Why are all you yanks so obsessed with royalty?

Question

Isn't that why the British (Americans) left England for America? America media and public seem to fuss over them more than the English? What's going on?

Answer 1

EXCUSE ME?

oh wait.. i guess iam a Yankee. hahaha

Answer 2

A Queen but no King? What's her problem?

Answer 3

I could care less so I guess not all Americans care.

Answer 4

Saying that Americans shouldn't be interested in Royalty bcuz of the Settlers who were leaving Europe to get away from the Aristocracy, is to me like asking why White People still don't own slaves bcuz they did along time ago. Many people in this country are not decendants of the British and European settlers that founded this country. My family for example has been here only for about 100 years I am the third generation of my family to actually be born in America. So your question about why the MEDIA obsesses with royalty is totally irrelevant. And they aren't as obsessed with royalty as they are with stupid Britney, and Angelina, and Paris, and Nicole, and Lindsay. It's almost immpossible to watch tv anymore.

Answer 5

Im american and I could care less about royalty

Answer 6

brits do the same with hollywood stars.dont they?

Answer 7

Mr. Jones and me, we're gonna' be big stars.

Answer 8

I don't care at all.  In fact I think it's silly that a country would allow people access to ridiculous amounts of wealth just because of who they were born to

Answer 9

You obviously don't live in NC. We could not care less.

Answer 10

I'm afraid that you are mistaken.

Answer 11

We do?  

That's news to me.

I think there's a difference between what is in our media, and what we're actually interested in.  I don't know a single person who give a rat's *** about Britney Spears, but I keep hearing about her in the media; I don't know why.

Answer 12

It's something we don't deal with apart from stories and fairy tales about princesses and such, so it's mysterious and exotic.

Answer 13

Wow. I didn't know it rose to the level of "obsession." Should I see a therapist?

Answer 14

Ummm..... i couldn't give a c**p about them so........there

Answer 15

Tell me about it.  We shouldn't even care.

My theory is that some Americans wish we had our own royalty to watch.  JFK and Jackie were like royalty for us.

No one else have stepped in to that role.

I guess that's why Hollywood celebrities get all the attention.

Answer 16

No, my ancestors left both Ireland and Germany for a better life and basically for economic reasons.  

Irish ancestors were people who received land in Ireland to compensate them for their service in Parliament's army during the English civil war.  Yes, they were republicans who served in Cromwell's army.

Since I have learned from Yahoo Answers that the English feel that the only reason Americans travel to England was because they have a monarchy, I have decided to limit my European travel to countries that do not have monarchs, such as France and the Irish republic.

Answer 17

never in my life have i fussed over british royalty.

Answer 18

The news is entertainment. If you want truth, you have to watch comical "fake" news channels.