Bring your own picnic.

Personally I love a good wedding, I love having a royal family, I love the pomp and ceremony that we do best and I love a good street party. I think screens should be put up in city parks and everybody should bring a picnic and join in the fun.

Everyone’s entitled to their own opinion, of course. Though I always think that saying “Who in their right mind...?”implies that those of us who think otherwise are a set of simpletons.

Simple or not, I’ll be watching, though from the comfort of my sofa. I’m particularly looking forward to seeing what creations Beatrice and Eugenie have on their heads this time.

I'm with gillybob on this one!

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/03/residents-golden-ticket-royal-wedding-told-provide-picnic-lunch/amp/

There are going to be some light snacks and refreshments provided apparently. And it’ll all be over by 1pm. Though people are still “dismayed”.

There's a royal wedding coming up? You'd never have known...
Actually, I've got a prior engagement that day anyway - my son and his fiancee are also getting married on May 19, and they chose the date long before the royal pair did! Oh, and none of our guests will have to take their own picnic...hehe

Providing some refreshment for the invited onlookers shouldn't be a problem. The Royal garden parties host hundreds of people at a time and cater for them.
Not much of an honour for those chosen charity workers to be invited to stand around and provide their own picnics.
I'm not impressed by this couple at all. I'll not be watching on TV either!

Didn't everyone who was invited to the last big royal event get a picnic hamper?I seem to remember the contents being described in the newspapers.

Personally I'd have thought that anyone who was that keen to go in the first place wouldn't mind taking their own picnic. Presumably they're all ardent royal fans - why would you bother if not? - so I dare say many will take a bottle of fizz, too.

Oh dear, why so much bitterness from gillybob, and to a lesser extent from the OP?

This was the post I was referring to G70s ???

No need to be sorry at all Grandma70s we are all entitled to our own opinions .

Apologies then gillybob I must be thinking of someone else.

Life not life’s ! ( I’m pretty sure I’ve only lived once) .

OldMeg It was Nanawind, not gillybob, who used the word ‘toffs’. I don’t think I was hard on either of them, but if they think so I’m sorry.

Nothing to do with having a “hard life’s” or not OldMeg and for the record I haven’t *Grandma70s” . I’m not bitter I just don’t like the royals and their absolute hypocrisy. Their wedding means not one jot to me . I have never used the word “toffs” either .

I wouldn't have been invited as I don't do any "good works" but if I had, I certainly wouldn't have gone.
All that expense of travelling, hotel for the night etc , just to get of a glimpse of a bride and groom in whom I have no interest whatsoever, drive by on their way to two sumptuous meals in thousands of £'s worth of clobber.
No Thank you, it is like throwing coppers to children in the third world.

Grandma70s don’t be too harsh on gillybob she’s had a hard life.

I don't see this as a problem either - it would be far to difficult to feed them all and much more fun to be preparing your picnic to take. I personally wouldn't want to go in all those crowds but will definitely be watching it - I assume it's being televised. I don't actually know when it is though

Sorry, ‘terms’ and ‘out’. Didn’t check, can’t edit.

Oh dear, why so much bitterness from gillybob, and to a lesser extent from the OP?

If you use the word ‘toffs’ I presume you also talk about ‘plebs’. I thought these silly divisive terns had died ou years ago.

Oh gosh what’s the fuss if you want to watch take your own snacks if you want to be a CHARITY ( which surely is about giving) worker take you own snack why does everyone expect so much, of course they can’t feed the five thousand
When I do a days work in a charity shop I don’t expect a dinner thrown in
What a hooha over nothing just another stick to beat the youngsters over poor sods, pity they didn’t go off to a beach in Barbados, bet they wish they could,m but that would be wrong too wouldn’t it.

I think it would surely not be difficult to provide maybe a small box for each of them. Maybe a sandwich, something savoury, something sweet and a drink. In the scheme of things it would be a drop in the ocean.

Well I wouldn’t want to be there but I can’t view it as a freak show ,they can’t help being who they are any more than you or I. They will be criticised what ever they do.

Not sure what I think of that Nanawind,it is probably the reasons Menopaws has mentioned.

Who I their right kind would want to be part of this freak show?

Yes probably Bridgeit official ones of course with all
proceeds going into the royal coffers.