Sylph.Beelshamen said:
I don't really know how it's possible Americans wouldn't know about the many monarchies in Europe. It's pretty basic history.
Then I should rephrase that. They don't know about the contemporary royals of other regal houses in Europe.
Sylph.Beelshamen said:
Also your "problem" that US coverage of this wedding is much bigger than Victoria's wedding is because the British royal house is far more important, influential and has a much richer history than that of the royal house of sweden or any other in Europe.
Besides that, I could remind you that the US have had a VERY intimite relationship with Britain since and before its existence. Not THAT long ago, the people that would become Americans paid allegiance to the British throne.
I beg to differ. All monarchy throughout Europe has made contributions in shaping Europe. Warring principalities in Europe after the Protestant Reformation formed the Edict of Worms which basically set the Catholic/Protestant lines, the Prussian Empire and Austro-Hungarian Empire laid the lines for Central and Eastern Europe, etc...
Thanks for the US History lesson, but that's a pretty obvious one. If we're going to get into US History, you conveniently forgot that the Spanish monarchy funded Columbus's expeditions, and Spain was the first to colonize South, Central America and the US, then the French and then the British.