Tuesday, April 05, 2005
Royals 1, Catholic Church 1
London. It's been a media battle that's been fought since the Church of England (Anglican) broke away from the Catholic church.
It started when Lady Diana was killed by the paparazzi in France, in the meantime Mother Theresa died of natural causes. What did world audience want? Coverage of Lady Diana. From her funeral, biopic's and books. Did people want to hear about how one woman gave up worldly things to serve the poor? Hell, no, they wanted to hear about how Lady Diana was whoring around on Prince Charles and visa versa. They wanted to make a saint out of Lady Diana. Did she give up the lifestyle and money to serve her causes for AIDS or landmines? No, but she was a Princess. A hot one at that. One that thought it would be cool to live the life of a royal, but she didn't want to follow the rules of a Royal. She had weeks of media coverage, while Mother Theresa got a 15 minute stint on CNN.
Now, in this corner, Pope John Paul II. One of the longest serving pontiffs in Vatican history. In the other corner, Prince Charles. Sire to the future king of England. Living off his country men's taxes when not really doing anything for the country. One is getting married, the other buried.
The victor? Pope John Paul. Prince Charles one mistake, mumbling how much he hates the press into a hidden microphone.
So, Prince Charles has been forced to concede and he postponed his wedding day ahead one day to attend the Pope's funeral.
With the score tied, we'll have to wait eagerly by our television sets and await the next media sensation. I mean "News".
It started when Lady Diana was killed by the paparazzi in France, in the meantime Mother Theresa died of natural causes. What did world audience want? Coverage of Lady Diana. From her funeral, biopic's and books. Did people want to hear about how one woman gave up worldly things to serve the poor? Hell, no, they wanted to hear about how Lady Diana was whoring around on Prince Charles and visa versa. They wanted to make a saint out of Lady Diana. Did she give up the lifestyle and money to serve her causes for AIDS or landmines? No, but she was a Princess. A hot one at that. One that thought it would be cool to live the life of a royal, but she didn't want to follow the rules of a Royal. She had weeks of media coverage, while Mother Theresa got a 15 minute stint on CNN.
Now, in this corner, Pope John Paul II. One of the longest serving pontiffs in Vatican history. In the other corner, Prince Charles. Sire to the future king of England. Living off his country men's taxes when not really doing anything for the country. One is getting married, the other buried.
The victor? Pope John Paul. Prince Charles one mistake, mumbling how much he hates the press into a hidden microphone.
So, Prince Charles has been forced to concede and he postponed his wedding day ahead one day to attend the Pope's funeral.
With the score tied, we'll have to wait eagerly by our television sets and await the next media sensation. I mean "News".
