Wedding day jitters

[vanillafluffy]

I just got back from a munchie run to WalMart. Had to snag a few nibbles for The Wedding...an Event like this demands something a cut above peanut butter and crackers. So I got some veggie cream cheese and a small beef summer sausage and some marked-down Easter goodies. Nomnomnom!

I remember watching Charles and Diana's wedding. It certainly doesn't seem like 30 years ago! I wasn't wild about the wedding dress itself---good grief, you could convert the damned train into a very posh car cover---but the little pink suit she wore when they left for the honeymoon was darling, especially the hat!

I particularly recall a conversation shortly before the day...in the frenzy of coverage, the media reported that Diana had had a gynocological visit. The person I was talking to commented that they (meaning the Royal Family) had to make sure she was still a virgin.

I was quite shocked. In 1981? Really, who cared about such prudery? (I later read a bio of the couple that confirmed that yes indeed, virginity verification was vital!)

I haven't heard any such palaver about today's bride. Is she or isn't she? That's nobody's business but her own! (Although I'm inclined to believe they have. They've lived together and vacationed together and for heaven's sake, it's the 21st century!)

Meanwhile, I'm anxious to see her dress. Since it will undoubtedly influence bridal fashion for the next decade, I'm really hoping for something classy. In fact, if Kate reverses the strapless-crumb-catcher-with-a-corset trend, I'll be overjoyed.

TLC is my channel of choice for coverage. Clinton Kelly is one of the hosts, and I'm sure he'll have some pithy comments about how everyone is dressed. I also look forward to seeing HATS. The Brits DO hats...honestly, if I'm ever over there again, I'm definitely going to invest in a fab bonnet!

TTFN!
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Comments

[ladyjane]

About the only reason I can see for virginity verification these days is to be 100% certain that any children born within the first ten months or marriage were fathered by the heir to the throne.

[pwcorgigirl.livejournal.com]

I didn't stay up, but checked the news for the dress this morning. Gorgeous dress, and I'm so glad it has sleeves and a more modest neckline!

[cbtreks.livejournal.com]

What did you think? I loved the dress - very elegant and classy. What'd Clinton Kelly have to say? (I think I was watching NBC.)

The English can do hats but they're not doing them very well recently. I'm not impressed with the fascinator at all - and what were Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie thinking? (The older generations of women still do hats well, though.)

[louisiane-fille.livejournal.com]

I watched on BBC America this morning. They've been rerunning the wedding all day, which let me see some of the stuff that I didn't get up early enough to see.

I know the Brits are into crazy hats, but some of the ones I saw were hideous!

I remember hearing a couple of months ago that there would be no virginity check on Kate - probably because she and Will were already living together and had been for awhile.

All in all, it was a beautiful wedding. If you want to see photos of the couple, Westminster Abbey, and the cakes, check out the official flickr photostream of the British monarchy HERE (http://www.flickr.com/photos/britishmonarchy/).

[ang5fam.livejournal.com]

I do believe that this may be the one royal marriage that will last till death do them part. They look very happy and very much in love.
Her dress was gorgeous and no one that weighs over 125 lbs could have pulled off that waistline. She has very good taste. Cake made me hungry!

[kukkurkurat.livejournal.com]

Watched ABC stream via Yahoo. No sound - you see, I was at work with my bossette, the infernal last Friday of the month which means closed for students but going over stuff with the bossette.
Nevertheless, she wanted to see the wedding, too, so I pulled up the video stream and prayed that it would work in our work cmputers. It DID!
Two hours of peace and quiet with some rare comments about the hats. Yes, E and B were... *flails* E´s make-up was either running or she was going for a severe gothic look, whicever it was, she looked like a raccoon, honestly.
The dress was gorgeous. Since the quality of the stream was bad, I thought at first that the back WAS indeed corset like (with the all the talk of she losing weight and all) but later I saw the cute buttons in the back.
Oh, and my bossette made a comment that had me smothering laughter. Cameras show Sir Elton John singing, standing side by side with his husband. I say that vow, he is singing with his spouse. My bossette asks, SINCERELY, if that spouse was standing behind Elton (there was some lady with a pale blue hat). I bit my tongue and hummed non-committaly. If she does not know by now who Sir Elton is, who am I to say anything?