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Everyone loves a wedding, especially a Royal Wedding. The ceremony, the pageantry, the exquisite music, the colour all make for a spectacle it is difficult to find elsewhere,

There are other reasons for enjoying weddings. Commitment, that precious quality rightly demanded by employers of their employees, seems to be less in evidence than it used to be. The promise of a lasting relationship, the hope for new life both make a wedding a special occasion.

Tomorrows wedding will be seen by many people. Some will watch for the spectacle, some will pray for the happiness of the couple getting married, some will hope for Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh to see their first great grandchild. Whatever the reason, many will celebrate the marriage of Wills and Kate.

Not everyone is in favour of Monarchy. Some regard it as vulgar, wasteful and giving to human beings something they have not earned. I respect the views of people who think like this but I do not agree with them. Stability and continuity in our hysterically fast changing world are to be prized. If you don’t have a Monarch you have to elect a President to fulfill the dreary duties politicians have neither the time nor the training for. Trouble with Presidents is that they can get ideas above their station – ask Mr Putin about that if you don’t agree with me.

Seven generations on from Queen Victoria the British Monarchy is well and living at Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Sandringham, Balmoral and a few other places too. They provide a service I would not be willing to perform myself and they do it at no cost – in fact, the British Monarchy is a substantial net revenue earner for Britain. That’s not why I’d keep them, though.

Queen Elizabeth the Second has lived through twelve British Prime Ministers and most of them will testify to the value they place on her experience and commonsense. She made a commitment when she became Queen on February 6, 1952, at the age of 25 to serve her people for as long as she lived. She has fulfilled that promise with a great generosity of spirit, patience that would put Job in the shade and a sense of humour that prevents the whole thing becoming ridiculous.

I shall be watching the Prince marry his Princess. And I shall be saying God Save the Queen and God Bless the Bride.