Kate & William Sitting in a Tree… W.E.D.D.I.N.G!!!
photo courtesy of telegraph.co.uk
It’s been less than 48 hours since the royal engagement of Prince William to Commoner (still can’t believe this type of terminology exists) Kate Middleton was announced, and already the world has gone bu-bu-bananas about it! Don’t believe me? Well, perhaps you’ll believe CNN, WSJ, MSNBC, NPR, BBC… you give me a 3 to 5 lettered acronym, and I’ll give you their example of world getting whacked for weddings of the royal garden variety.
For instance, if you’re a gambling gal, feel free to head on over to CNN, where you’ll find an article cataloging the long list of items you can place your British pounds on! People are taking bets on everything from when the wedding will be and where it will take place to the length of Kate’s train and the color of the Queen’s hat! (Come on, pink!)
Or perhaps you consider yourself more of a financial and political opportunist; so, you might want to hit up Forbes or the Wall Street Journal where you’ll find arguments for and against the cost of the wedding – paid out of the tax payer’s pockets – to the (fingers crossed) overwhelming amount of UK and *African tourism they hope will spin from all this wedded madness. *If you’re wondering, Africa??? It’s because Kenya is where Big Willy got down on one knee for his lady to be!
Really, it doesn’t matter what you’re looking for; because if ever there was even a faint whisper of concern, excitement, knowledge or otherwise uttered about the upcoming nuptials of the world’s most talk about royal family… you best BUUHHH-LIEVE there’s somebody or several somebodies out there who have already reported, tweeted, facebooked, YouTubed, blogged (holllerrr!), sent up smoke signals, Morse coded, tattooed on their forehead and / or regurgitated all its epic yumminess to the masses.
I, of course, know this because I’d be one of those people at the top of the list creepily concerning myself with it. As some of you may already know, this ain’t my first rodeo when it comes to the royal wedding watch. Last August, I wrote the infamous post, “Yes, Prince William, I will Marry You”: A Young Girl’s Dream Shattered?, as if William were my childhood bf and already pegged me as the perfect Best (Woah!)Man. But alas, I’ll settle for a simple invite, kids - wink, wink, nudge, nudge.
So, as a Royal Wedding connoisseur, I think my favorite tid bit to surface thus far from all the mayhem is the ever so elegant engagement ring! Originally worn by the late Princess Diana (William’s mum and hands down, the best leading lady evs!) as her engagement ring back to Charles in 1981, the 18 carat Sapphire stunner is now the crowning jewel amidst Middleton’s ring finger! In an interview conducted by the BBC, Prince William had this to say (see clip below):
“It is a family ring, yes. It’s my mother’s engagement ring; so, I thought it was quite nice ’cause (um) obviously she’s not going to be a round to share any of the fun and excitement of all this. This is my way of keeping her close to it all.” (Prince William, BBC News Interview)
(Pause to compose myself) Aww! I love love love that! And I love love love all this! Congrats to Kate and William! May you live each day as it was your first and each night as if it were your last – ooh la la! And cheers to many, many years of happiness! You can be sure Marilyn’s Keepsakes will be watching!
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