News Royal Wedding Of Prince William Of Wales and Kate Middleton

Is the Royal Wedding "over-rated"?

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Hi all,
I saw that there is no Off-Topic thread for the upcoming Royal Wedding on the 29th April 2011. So i figured i would start one here as a discussion and news thread.

Who Is Invited?
On 16 and 17 February 2011, three sets of guest lists were sent out in the name of the Queen. More than half of the guests will be family and friends of the couple, though there will be a significant number of Commonwealth leaders.

Notable attendees:
HM Queen Elizabeth II,
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh,
HE The Rt Hon. Dr. David Johnston, Governor General of Canada,
HM The King of Saudi Arabia,
HM The Queen of Denmark,
The Hon. Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of Australia,
Rowan Atkinson :P,
David and Victoria Beckham,
Prince Harry of Wales (who is the Best man),
Pippa Middleton (who is the Maid of Honour),

[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wedding_guests_of_Prince_William_of_Wales_and_Kate_Middleton"]Full list of who is invited.[/ame]

Wedding Service
The main venue for the Royal Wedding is Westminster Abbey in London. Although the abbey has been the traditional location for coronations since 1066, it has only recently been the church of choice for royal weddings.

Timings
St James's Palace announced on 5 January that the ceremony is to start at 11:00 and that Middleton will arrive at the abbey by car rather than by carriage, which is the traditional transport for royal brides. The planned route is along The Mall, through the Horse Guards Parade and down Whitehall to the abbey. After the ceremony, the bridal couple will return along the same route by carriage to a reception hosted by the Queen at Buckingham Palace. The Prince of Wales is to host a private dinner that evening.

Reception
The Queen will host a lunchtime reception at Buckingham Palace. The reception will start after the arrival carriage with the married couple. It will be a private gathering for guests drawn from the congregation who will represent the couple’s official and private lives. During the Reception, the couple will give an appearance on the Buckingham Palace Balcony. The East front of the palace contains this well-known balcony on which the Royal Family traditionally congregate to greet crowds outside. Guests will be served with canapés at the Reception.

Private Dinner
In the evening, The Prince of Wales will give a private dinner, followed by dancing, at Buckingham Palace for the couple and their close friends and family.

The Wedding Cake (I will finish it off! :shifty:)
It will be a multi-tiered traditional fruit cake decorated with cream and white icing. The cake designer Fiona Cairns was chosen in February 2011 to create the wedding cake. Furthermore, McVitie's will create a special cake from chocolate biscuit for the reception at Buckingham Palace. The chocolate biscuit cake will be made from a Royal Family recipe and was specially requested by Prince William.

Wedding Ring
Middleton will have a wedding ring, which will be made from Welsh gold. Since 1923, it is a tradition in the royal family to use Welsh gold for the wedding ring of the bride. This ring will be made from a small amount of gold that has been kept in the royal vaults since it was originally presented to Queen Elizabeth II. It was once mined from the Clogau Gold Mine in the Welsh mountains, not far away from Anglesey, where the couple live. The Clogau Gold Mine has been closed since the previous century. Other royals such as Queen Elizabeth II wear wedding rings made from that gold. The Queen has "given a piece of the gold that has been in the family for many years to Prince William as a gift," a palace source says. An expert craftsman, unnamed by the palace but likely to be the Crown Jeweller Harry Collins, has been tasked with fashioning the nugget into a piece for Middleton.
Unlike Middleton, Prince William will not wear a wedding ring. He will not receive a ring from Middleton when the pair exchange vows during the wedding. The prince expressed his wish that only the bride's ring be presented on the day. Married males who stay ringless are not uncommon in royal families. For example, Prince Philip does not wear a wedding ring.

Threats
Unfortunately there are people who are not too happy with the United Kingdom and so they have threatened the safety of the wedding. :(. The London police announced in March that they were considering tough measures to prevent disorder amid fear that anarchists will target the event following the protests against government budget cuts earier in the year.


Thanks for reading,
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Scruce.
 
As an Englishman, you might think that I'm looking forward to the Royal Wedding.

WRONG! :P

Quite honestly, I think that the US is far more interested in this than the UK are.

I'm already sick of our saturation media coverage. I just don't understand what all the fuss is about. Two people are getting married. Just get on with it. :lol:
 
We have been getting 'normal' coverage here. Luckily the wedding is on ANZAC day, which is quite subdued so that will calm the media a little.
 
+1 to Pete. All I like about the Royal Wedding is that I get a day off to watch the Shuttle Launch Thanks Willy & Katy!!
 
Dambuster said:
I just got back from the USA...this wedding is on every single morning TV channel there, and it was driving me absolutely nuts. I'm amazed by how the American news networks appear to care more than anyone else except William and Kate.
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Orbinaut Pete said:
As an Englishman, you might think that I'm looking forward to the Royal Wedding.

WRONG! :P

Quite honestly, I think that the US is far more interested in this than the UK are.

I'm already sick of our saturation media coverage. I just don't understand what all the fuss is about. Two people are getting married. Just get on with it. :lol:
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garyw said:
+1 to Pete. All I like about the Royal Wedding is that I get a day off to watch the Shuttle Launch Thanks Willy & Katy!!
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I don't get it. What is with all the hating? :huh:
 
I am really happy that my TV is broken. Not that I like both William and Kate and wish them all the best, as much as I hope for William following his Grandmother on the throne, because he seems to be a rather decent chap for a royal. His brother seem to be a bit too much Prince Albert of Monaco currently.

But I am already saturated by it.

A royal wedding has more style and glamor as the tattoo of our first lady, but IMHO, head of state is first of all a job and no lifestyle.
 
Scruce said:
I don't get it. What is with all the hating? :huh:
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I don't "hate" it per se, I'm just indifferent to it, but am getting sick of having it thrust upon me everywhere I turn. :lol:
 
I do not care, whatsoever.
 
I don't 'hate' them either but I do wonder who, in this time of cost cutting, in this time when friends of mine who are in the emergency services are seeing major job losses, just who is paying for it all?
 
garyw said:
I don't 'hate' them either but I do wonder who, in this time of cost cutting, in this time when friends of mine who are in the emergency services are seeing major job losses, just who is paying for it all?
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This:
It was also announced that the costs of the wedding itself will be met by the Royal Family and the Middletons themselves, while the costs of security and transport will be covered by the British treasury. The couple have also asked that donations be made to charities in place of traditional wedding gifts; to that end, they established The Prince William and Miss Catherine Middleton Charitable Gift Fund, which focuses on assisting charities such as the New Zealand Christchurch Earthquake Appeal, the Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary, the Royal Flying Doctor Service, and the Zoological Society of London.
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while the costs of security and transport will be covered by the British treasury.
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Which is called the taxpayer. Also, most of the royal family are on the civil list. Paid for by the taxpayer.
 
The Royal Air Force are currently making 1000 people redundant, and are struggling to find enough pilots to fly operations in Libya.

However, they are conducting (and paying for) a flypast for the Royal wedding. Will the Royal family reimburse them, seems as they are the Royal Air Force? :dry:
 
Orbinaut Pete said:
and are struggling to find enough pilots to fly operations in Libya.
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Mostly because there aren't enough qualified eurofighter pilots because the Government is slashing costs.
 
garyw said:
Mostly because there aren't enough qualified eurofighter pilots because the Government is slashing costs.
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Who needs the Eurofighter anyway... the Spitfire was good enough for Britain. :lol:
 
I get a day off to watch two English people being married.

Thats the situation in a nut-shell. And I am furious about it.
 
Urwumpe said:
Who needs the Eurofighter anyway... the Spitfire was good enough for Britain. :lol:
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Yes, Seventy years on, the RAF are still dropping bombs in Libya, different reasons though...

N.
 
Orbinaut Pete said:
The Royal Air Force are currently making 1000 people redundant, and are struggling to find enough pilots to fly operations in Libya.

However, they are conducting (and paying for) a flypast for the Royal wedding. Will the Royal family reimburse them, seems as they are the Royal Air Force? :dry:
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I agree with you in principle that the money spent on this event may be galling to people who have recently lost their jobs. However, although I don't have the figures, I suspect it is mere pennies compared to the cash we are throwing at the 2012 Olympics. Billions of pounds for a couple of weeks of running and jumping at a time of national austerity.
 
streb2001 said:
I agree with you in principle that the money spent on this event may be galling to people who have recently lost their jobs. However, although I don't have the figures, I suspect it is mere pennies compared to the cash we are throwing at the 2012 Olympics. Billions of pounds for a couple of weeks of running and jumping at a time of national austerity.
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Worse, the Americans, Chinese and Australians will take all your gold medals :P
 
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