Meh: Happiness for William & Kate, Now Leave Them Alone!

Momzo is excited. I am not, and not just because I'm a guy.

Every television personality, who hosts an irrelevant daily entertainment show, beams with delight over the engagement of the future King of England William to the love of his life, Kate Middleton. Kingship may be well down the road, but marriage is only around the corner, and the parallels to the late Princess of Wales Diana are fast and furious. ET and their clones wish Kate to be next "Diana", but have no intention of honouring her with the title of "Princess of Wales". Maybe my skepticism about the magnitude of the event is due in part of my growing up in the Divorce, Politically Correct, Internet Rumour Mill culture of today?

We learned some much about Kate Middleton already that it is impossible to fall in love with her like we did with the late Diana. I remember how the older generation, who grew up with words like 'responsibility', 'honesty', and 'character', fell in love with Diana for not being the aloof, detached royal we read about in history books and saw at FA Cup Finals. Alone, Diana visited people and places all over the world to draw attention and support worthwhile causes. When her public divorce from Prince Charles became final in the mid 90's, the idea of divorce became part of the everyday culture of 'finding happiness no matter the cost', and that was sad.

ET wants me to believe Kate, or "Kate", will be different. She will restore our hope in humanity again, and bring the royal family through another turbulent generation. She looks like a nice enough person, but like most new royals post-Diana she fits the mold too well (I know, I know: Fergie). Some are too careful she will shake things up like Diana, ET and every gossip mill on the internet and in print wishes she will shake things up, and the rest are reluctant to trust the royal family after recent history because of what happens when a princess shakes things up (Hi Anne Hathaway). I am concerned about how William and Kate will fare as a couple while everyone around them treat them like "Diana's son and Diana's clone".

I wish William and Kate nothing but the best during their many years together; they might make it, too, if we give them their chance to be just that...Mr and Mrs. William...and Kate...Windsor?

(What is William's last name?)