Today, the 29th April 2011, we celebrate the wedding of Prince William, who has just been made Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine Middleton, known to the world as “Kate”. We wish them every happiness on this special day and a life of happiness too. Marriage is an adventure!
If you haven’t seen my posts over at The Anne Boleyn Files, here are some helpful links for those of you who want to celebrate this Royal Wedding:-
- Full schedule – BBC News website at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13097243
- Coverage on the BBC News website – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13132410 – This is great as it has live video!
- BBC Royal Wedding page – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11767495. This has a wedding route map, information on past royal weddings and a complete guide to this very special occasion.
- The official souvenir Wedding Programme – click here.
Are you doing anything to celebrate this special occasion? Do let me know!
Right at this moment, I’m listening to David Starkey — who is working alongside the editor of Majesty magazine on the CBS commentary. They were showing Princess Catherine’s gown again during some highlight footage, and Starkey said that her gown (which DID look similar to the worn one by Grace Kelly) had a TUDOR LOOK TO IT. I grinned like a Cheshire Cat. I think Starkey made two Tudor references throughout — that one about the gown and a mention of Henry VII, which I missed because I was at work and someone was talking to me. Did any other Americans see the coverage or hear what he said about the Tudor patriarch?
I watched the CBS coverage, too! Starkey was more interesting to me than the more modern commentators on the other networks. I missed his comment on Henry VII, but loved that he said Kate’s dress reminded him of Tudor dresses (very fitted bodice, cut low in front, with a full sweeping skirt, I think he said).