Well, it finally happened. Wills and Kate are getting hitched and everyone's pretty happy about it. As they should be.
I remember the last big royal wedding (no, not Andy and Fergie), but Charles and Diana. I was only six, but I remember sitting down in our lounge and watching it on the telly. It didn't mean much to me at the time, but I knew it was important (they'd cancelled the children's programes). We had a big street party and I wore a ridiculously large hat (thanks Mum), which itched the whole time I wore it. We sang, drank (orange squash for the kids), eat small sandwiches and gave thanks that we were English and not from some Godforsaken part of the world like Wales for example. It was a glorious day.
So, what for the big royal wedding next year? Well, I for one, am quite excited about it.
It's been a difficult few years and this is a chance for everyone to pull together, put on ridiculously large hats and celebrate. After-all, not every country has a royal family to get excited about. So what you say, they're outdated, unpopular and a drain on the taxpayers (blah, blah, blah). Tosh, I say. The royal family are tremendous. Imagine all of those school trips to castles you wouldn't have gone on and the millions of annoying tourists that flood to London every year to get their glimpse of our history. Annoying they may be, but it does fill me with a certain sense of pride that it's our history they're being annoying about.
So, to William and Kate, they seem like a nice couple don't they. William is a popular bloke, while Kate fits the role perfectly. She's pretty, is apparently normal (she's working class just like us), even though she speaks just like the Queen (I think they've been giving her lessons), but you can't help but quite like her. A new Diana? God, I hope not.
What I'm looking forward to most is watching it with my family. My daughter will only be two, my son barely a few months old, and my American wife still doesn't understand why it's so important, but it will be a glorious day nevertheless. I plan on making small sandwiches, drinking orange squash and maybe even wearing a big hat, because that's just what you do for a royal wedding.
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Blog soon x
