Have you ever been drawn in by a headline about a celebrity?  Do you know more about the personal lives of the royal family than you care to admit?  Does our media and social media environment create the illusion that celebrities are our friends?  Victoria Arbiter is the CNN Royal Contributor and has spent a career in broadcasting, reporting on the royal family.  We discuss the ways in which the public fascination with the royal family and other celebrities has (or has not) changed over the years, and how media and social media have played a key role in that relationship.