No over-the-top wedding dress, train of 25 feet, bouquet of 6.5 pounds.
And while I loved Diana's wedding, for which I woke, and watched in amazement, 30 years ago, this was the perfect wedding as far as I'm concerned.
It was the epitome of elegance. From a simple bouquet of lily of the valley, a modest dress of lace, to a set of sapphire and diamond earrings given to the bride by her parents, nothing could have been more lovely.
Not to mention the scripture read, the hymns sung, the sentiment expressed during the service.
May God bless them, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and his lovely bride, Catherine.
You see fairytale & rightly so, I see closed Libraries, hospital wards, reduced funding on education also rightly so.
ReplyDelete2 disparate images yet both are right. Welcome to Britain in 2011.
Oh, dear, Parrish...are we both fearful of our leaders? (At least yours has some etiquette!)
ReplyDeleteI actually watched the wedding, too. I didn't plan on it, but I found myself doing so anyway...
ReplyDeletejust proves the old saying "you can't judge a book by its cover"..eh?
ReplyDeleteBut it was a beautiful wedding....and I am a sucker for a beautiful wedding!
I had a wedding party at my house this morning, taking the day off of school (!) and getting up at 4:30 a.m. to make cranberry scones. We ate them with the clotted cream my mother brought, as well as the orange pekoe tea I'd made. My friends wore wedding hats from their grandmother, and I brought down my wedding hat, but it didn't look very good with my pajamas. ;)
ReplyDeleteMy youngest daughter and I set our alarms for 1:45 AM (Pacific Time) to watch this grand and elegant event. I hope they have the happiest of marriages.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, 1:45? A.M.? And I thought 4:30 was ridiculously early! But, I couldn't sleep any more for all the excitement, so I might as well have gotten up at 1:45 myself. ;) Hope you and your daughter had a lovely time together, Suko, and I hope you're getting a nap this afternoon.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't going to watch it, no way was I getting up early...so this morning found my mom and me, in our pj's watching the coverage! (We didn't get up until 5:30, however.) It really was lovely. I can understand the British being upset by the expense and such, but really, it was so nice to see such a happy story.
ReplyDeleteI heard an announcer say the Middletons donated the equivalent of $500,000 just themselves. Imagine the total cost! And she only had one bridesmaid! :) I could have watched even more than what was aired; I would have loved to see the luncheon, not to mention the party tonight.
ReplyDeleteYes it sounds like it was simple and lovely all at once. I, too, loved the gown.
ReplyDeleteAnd the words, which you wisely included on your own post!
ReplyDeleteHi Bellezza, here in dear old blighty, we've been sold the line, that we need to tighten our belts, so we have to do our duty to our country by excepting library closures increased tuition fees etc. I've nothing against the couple themselves, wish then all the romance possible. But the estimated cost to the public is in the 30 -40 million dollars, yes we'll make lots back via tourists, but we won't see any of that, I apologize if I put a bit if a downer on it (hopefully not) but I've spoken to a lot of my international friends, who see this as purely fairytale, which is, but like most fairytales, there's a darker side.
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Parrish.
It seems countries all over the world are expected to tighten their belts, or else play Robin Hood (take from the rich i.e. highly motivated, hard-working, intellectuals). I suspect it's not a wise idea for me to go too deeply into my personal, political beliefs here, let me just say I know of which you speak.
ReplyDeleteAs a teacher of 26 years I'm seriously afraid of my future pension completely disappearing. And, last year, I gladly took a pay freeze which I saw as infinitely preferrable to losing my job.
Shall we say things are well for no one? I think so.
I love to be in the presence of elegance, ceremony and community minded events. However,I didn't watch the wedding by choice. I find it hard to make sense of the news these days - tonights news gave the royal wedding lead story for at least 8-10 mins, followed then by the hurricane disaster in the USA and the civil unrest in Lybia. It's hard to make sense of the lives lost today against the back drop of fairytales - but then again, fairy tales sometimes help by providing hope.
ReplyDeleteI set my alarm for 5am EST, and was happy I did. I thought everything was perfect. Her dress was lovely, her brother's reading touched me, and the Abbey well, just gorgeous. I love that the couple is so down to earth.
ReplyDeleteTamara, I know exacstly what you mean about the juxtaposition of this extravagent wedding amongst the loss and devastation of the southern United States with the tornado. It seemed such two extremes in the very same day, which I think our lives have: ebullient joy and sudden sorrow in the blink of an eye. But, like you, I was struck by the two stories in the same newscast.
ReplyDeleteDiane, wouldn't it have been fun to have had a huge book bloggers party with those of us who watched the wedding all together? I would have made scones and clotted cream for everyone! I think I would have had to buy a few more teapots, though. ;) I love how the couple focused on everything I thought was important too: faith, family, 'simplicity'...imagine, her only having one bridesmaid! Loved it!
The words spoken by Bishop Dr Richard Chatre on Love and Marriage was so profound I want to google it up and remember them daily.
ReplyDeleteIt was beautiful. I am hopeful about them both that they have a wonderful future together.
JoV, I really should have put them in this post. Googling them is a good idea; maybe I can add them in after the fact. I'm glad that you thought it as beautiful as I did. So inspirational.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the wedding was elegant. I believe they are a lovely couple too.
ReplyDeleteIt was beautifully understated (for royalty) wasn't it?? She's a class act, and I really hope they're happy.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree more! My daughter and I watched; she was on spring break and I had to be up to work from home. It was nice to see something happy on tv for once.
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