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Royal wedding obsession!

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Witzend Tue 15-May-18 08:43:38

There's no getting away from it - they've just been banging on about it on Classic FM, which I'm listening to in the dining room - just went into kitchen for another coffee - Dh in there listening to Radio 4 - and they were on about it, too.

I do wish them happy and I hope the sun shines for them on Saturday, but....
Oh, and tins of Royal Wedding biscuits in M&S!!

DanniRae Sat 19-May-18 07:40:14

Television is ON. The programme is coming from Windsor and I am loving it already............!
To everyone who is going to watch and enjoy the Royal Wedding, have a great day.
To everyone who is avoiding the wedding I hope you are successful.
A Big Hello to all my Gransnet friend and CHELSEA to win the CUP!! xxxxxxxxxx grinsunshine and laterwine

Nanabilly Sat 19-May-18 07:24:09

It's here at last...
I have polished up my tiara.
Got my gown nicely freshened up.
Bubbly is chilling in the fridge.
Flowers from the garden I am yet to cut. Keep them fresh as possible.
Can't wait .!
Just got to go to an afternoon tea party for niece and then I can enjoy the wedding of the year!
Have a good day everyone no matter what you are doing .

Lucylastic Fri 18-May-18 19:12:19

Bread and circuses...

ninathenana Fri 18-May-18 15:35:44

It's official, Charles will walk her down the aisle.

annodomini Fri 18-May-18 15:14:59

Re my previous post: The original quote was 'A good day to bury bad news.'

AlieOxon Fri 18-May-18 15:02:56

My neighbour Darren asked 'When is it?'.....

I am painting a cupboard.

varian Fri 18-May-18 13:56:19

I am going to be very busy all weekend doing stuff unrelated to royalty or weddings, so it is probably just as well that my invitation seems to have got lost in the post as I would have had to decline, which might have upset the happy couple.

No doubt I will eventually be able to catch some edited highlights on tv.

Bridgeit Fri 18-May-18 13:13:50

Tourism,Gerispringer, shops, Cafes , restaurants sovereigns,newspapers,photographes, etc etc

annodomini Fri 18-May-18 12:52:26

I have better things to do tomorrow morning but wouldn't waste a sunny morning watching that wedding. We're sure to get it ad nauseam on the news broadcasts anyway. I am wondering what the government will come out with on "a good day to break bad news"....!

AlieOxon Fri 18-May-18 12:49:09

I must be getting brainwashed. I find myself actually watching some of this....programme about royals' body language in couples was interesting!

Nothing else on - I must get involved in something else.
Water the garden. Not moving my car today until noon tomorrow, or I will lose my spot to next door's visitors!!

BlueBelle Fri 18-May-18 12:47:54

I haven’t got excited or watched any of the royal weddings I find it hard to understand how people can be camping out and sitting or standing for hours to just say they ve been there
I wonder how many of the ladies in the shop won’t be watching because they re not interested in the Royal family or because it’s Harry and hands up in horror marrying a ‘furiner’

Gerispringer Fri 18-May-18 12:42:39

I don’t know what cash the rf generate apart from tea towel and tacky souvenir makers probably in China.

sodapop Fri 18-May-18 12:36:40

Same here pollyperkins I will enjoy all the pageantry and skip the banalities.

pollyperkins Fri 18-May-18 12:31:18

Yes i do get fed up with endlrss discussions and crowd interviewing. But I'll enjoy procession, pageantry and the actual service and seeing what they all wear!
My DD couldn't care less like many younger people but she tolerates my interest!

Anniebach Fri 18-May-18 11:45:46

Media hype and too many eager to be interviewed . Good grief they have David Emmanuel on now. No more of Diana please.

Jane10 Fri 18-May-18 11:41:31

I was just in a busy local shop. It's a friendly place. The lady asked if I'd be watching the wedding tomorrow and when I said no, all the ladies behind the counter burst out laughing. Apparently, not one of the customers they'd asked said they'd be watching it. Media hype? Damp squib?

Besstwishes Fri 18-May-18 11:01:06

DD went into Waitrose in Cornwall today to be told that they didn’t have any Royal Wedding stuff in at all, no flags, bunting, red white and blue hats etc.
Had they sold out? Nope, she was told that they didn’t get any in.

Odd, when you consider the number of petitions that were raised against the building, when PC gave them permission to build on beautiful open countryside in ‘his’ Duchy.

jenpax Fri 18-May-18 10:55:05

gillybob Yes and mainly big business! Whom we learn many of which often employ dodgy off shore tax avoidance schemes to avoid paying U.K. tax! so really I can’t see there is any financial advantage to us as tax payers in funding them

pollyperkins Fri 18-May-18 10:54:12

Well unfirtunTely I have to go to another event tomorrow but Im recording it to watch later when DH is out, as he is not interested!! Hes more i terested in the football which I dont give two hoots about!

paddyann Fri 18-May-18 10:52:33

Really peed me off to get a post on B this morning of Harry in army gear with the heading"for those who complain about paying for security ...he paid for yours by risking his life...£32 million is a bargain" ! What about all the other veterans who did come back with physical or mental health issues ? Shouldn't we be looking after THEM ? 32million would go a long way to keeping them safe and sorting out their problems.
Lets remember Harry had BODYGUARDS with him when he was in Afghanistan !

gillybob Fri 18-May-18 10:42:16

The rf do not generate a lot of cash for this country illtellhim they generate cash for certain select parts of the country a big difference .

illtellhim Fri 18-May-18 10:37:47

The royal family should be looked on as an asset much the same as M&S Sainsbury or Tesco. They generate a lot of cash for this country and for that I'm grateful.
Is it true that Wales is closing for the day?

Grandma70s Fri 18-May-18 10:26:55

ninathenana I was only going by what I’d read about the refreshments as well. I don’t think it matters much either way. It’s easy enough to take a picnic.

I wasn't interpreting your post in particular as a moan - sorry if it seemed that way. It’s just that people in general often have their own take on something, and bend the facts to fit it.

Anniebach Fri 18-May-18 10:12:42

Roll on Monday. Even Carol gave the weather forecast from Windsor

BlueBelle Fri 18-May-18 09:16:15

I am not interested in Royalty but I really think they look a lovely couple and hope they are very very very happy I hope people just leave them alone and they can whisk off into the sunset and do some good charity work and have some babies and just get on with getting on
I m not excited by big weddings or fancy parties of any kind, not big on funerals or christenings either I m a simple soul who doesn’t sit comfortably with razzmatazz (if I had my life again I d definitely be the one on the beach somewhere quiet with just close relatives) so I won’t be bothering to watch but hopefully see some short catch ups on the news that will be enough for me
Good luck to them and all the folks camping out to catch a glimpse and I have no bother with whether they get fed or not, they could feed half a third world country on the proceeds of a big wedding and I d much rather they did that