Pages 7-10 by The Crisis of Representation Group (and thanks to Mike Abrahams/Network/Dave Hampshire / Chris Steel-Perkins: The ROYAL WEDDING subjects.
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obstructing changes mains. This month's episode of the soap opera of the extra-but-ordinary Windsor family is the marriage of their eldest son. This is a saga of epic proportions threatening to involve the entire population of Britain as "loyal' extras.
On the production side the entire resources of the BBC have been deemed inadequate and additional cameras have been flown in. The audience for this special episode is no less than the world, with the latest development in satellite technology beaming the happy couple to an ex• pected 750 milion viewers in the •Common wealth' and sympathetic capitalist countries.
The bill is picked up by Her Majesty's loyal From the point of view of the British ruling class and its establishment the marriage is a timelv reintorcer of the cherished mvth of na tional unity. The royals are put to work in the service of maintaining a dominant and reac , the monarchy, having lost its posi tion with the downfall of the aristocracy, is a hostage of capitalism But the privileges given to the present 'royals' are no freely given by the ruling class They are given in exchange for the work of and suppressing progressive in Britain and the neo-colonial doThis role would be certain to come to the fore in the event of the election of a socialis government determined to govern in the interests of working people.
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The two ugly sisters were horrified to discover that Cinderella was the beautiful princess who had been at the three balls. ne were so angry that they were pale with rage.
At the palace, the King was glad to welcome his son's bride. He arranged a magni heent wedding lor the prince and inderela All the kings and queens, the princes and princesses, in the land, came to the wedding. The wedding feast lasted a whole week.
And so Cinderella and the prince lived happily ever after. ALL THE WORLD loves a lover - especially a fairy princess live again our dreams. In our fantasies, again carefully constructed, conquer all - a force so powerful it could even thrust us onto the throne of England against insurmountable odds. ing will do anything to get us ......
on earth, Romance remains the most popular form of literature. Reality, we all know, is a little different... behind the courting lies the erotic, the sexual and the State power, feudal oppression, huge inequalities of wealth and privilege. political rather than romantic reasons... choice was narrowed to around 30 high-born ladies.. and so on.
Romance realities, but by glorifying their trappings. We are invited to celebrate the wedding publicly, - because through her we can we believe love can Prince Charmthe works not by forgetting the KOD-
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In England today, the most literate nation He was told to get married for