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The Royal Wedding: photos & thoughts

Are you watching the wedding?

How are you celebrating? With your family? Friends? At a regal Royal Wedding party?

Check out our gallery of royal fashion and keep up with the Mamamia Royal Wedding tweets #mmrw

Now, to the  photos:

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UPDATE: Oh, it was beautiful. I watched with my daughter. We wore tiaras and ate ice cream and pink cupcakes. I was about 8 when Diana married Charles all those years ago and I remember trying to stay awake waiting to see the kiss….

Some thoughts:

1. I couldn’t stop thinking about Diana tonight. She was everywhere. And I was just so sad that she never got to see her big boy marry his princess….

2. I adored watching William and Harry together in the car on the way to Westminster Abbey. And watching them walk into the church….again, I couldn’t help thinking about the last time we all watched them do that. Behind their mother’s coffin.

3. The joy – how BEAMING did Kate and William look! And so equal standing up at the alter. So in love. So….confident and sure of what they were doing. And like such a team.

4. Some interesting tweets came through from Jemima Khan who was a close friend of Diana. She said that she wished Camilla had not ‘stood in’ for the groom’s mother when signing the registry. She wishes nobody had done so. “I miss my friend Diana today” she tweeted.

5. The Dress – perfect. PERFECT.

6. Pippa – what a hottie. And next to Harry! I got all excited by the thought of another royal wedding, 2013 perhaps? I bet they do it after the reception.

7. WHAT’S WITH ALL THE STUPID HATS? Look, hats are always something I find difficult to understand. But it seems like all the women were wearing these ridiculous things ON THEIR FOREHEADS. Did I miss the memo that said you now wear your hat ON YOUR FACE? Beatrice and Eugenie? Please. (There is now a Twitter dedicated to Beatrice’s hat, you can find it here)

 

8. Bummed that there was no kiss in the church? How odd. My daughter became obsessed with this. “But Mum, they didn’t even have a PECK! That means they’re not MARRIED YET.” I share her frustration. What a strange tradition. Is it a royal thing or a Church of England thing?

9. Did you notice how Kate kept looking down every time William saluted when they were going back to the palace? Obviously some kind of protocol. Made me think about her new life and how much there must now be to remember…..

10. I couldn’t help but feel a wee bit fearful as I felt our collective excitement. We’re not going to want this to end. We’re going to want more more more of Kate. And that didn’t turn out so well last time. I hope so much that this time will be different…..

Where did you watch the wedding and WHAT DID YOU THINK?

And here is a great video of a priest having a bit of fun at the wedding..

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Top Comments

Petal 13 years ago

Oh, yes, there's Wills getting the royal treatment! Love it! And Bea's hat next to a uterus! LOL!!!! Good one guys.

And I posted the day after the wedding my fav part was Kate saying to Wills in the carriage "Are you happy?" and a few people said no she said "Are you OK?" Well it's been confirmed (as in this week's Who) by a lip reader she said "Are you happy?" My fav romantic part is correct! (Because everyone knows whatever is in the Who is correct!) (This anal retentive work computer is so slow can't be bothered scrolling down to original post)


Anonymous 13 years ago

Mia, shame on you. The photo you posted of William and Kate at the top of your post above is just plain nasty. And in Very poor taste. So typical, you have taken something lovely and turned it into ugly - just to get a laugh for yourself.

no shame necessary 13 years ago

No, seriously?
Calm the fuck down.

good ta 'ave a laugh 13 years ago

If you don't like her sense of humor don't look at the site! I say well done to the photographer who took this. Fantastic timing!