Russian media blasts Royal Wedding as ‘force-fed celebration’ for ‘the great unwashed’
RUSSIAN media has blasted the Royal Wedding, branding it “force-fed celebration” for “the great unwashed”.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle tied the knot at St George’s Chapel in Windsor castle yesterday.
Nearly two billion people around the world tuned in to watch the ceremony and enjoy the happy occasion.
But Vladimir Putin’s state-run media seemed intent on spoiling the party.
Russian state TV's Channel One and Russia 24 refused to broadcast the event.
And Russia Today (RT) ran an article attacking the festivities and the coverage of it in the rest of the world.
The news outlet – which has been accused of being little more than a propaganda tool of Russian leader Vladimir Putin – slammed the “manic frenzy”.
It said the “great unwashed” were “force-fed a celebration of the petrified leftovers of a bloody empire with a disgraceful history”.
It also referenced a tweet by Wikileaks which called the Royal Wedding “propaganda”.
Russian TV channels showed Prince William’s wedding to Kate back in 2011.
But this time round the celebrations are thought of have been blocked because of bad relations between the two countries.
Russian TV critic Irina Petrovskaya speculated the reasons behind the move were political given the fallout from the Skripal poisonings.
She said: "This is an event that people will be watching simply for the reason it is beautiful.
"I cannot see any other explanation for them to cancel the broadcast except for political reasons.
"The Skripal poisoning is still to be resolved."
Former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were exposed to a rare Russian nerve agent called Novichok while out in Salisbury on March 5.
British authorities later pointed the finger at the Kremlin, claiming it was almost certainly a state-sponsored assassination attempt.
The row escalated with both countries expelling dozens of each other's diplomats in tit-for-tat moves.
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