Bring your own picnic.

I can’t see a problem with taking your own food. Don’t see how it could be otherwise. I went right off the royal family for years after the Diana debacle, but I love William and Harry. They are a credit to Diana and she would be so proud of them. I never thought this was a suitable match though and can’t see it lasting more than a few years, but I hope I’m wrong. I saw a programme about Harry last night about him being in the army, and the front line, in case others think he wasn’t. He was very popular and what a lovely guy he is, as is William. I hope Charles never gets to be king and don’t get me started on Camilla or I’ll be writing a novel!!

gillybob. Me to
What is such a big thing about this couple?
If I hear again Trevor Macdonalds words 'to which you are all invited' I swear if I wasn't 'cutting off my nose to spite my face' I would put a brick through my TV.
I can't recall there ever being such a' jolly 'with other royal weddings In view of what I have read,not always accurate, the public are not exactly throwing flowers at the'bride to be'.Is this then,and a misguided view,by bringing sarnies and crisps onto the streets feel we are guests Who will be clearing up the rubbish left by we the invited,Not royalty you may be sure.
It will be the 'cup'& knowing my local will have the match wide screen &provide food.
Proceeds to Xmas 2018 dinner for the homeless.

Seems like a plan to me. Having my favourite food and drink to dispense at my whim appeals greatly. As for watching the celebrations, I think I'm probably too nosey not to. Can't imagine I'll find many people to socialise with on the day. I wish them every bit of happiness that I do to any couple who are willing to tie the knot in these days of 'let's not bother'

"SLAINTE" Lily and all+

Funny==Maggie+

On the "big day". Of the Royal Wedding, my daughters ,granddaughters and myself are going to dress up , watch the wedding on the telly and drink Prosecco , eat canapés and enjoy every minute of it, We love Harry, and we will wish both he and Meghan a long and happy marriage,

Jeremy Vine’s picked up on it now. What a storm in a teacup (that may or may not be provided).

As I said earlier, and as it says in the article linked to, light refreshments and snacks are being provided.

The wedding is not in London! It’s in Windsor.

TrishP2, things have changed. Kate comes from quite humble stock if you go back a generation or so. I expect Meghan does too. She is quite well off, but that doesn’t mean that her family have always been. Their families started as the ‘poor man at his gate’, and are now the ‘rich man in his castle’. That’s change.

I have the misfortune of having to be in London that day. The wedding and the football!

I have no interest in the Royal family, but wish them a happy day and a happy life. There's a great deal of media hype which is out of all proportion. They've been living together for months anyway.

I agree with Rosina and Peardrop on this one. I'm going to settle down with a drop of bubbly and enjoy the day. I wish them well. They seem a great young couple who want to do what's right.

annifrance this is the point I'm trying to get across. The charity workers will be spending quite a lot to get to the wedding but to not be even given a cup of tea I think wrong.

The rich man in his castle
The poor man at the gate
God made them high and lowly
And ordered their estate.

Seems nothing much has changed.

Many of the 600 charity et al invitees are very excited to have been asked and will be going. presumably they will pay their own travel costs so it would seem pretty mean not to provide some kind of refreshments. as another poster said, royal garden parties are routine and the powers that be well used to catering for such. At £15 a head for a reasonable light lunch comes to a total of £9000 which I am sure Meghan and Harry can come up with from their own pockets.

But this isn't a ceremonial occasion, it is a family wedding.No foreign royalty and no ceremonial parade.
I believe the bridal couple will be the only ones in a coach, the rest in cars and only the couple doing the drive around the town.
I don't remembers this fuss when Edward married,although I didn't see it.

Third world problems?

Oh what a load of bad feeling and yes bitterness coming through here I m not at all into the Royals but I don’t begrudge others wanting to cheer and watch and wave and dine out on the day they went to the royal wedding I doubt if they expect to be fed I wouldn’t if I was going anywhere to watch an event
I don’t think poor old Harry can do right for doing wrong and poor Meghan she don’t stand a chance does she, she’s from another country shock horror !!! and oh by gosh she has a bit of black blood running through her veins coming here diluting our precious white blood what a load of piffle Of course the beautiful Diana was in love with an Egyptian but that’s different she was blond and milky white and out of the royal circle by then but she still wasn’t judged was she ?
Those who are t too interested just ignore the day those that are into Royals watch and enjoy from whatever vantage point the rest of us can pick bits up on the news that’s probably enough

Yes I'm looking forward to seeing Bea and Eug headgear
too----Whats wrong in being happy?????

Stone the crows .... live and let live eh???

700+ of those invited are local residents and 500+ are palace staff. So not far to walk.

I love all the online guff about refusing to watch and going on holiday to avoid it (as opposed to switching your TV channel). Harry and Meghan will be gutted.

It may be the 'general public' but ut's carefully selected members of the public such as people who've done 'good works', head teachers who've turned around failing schools, community leaders, volunteers in various sectors et al. Not just random names picked from a hat. They're the creme de la creme of the plebs.

No one was forced to accept a invitation. No one is forced to watch it on TV. I saw on another thread someone saying they will 'refuse' to watch the wedding. I wonder who is insisting that they do? A lot of people enjoy a Royal spectacle or indeed any of the traditional occasions like Trooping the Colour, evidently these events bring a lot of revenue into the country. I am not fussed one way or the other but I will watch as I do enjoy seeing ceremonial at its best - nobody does it as well as we do - and a wedding is the most joyful of occasions. If you don't like it, don't want to watch, hate the royal family well...you have the great British prerogative of choice, and can keep the TV off or on another channel.

well said annsixty its exactly like throwing coppers at native children in old colonial days.The problem is of course these over priviledged scroungers think it still IS colonial days and they're the masters and the rest of us are muck beneath their pampered feet .They have no interest in the problems of the people they call "subjects" only the money that rolls in from us to keep them in the life they think they deserve !1

I think these are the charity and other good causes people who have been invited to be in the grounds of Windsor that day. They will probably have to arrive very early and stay late for security and transport reasons. Many of them will have to pay for hotels etc. I can't see why they would have to bring a picnic when the Royal Family regularly hosts garden parties at which there is mass outside catering. Given that most of these ordinary-but-invited people will probably be dressed up for the occasion and possibly have to park miles away, it seems impractical and actually quite mean not to give them a cuppa and a few sandwiches to save them on the practical front. Maybe some of the "outside" public could toss them a jeely piece (jam sandwich in Scotland) over the security fence.