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Probably just the real life fairy tale aspect of it all. It is a real, live, beautiful princess and her adoring prince. Plus I like to follow her fashion choices and love the way she dresses.

I don't really "love" them, but they are one of the only celebrities I am mildly interested in. Kate is really beautiful and stylish and seems nice.

I'm British and, yeah, their lifestyle is supported by tax payers money - approximately 50p per person per year to put a figure on it. The official info/figures can be found here: http://www.royal.gov.uk/theroyalhousehold/royalfinances/overview.aspx.

It doesn't bother me that our taxes fund their lives, upkeep of palaces etc because the amount of revenue they bring into the country through tourism exceeds the amount we spend on them.

ps - Tax dollars indeed! We pay our taxes in the great British Pound!!

@Cherrybee: I'm glad you chipped in, I was about 99% sure our taxes supported them, but thought you might know for sure

I'm not really into the Royals at all, I just see them as a kind of celebrity family (sounds terrible right?!) and read about them in that context but don't really care what they're up to. I do find it funny that other countries are so interested in them when the average Brit probably couldn't care less.

I'm fascinated with them because we don't have a royal family. I also love history and studying the British monarchy.

@Cherrybee: we were on our honeymoon during the jubilee last year, so we missed all the celebrations. For the wedding in 2011 our road was closed and we had a big street party (around 50-80 people) with bouncy castles and a band etc. so much fun!

I love your dog in the background - it's like he's thinking "is that for ME?"