To find 'Royal Superfans' completely baffling?

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I mean, why? according to this DM link there are people dressed in Union Jacks, with posters, balloons etc outside the Lindo Wing already! The Royal wedding seemed to bring them out in force too!
I have nothing against the royals as such, if anything I feel a bit sorry for them, but cannot comprehend that kind of adoration considering what they do. Surely I can't be alone in this?

Do you remember xfactor when the chosen few went home to celebrate to an adoring crowd which was completely faked for tv?

To imply that they were more popular than they actually were and to generate more interest & support therefore more people spending money to vote for them and keep them in?

Just saying (whistles...)

It's very odd. I live just round the corner from the hospital and one of the super fans accosted me in marks and spencer on Sunday. He was wearing top to toe royal regalia and just accosted me to tell me all about his exploits and his fandom and how he'd been in the Daily Star and then rushed off to get a copy to show me. He was very odd and I actually couldn't really get away. I was actually wondering what sort of disorder he had - very (overly) friendly, eccentric, no reading of cues, very insistent.

It is a bit more unusual but I don't suppose it is much different to having any sort of hobby or being a fan of something else; campervans, birdwatching, pop stars, dolls houses, Morris dancing... People have lots of fun following all sorts of pursuits. Football fans bemuse me.

Someone's already said the queen does work hard because she meets a lot of people. What a load of crap. Yes there are times when I don't feel like meeting people but I don't get a load of money and free palaces just for doing so and people are not told how to behave around me, they can tell me to fuck off if they want. As it goes I'm not that sociable so I don't get told to fuck off that often.

But most fandom does not involve dressing like a loon and pitching a pop up tent on the street and living in it for a week.
Football fans tend to wear a footy top and cheer their team on and that's it.

How do these people get the time to do it?

I don't get why people on Christmas day decide to go to Sandringham to queue outside the church just to see the Royal family.

On Christmas day. But yes, if you're a fan...But when does being a fan become desperate to catch a glimpse of someone?

Super-committed fans creep me out whatever the object of their ott affections - I never 'got' the screaming fans lining the roads when the Beatles or whoever came through. Tears and hysterics at Elvis? Nope, don't geddit, I'm afraid. Never have done, even before I was an old gimmer

I bet they don't camp outside hospitals in tents when their own relatives have babies

Thankfully not ime - MIL is royal super freak fan! Unfortunately for her two of her 3 sons have married women with lefty, Republican tendencies and her attemps to indoctrinate the grandkids have failed thus far .

There are people who are obsessed with the Royals though. Seriously obsessed.

I bet a visit to their house would be interesting. How many commerative mugs can you have?

WyrdByrd is your MIL a 'camper'?!

My dh works at BH in royalty protection.
He is not looking forward to the upcoming birth.
He says it will be mayhem.
They have a list sent out everyday of people to look out for that might not be mentally stable that fixate on the royals.

I know that 'street support' has had to be drummed up for Kate and William before, so I wonder whether there is a touch of that going on.

No idea why anyone would camp outside a hospital otherwise. But then some people don't mind curtseying either. Hell would freeze over before I curtsied to anyone.

I'm not the biggest Royalist in town, it has to be said.

It's totally bizarre. My DD was in St. Mary's last Wednesday night and when we left the following day, there were already multiple flag-draped loons hanging around. Will they still be there a month on if she goes overdue??

She was Nancery - but I don't think she's bothered since the Queen Mum died (might have done for Kate & Wills wedding - can't remember).

Her entire social calendar is arranged about what royal/historical/ceremonial events are going on .

They have a list sent out everyday of people to look out for that might not be mentally stable that fixate on the royals.

I wonder if MIL is on it? She's always boasting about how the people organising events recognise her and make an effort to help her out - perhaps they're just making sure she's somewhere they can keep a close eye on her - hahahaha !

The whole camping outside the hospital for a birth and the 'ooh its a girl/boy'with added commentary on how she did well producing a male heir/ one of each irritates me. I rarely feel sorry for waity Katie but I do for this. She is still a woman waiting for the birth of her baby and she has a load of strangers cheering her on from outside!

I think the Queen does work pretty hard actually, considering she in her 80s. I can't imagine it's great fun having meetings with politicians, heads of state, going to functions you don't really want to, and generally not being able to do whatever you fancy or behave in the way you really want to. She trained as a mechanic and truck driver and was in the armed forces during ww2. She's not exactly lazy. I know a few people who have worked for her and she is tough, but humble, caring and certainly does not expect to be waited on hand and foot.
Aside from that, yes I do think all this baby mania is bonkers. They could be there for days!

I'm pro the Royal Family generally but do find this level of devotion unsettling to say the least - it seems odd to be so over invested in someone that you have no actual connection with.

I think it's a bit sad. It's a complete stranger giving birth, and that complete stranger doesn't give a shit about you and would probably prefer you not to be there.

I can understand admiration of pop bands/actors as at least you can admire their work, be it songs, movies etc. ( Although granted camping outside their hospital is a bit weird too) I can't understand fawning over the Royal family.

Royal fanatics are the type of people who wear wolf fleeces, why is it always wolves?

Like Orlando said, I often think what happens if things go wrong? I didn't like talking about or answering questions about my pregnancy because I felt quite superstitious about it. But poor Kate has everyone speculating about names etc. I'd hate it.

She knew what she was getting into when she married him, so no, have no sympathy with any of them. If they don't like the attention of the press and various weird, freaky members of the public, then it's quite simple - abolish the monarchy.

Utterly bizarre.

I guessed the Royals are the subject of interest to people on the ASD spectrum?

As has been said the group outside St Mary's are no different to say 1D fans or political party campaigner's.

OP, it is the ones who spend their Christmas morning waiting in the freezing cold outside the church at Sandringham, only to be ignored. What are they trying to achieve? The Royal family don't care if they are there or not. Very very strange people.