Is it merely a by-product of mommies telling their little girls fairy tales?
Or are these the same folks with shallow, empty lives who fawn and fuss over the Kennedys?
There's MUCH too much hero worship these day -- especially of those who least deserve it.
The British are far more socialist than we are, yet they hang onto the opposite of that in every respect with the royal family.
Who the heck really cares who Charles marries? He has the IQ of a turnip, and the politics of commie although nobody really thinks he understands anything at all. He's never held any job that I know of.
Nonetheless, he's a British national treasure and the source of some adoration here in the US.
Finding celebrity gossip interesting doesn't mean that I obsess over the people or want to be them. It's like a real-life soap opera. And perhaps soap operas aren't the highest form of human endeavor--but I could think of worse ways to spend the time or to use those few brain cells I devote to thinking about the royals.
Personally, I wonder about people who feel a strong need to put down people who show an interest in celebrity gossip. Get a life. ;)