The Duchess's New Clothes?

In case you haven’t heard, Prince William got married yesterday.

And he married, if you pay any attention to the press, the most beautiful woman in the world.

Seriously? I mean, don't get me wrong, she's a pretty girl, but let's not get carried away here.

Listen, I understand that he’s no supermodel either (anymore), but his beauty hasn’t been shoved down our throats as of late. Hers has. And I can’t help but think this is an Emperor’s New Clothes situation. No one talked about how gorgeous she was before the engagement. Pretty, yes; breathtaking, no. 

Is it possible, then, that the media is trying to perpetuate a “beautiful princess” image to complete their fairytale story? After all, Prince Charming didn’t live happily ever after with either of the less attractive, yet perhaps more intelligent and harder working, stepsisters. No, he chose Cinderella, who talked to mice and took showers with birds.

But she was beautiful.

And Prince William’s princess, or duchess, as it were, must also be beautiful—no matter what the media has to do to convince us it's true.

  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on their wedding day.