The Royal Wedding

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Thinking that Anderson Cooper's memoirs may be titled....When I Was Forced To Trade My Flak Jacket For A Morning Coat.....enjoyed seeing the recap

[Corkey]

We petered out at 7 am et. Made it through the I'do's and went to bed. I did however DVR the rest of it for another day.
Cheers!

[WILDCAT]

... I am too hard on my Mother. After all, she DID say "if you have nothing nice to say, say NOTHING AT ALL".

However... then, she told me "straight up" she was homophobic!? (Recently here, folks.)

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Point HERE, I guess ?, IS... there are so many things to be SUPER CONCERNED about , and then there is this JUDGING. Opinions are "cool". But, can ANYONE be happy with something outside of theirselves - for a change? I really would WISH for that.

Sometimes I wonder(?)

[AtLast]

Originally Posted by June

Some people are saying Pippa shouldn't have worn white, but I thought it was really striking given that the flowers were white and the bridesmaids were too. I thought her dress complimented the brides really well. If she had worn purple or something, it would have been distracting with all that red, Williams uniform, the carpet, etc.

The hats were pretty much my favorite thing, from gorgeous to downright ridiculous!

I agree and yanno, she most certainly did not make that decision herself. There was a lot of protocol to follow and I’m sure Pippa did not have much say in what color her dress was going to be. It wouldn’t surprise me at all that that the bride’s mother was given a list of “appropriate” colors to wear.

The bride, her sister and their mother are beautiful in a very natural way to me. Dad and brother are attractive, too. They all looked anxious and stressed to me. Probably told more than once about cameras being on your face at all times!!

Pippa was great with the child attendants- they are never easy, just little kids with expectations around them to be "good." That was a pretty long ceremony for little kids to get through. One of the little girls was falling asleep in the carriage on the way back to the palace.

One thing that bothered me with the CNN coverage I watched was some misinformation about who started the Middleton's successful business- it was Carol Middleton, the Mom, not Dad. She utilized the net as a woman with growing children and ended up with a multi-million dollar business. Dad did join in as it grew, but he was not the founder. Probably smart to keep his job until they knew they could support themselves with the party supply business.

[AtLast]

Originally Posted by WILDCAT

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Point HERE, I guess ?, IS... there are so many things to be SUPER CONCERNED about , and then there is this JUDGING. Opinions are "cool". But, can ANYONE be happy with something outside of theirselves - for a change? I really would WISH for that.

Sometimes I wonder(?)

Me, too! What is wrong with a little good will toward others? Enjoying something for just the sake of enjoying something. And on the political side of this, I find it strange that there is negative opinions thrown out about a country with a monarch. Two major countries in the world under a monarchy (Britian & Canada) have had socialized medicine for years! Seems to me that their choices to take care of their people is better than in the US. Guess it is a "glass house" thang.

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Originally Posted by AtLastHome

Pippa was great with the child attendants- they are never easy, just little kids with expectations around them to be "good." That was a pretty long ceremony for little kids to get through. One of the little girls was falling asleep in the carriage on the way back to the palace.

Hehe, tbh I wouldn't be surprised if those kids, being minor royals, had more experience in front of cameras than Pippa did

Originally Posted by AtLastHome

Me, too! What is wrong with a little good will toward others? Enjoying something for just the sake of enjoying something. And on the political side of this, I find it strange that there is negative opinions thrown out about a country with a monarch. Two major countries in the world under a monarchy (Britian & Canada) have had socialized medicine for years! Seems to me that their choices to take care of their people is better than in the US. Guess it is a "glass house" thang.

Same with New Zealand, Australia, the Netherlands (Queen Beatrix), Sweden (King Carl XVI), Denmark (Queen Margrethe II) and Norway (King Harald V) among others. The more liberal/socially conscious nature of these nations has more to do with their being parliamentary democracies, though it's interesting to look at how the parliamentary system evolved within these constitutional monarchies. In general, I think the parliamentary system is more democratic than the constitutional republic/presidential system of the US, which may be why the US does not compare well to the above nations when it comes to health care, education and public services.

Anyways, personally I am not opposed to constitutional monarchies or this wedding. I'm fairly indifferent and just wanted to watch it since I wasn't alive for the last one, lol. And as a history buff I think it's cool to see certain traditions being kept alive (more the military pomp, I suppose). The British royal family has little do with Britain's foreign affairs these days, or even national affairs. On a day to day basis they are insignificant in the life of the average person, but when it comes to large events like this wedding, the Commonwealth Games or something similar I think for many people the monarchy is more a symbol of unity and shared/similar values than anything else.

In many respects this wedding had the same effects as a large festival: attracted large numbers of people from around the world and thus contributing to local wealth by means of toursim. Yes, a lot of money was spent, but a lot of money was also brought in as a result. Whether they would have spent the money elsewhere or on the wedding makes little difference anyways, since they already contribute a great deal of money to charities and foreign aid. I guess I think there are more significant things to complain about than a wedding. If you didn't want to watch it or thought it silly then all you had to do was not watch... *shrug* Why not just let those who wanted to enjoy it, enjoy it?

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I really enjoyed seeing the wedding and I loved that they borrowed Charles car to drive to the reception.

They both looked wonderful !

hey whats with the funky hats in England ? That was a show in itself !!

I wish them a long and happy life !

[Quintease]

Yes it was beautiful, it was a bit of a salve to the 300 who died in Alabama or the thousands who died in Japan.

The mini buses and the hats made me laugh, the dress made me Oo and Aahh..

My heart went out to how nervous she seemed at the wedding and how genuinely happy they seemed after.

The whole day was beautiful..

.. but Pippa

Wow..

It was a fantastic opportunity for the ConDemNation Government to slip a pretty major piece of political news past the nation. Oh Mr.Cameron, you're going make even deeper swingeing cuts to the health service than you promised in your election pledges? Oh that's ok there's a Royal Wedding to stop us all worrying about it.

I believe the wedding should have been much more low key considering how many folks are losing jobs and more children than ever living in poverty.

Just a Brit speaking my mind...