Uk Royal Wedding.
 

Is anyone here interested in watching the pageantry of the Royal Wedding here in London--?


I feel that these occasions are what makes our royalty worth having-- the spectacle of it all etc.

I watched the pomp and circumstance of the previous one back in 1981. It helped I was within an hour of the time zone. I just don't have the same curiosity about this one. Perhaps I'm older and have become more cynical about royalty. Even in my home country, Spain, I just don't follow anything royal. I won't go and say it's obsolete, but the fanfare they engender is just not for me.

I really don't understand why people are interested in seeing this marriage.

Did people already forget what a monarch was back in the day?

I have little to no interest in it whatsoever. Won't be watching it. In my opinion the whole pomp and ceremony is just an incredible waste of money for an institution that should have been abolished generations ago as it serves no purpose whatsoever other than providing fodder for womens gossip magazines.

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The Royal family should send all that money which they are blowing away that day to the victims of the Japan disaster or Haiti for instance.

Now that would be a Royal act!

and the marriage could still happen behind close doors, like it should be and has been back in the day.

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you mean tourists outside of Great Britian? If so, then yes it's a boom for the economy however, will it really surpass all the money which has to be invested in security and all that stuff. I mean entire London is closed off for this act isn't it?

And yes, you are right Lady Di was an amazing woman! And the Royals in general do many good things, thats true.

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Well, then they have my blessing :)

Not only is this the most non-event ever, i would go further and say that anyone who actually is excited by it should be executed for being massive LOSERS. Get a life people.

F@@@ the queen, her family and all her followers, and to those who go on about the money they bring in, i guarantee you if we take all their possesions and property and stop supporting these germans then we would actually see more money!

and plus people would stil pay to come and see the royal family if they were behind bars and put on show lol.

How's that? I seriously doubt it =/ It's kinda insulting to throw such a big wedding when the whole world's going through a global crisis. It's you British people with your taxes who're paying for it (most of it). Why should you guys pay for someone else's wedding when people can't even afford their own?

Anyway, I don't really care much for it. Just think it'd be nice of them to cut down on expenses and not make such a big thing out of it, cause the country ain't at its best to be wasting money on this kinda stuff when they could do the same thing on a smaller scale and still make it a beautiful wedding.

when I consider all the fuss over so called celebrities-- Here we have our future king marrying his bride to be and we are privileged to observe all the glory and pageantry.usually glorious music is sung--those noble jet black horses--The well trained cavalry riders who are young men who also are every day soldiers--Britain does wonderful displays that delight the eye.

I am thankful that we are privileged to have this wedding recorded for posterity.

The Royals do a lot for this country--- they are excellent diplomats and our Queen at 85 is still doing her duty and visiting many charities and functions often when i bet she would rather be putting her feet up. Prince Philip also works extremely hard.It can never have been easy for him


It represents our country and brings in many tourists from abroad who love to
observe the colourful parades.


I shall record it on dvd---I just am sad when i consider what happened to Princess Diana and think of the terrible life she led-- yet she tried so hard to help out in the world. Wanted to ban the use of land mines--she was so much loved- but in my eyes-- so abused by the royals---------.AND the Paparazzi who made her life hell in order to capture a picture of her for the newspapers. yet those who bought those newspapers were partly responsible in a way. I wish kate a much happier experience with her young Prince-- who resembles his mother so much. At least I believe that here is true love between the two-- whereas I believe it was one way with Diana- rather like-- A marriage has been arranged.


I think that Kate has a different personality--- will survive the Burden of being part of the Royal family.

I personally would not wish to be born into that family-- which has so little privacy-- despite the privileges they appear to have.

I for one shall enjoy this One day of Pageantry and feel sure that millions of others will be glad for a day off work-- although my japanese friend is not allowed time off her EFL school to watch this part of British Culture. what a shame. I wish Wills and Kate a loving life together and pray that kate will not be harassed as Diana was.

The Royal family is nothing but a reminder of a once oppressive regime that ruled the world with an iron first exploiting others for own personal gain.

Whilst, It's not like that anymore, Still, I won't be bothering, I have better things to do. :p

I don't go into college on Fridays anyway so it's not even a day off to me,it's just nothing.

I'm in the exact same boat. While I understand the important of the event, I think its blown all out of proportion. Only real good thing to me about it, is the Fast Five film came out here a week earlier than the rest of the world because of the wedding. Lol

I'm looking forward to this, but I'll be in exams all day, so I'll probably have to watch replays at night!

I don't think it's blown out of proportion at all! It's an important event which deserves all the luxury it's getting... Talking about global crisis and taxes etc is kinda stupid in my opinion! When Cameron can afford to give £650million to Pakistan, I'm sure Britain can afford to INVEST in a wedding that will pay dividends for years to come!
And talking about the royal family as a reminder of an opressive regime is even more stupid! It's always easy to look at the evil in countries/states/empires etc, but somehow all the good is forgotten... Without the Royal Family, there wouldn't have been an empire, without the empire, the world would have taken a different path in 1940!!!

there are some real sceptics here aren't there.

Still I for one will enjoy it.


They Royal family are great diplomats and help this country in many ways.

Maybe some would rather be ruled by the current dictators.

That's quite an extreme view. Diana was not like the rest,you've gotta remember you can't touch Diana. People tend to go off making Diana jokes anyway.

I just want the Queen to leave and let someone else have a go.

for goodness sake, what difference will it make if someone else becomes the monarch.

It entails a lot of hard work on our behalf. I hope they allow William many years before he takes on the burden of Monarch.

why should the queen give up? She is amarvellous representative of this country-- I doubt there wil be many to follow her example.

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Tony Blair's just been the best that this country can do that most of us can remember,that's all!

It's ridiculous,the idea that the whole economy would fail because people have a day off work when they actually just had one!

Blair took this country to war!!!

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Gordon Brown bullied Tony Blair to leave,actually. Now I am not saying Tony Blair was absolutely fantastic but at least when he was in power there weren't cuts everywhere. He is just not the one who cut everything in the
80s. That's all I'm saying. And what I didn't realise was that there are actually foreign dictators going to this. I don't think someone that had the misfortune of being George Bush's best buddy is much worse,somehow.

Now if the royal wedding was something like this I may actually be bothered watching it!

YouTube - The T-Mobile Royal Wedding

At first, I couldn't really care either way, but now its making me sick to my stomach. I can't watch ten minutes of TV without hearing something or other about "what hairstyle Kate will sport for the wedding," or "how much this whole thing is SUCH a fairytale come true," or "what the proper attire for men and women is going to be," or "how I can purchase my own replica of that engagement ring."

It's funny, as I'm watching GMA on abc news right now, the live-coverage reporters are showing off their wardrobes for the wedding as a tiny little headline reading, "Deadly tornado killed at least 196 in Southern states" shimmies across the bottom of the screen.

Omg the weeding tomorrow^^ I'm sooo excited :D

who says England has no culture Missy?

It might not be for any kind.. especially not for me personally^^ but England certainly has a strong historic culture.

How's a royal engagement a """cultural""" event that should make people proud of their culture?

I don't know about you British people but I do not consider anyone's wedding to be part of my culture. Not even if I was pro-monarchy.

you are Soooooooo Boring Suki.


I am not interested in your thoughts on our Royalty.

Too bad then, cause I happen to be entitled to an opinion like it or not. ;)

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Sounds right to me.
And when Queen Elizabeth's wedding took place the Britain really needed something to focus on besides the not so distant past. The first really fancy toy I remember receiving was a replica of her coach, complete with the horses and guards. And ever since its what I think of when someone mentions England in the 1950's to me. It was the symbolism, not the marriage itself.

Anyone who knows the history of the Windsor family, knows not to expect much of such marriages. The current Prince followed in his father's footsteps, except that Phillip would have lost his crown in a divorce.

I like the "idea" of having a King and Queen but A]we've had the same Queen for too long and B]you have to be part of the Royal Family. Hate to say it but other monarchies do it better. I'll drop in and out. I'm not gonna watch the whole thing.

It's like a lot of British things. I like what they could be.

plenty of people will be watching this--


I suppose you prefer to watch so called celebrities.

To say Royalty is not anything to do with our culture?!!!


They are an essential part of Britain and ambassadors/ Maybe some prefer dictators to Royal Family.

I GUESS japanese Anime suits you better. I heard a Japanese lady on the radio who has flown over to watch this celebration. We are having about 5000 street parties----- Its a day of celebration and pageantry.


Go watch the Rage of the Syrians-maybe that is more to your liking.

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I am going to watch it on TV. It's an important part of classical british traditions. Better watch a wedding in Royal Family than endless videos of crap-music performers, grimacing and jumping around street trash cans.:)

What the fuck are you taking about? I didn't say the Royal family wasn't part of your culture, you stupid. You are such a retard you accuse me of fascism for having no interest in watching a wedding on TV. Seriously, you are pathetic. :ywave:

Cheers for the free day off, your Highness.

M'off to wash my car.

Ohh it's such a wonderful ceremony :)

makes me feel all :rheart: inside^^

Um,Suki,this is an adult forum,I'm not saying you're immature but I just wouldn't use the word retard if I were you.