Anything to distract us sheep from the economy. This ploy last activated back in 1981 ..
Quite. The inner city riots, I recall, suddenly glossed over with wedding dresses and bunting. Someone alluded to this on the radio a couple of days back and referred also to the Princess Margaret marriage in the early 70s. I only vaguely remember that but it would fit with the economic and social unrest of the time.
And in the early 80s mass unemployment and urban riots v. the Falklands War and the Charles/Diana wedding, all put in perspective by that brilliant movie, This Is England: