussing aspects of their lives, so I don't get the fallback "It's none of our business" comment posters keep making. Why would anyone be on a royal discussion forum if they thought their lives were off limits to discuss?
It would be a little creepy if PA and CW were bouncing around giggling together like teenagers, but I can't help but comment with these two royal couples about to be married seem pretty lukewarm unless they are making a big effort to be "natural". Prince Albert especially seems much more at ease when he is off doing his own thing.
Even just erasing all the photos, and expressions, etc. I've seen just the reasons for getting married from these men seems weak and underwhelming. Perhaps it is just how long these couples hang around each other before getting married that does it. It's like they've already been married ten years and so there isn't much sparkle. Yet for me if I was in love with the person I was marrying and someone asked me why, or if they were my soul mate, etc. there would be no doubt in my replies.
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Moonmaiden said some people don't care if they seem in love or not. There are other reasons to marry, especially in royal families arranged, business type marriages were/are common, I know... I just hoped after all this time waiting Prince Albert would have found someone who truly was his soul mate, without a doubt to him, and it would be a wonderful Monaco fairytale....
(I don't mind the age difference between CW and PA. I think some couples of the same age can be a little boring. There can be something interesting in what brought a couple with an age difference together.)