Globe and Mail | 18Feb2011 | Orest Slepokura
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/letters-to-the-editor/feb-18-letters-to-the-editor/article1912171/

Royal grumbles

All this maudlin fanfare over the nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton is just so much silliness. Can’t we grow up and get beyond the much-ado-about-nothing cooing over the Royal Family, with its ascribed (read: undemocratic) status and inherited privilege? It’s the 21st century!

Orest Slepokura Strathmore, Alta.

Calgary Sun | 18Feb2011 | Orest Slepokura
http://www.calgarysun.com/comment/letters/2011/02/18/17322721.html

Stop cooing over royals

Re: “Royal reins up for grabs,” Michael Platt, Feb. 17, 2011). All this maudlin fanfare over the nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton is just so much celebrity juvenilia -- giddy, trivial and silly. Can’t we grow up and get beyond the much-ado-about-nothing cooing over the British Royal Family, with its ascribed (read: undemocratic) status and inherited privilege? It’s the 21st century! Aren’t we already awash in oceans of shallow celebrity gossip? Do we need more?

Orest Slepokura

(The appetite seems unlimited.)


Calgary Sun | 27Feb2011 | Maureen Adams
http://www.calgarysun.com/comment/letters/2011/02/27/17425216.html

Royal boost
 
Re: Orest Slepokura’s Feb. 18, 2011 letter on the royals visit.It sounds as though he needs to lighten up. Some of us are delighted they are paying Canada a visit and most important, don’t let’s forget it may boost our economy. I wish the happy couple all the best and welcome to Canada, William And Kate.

Maureen Adams

(It will take a lot of souvenir sales to boost the economy.)