Royal wedding obsession!

Well I love all of the pomp and pageantry and I'm not ashamed to say it .
I am mortified that I have to go to a nieces party for afternoon tea right at 12 o clock so will probably miss the actual wedding and run up to it but hubby is going to record it so I can catch up when I get in or later .I'm sure it will all be repeated later but want to see it as it happened . I tried to get the date changed for the afternoon tea but it could not be done .I'm just hoping the teahouse does not have it on or I shall just sit in front of the tv ...
I love weddings in general but royal weddings and all the ceremony and posh frocks and hats etc really floats my boat.
I can't wait !!

Alli as I said further up the thread that's what H and I will be doing

Grandma70s the article I read stated that the invitation read no refreshments provided or similar wording. If you have been told different, fair enough. As far as I know what I read fact.

I'm certainly not moaning about it, and am surprised you could interpret my post as a moan. It's just a statement of what I've read. As I won't be there I couldn't care less.

Might be a good day for shopping....

I've been so uninterested, that I've only just cottoned on as to why the people next door to me ( I hardly ever see them) have had some large gazebo/marquee tents in their garden since Monday!
Duh.

Don't give a stuff about the Windsors' wedding except that it's going to cost staggeringly huge amounts of dosh.

OH and I are planning an escape: hoping a large number of the populace will be glued to their TVs for either the wedding or the Cup Final, we're heading out for the day - somewhere peaceful and rural :-)

When we come home, I hope all the fuss will be done with.

It's a fairly harmless obsession. Live and let live.

Don't worry, Grandma70. I've just seen on breakfast news that the long walk has dozens of portaloos.

I don't know about the rest of the route though.

Even the guests inside the chapel, even the Queen and Meghan and Harry don’t get lunch until 2 pm, after the wedding, so I don’t know why people are fussing about lack of catering. It’s a morning wedding. In any case, some refreshments and snacks will be available to the guests in the grounds, we have been told. But don’t let the facts get in the way of a good moan.

I’m just wondering if there will be any portaloos.

The invitation simply meant you could get closer to the action #bringyourownpicnic

Shocked to hear that the Royal family aren’t even catering for the 600 “commoners” invited to the grounds? they could easily afford it!!

Going back to Meghan walking down the aisle. I see there are 2 Mulroney children as Meghan's attendants, seems their father a previous Canadian PM is a friend, he would be suitable.

Well I am looking forward to sitting in front of the telly with a glass of bubbly or cheaper equivalent in my hand criticising all the outfits and selecting a few that meet my approval.

I will be sorting out my Royal bunting tomorrow and will put it up in our front window so all the neighbours can say 'it's that old bird who lives at no. 8 a bit of a Royalist but quite harmless' ???????????

It could be a excellent time to go shopping. I thought the shops would be empty but apparently far fewer people are interested in this wedding than the media seem to think.

Ohh lilypollen, sometimes it’s got to be done hasn’t it, hope you are happier now?

I obeyed but have since reneged on it!

Let’s hope not??

Same here, Bridgeit! I wonder if anyone still chooses to add that bit?

Well I will watch it if I am about, but have the family coming around for a royal wedding do late in the afternoon. Although to be honest if it came to a vote.......

We have many outdated traditions in this country as do most countries but , for the most part we like them. For those that don’t agree there are alternatives. Although I must admit at the time of my marriage it was a choice to include the word ‘obey’ needless to say I declined!

My late DF was a Church of Scotland minister, and was very firm about the use of 'giving away' at weddings he conducted. It is not part of the C of S service anyway, but he insisted that the bride was being escorted down the aisle as a courtesy, not a transfer of property! Certainly I know I was very glad of his company when he did it for me (he wasn't a minister then, so that's why he was escorting me, not marrying us.)

Our promises were to be 'a loving, faithful and dutiful wife/husband'. Obeying does not appear in the C of S service either.

Giving away or bringing this woman to be married is for many brides a touching tradition to be shared with (usually) their father. It’s entirely optional. Why on earth should it be got rid of because a small minority (or so it seems in my experience of weddings) don’t want it?

Baggs, I so agree about the ‘giving away’ nonsense. It’s in the church service. No-one gave me away at my non-church wedding.

My mother was married in 1935, and all her life went on to me about how she disliked the idea of being an object to be given away. She went along with it at the time, because her father was a strict Anglican and she didn’t want to upset him.

The promise to obey, which of course she also objected to, is usually omitted now. Why not get rid of ‘giving away’ as well?

Exactly Oldwoman. Its harfly their fault - they really have no choice given that 100s of people want to watch. It is a state not a private affair anyway.

paddyann It is hardly their fault they are a target for terrorists. If extra security was not put on and there was an attack hundreds of by-standers could be killed and injured. Imagine the outcry then