In London, some Brits shrug off royal wedding: ‘Irrelevant’ - News Summed Up

In London, some Brits shrug off royal wedding: ‘Irrelevant’


Patrons drink on the terrace of the Duke of Sussex pub near London’s Waterloo Station. Although tens of thousands of royal fans lined the parade route in Windsor, many here expressed benign indifference to the royal wedding Saturday. (Raphael Satter/Associated Press)LONDON — Watching the cheering, flag-waving Brits lining the sun-soaked royal procession route on television, it’s easy to get the impression of a wedding-crazy country still deeply in love with its royal family. But at the Duke of Sussex pub — an early 20th century boozer that shares Prince Harry’s new royal title — the mood was mainly one of benign indifference. He said that earlier in the day he’d crossed a drunken rugby fan on a London subway platform who was bellowing, “Did everyone enjoy the royal wedding?!


Source: Washington Post May 19, 2018 16:00 UTC



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