Will and Kate's Royal Wedding

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<p>It isn’t news at all, but you know what, the thought of not hearing about in fighting on the Hill, the foreclosure crisis, the DOW lower than it was a month ago or Ireland going under makes me happy.</p>

<p>If this is ticking you off, just wait until they announce the actual wedding date…all you will hear for 30 days prior is their wedding, and then tack on the 2 weeks after reviewing the wedding and their honeymoon. Plus, it will become news if when a few months she starts to wear bulky clothes…pregnant.</p>

<p>This is only starting. The UK in this economy has to be thrilled, they will get tourists for the wedding, plus, they than have the 12 Olympics, and OMG if she is pregnant before the Olympics more souveniers will be sold. This is a financial boon to them.</p>

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<p>pima,</p>

<p>The media is a voracious predator. It saw a weakness in Diana and exploited it, just as it did the late Princess Margaret during her jet-set days. Who should change, the person being exploited or the exploiterer? I say, the latter.</p>

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<p>These 2 opinions are not mutally exclusive. I’m raising my D similarly to coureur. But, I also think it’s fun to ooh and ahh over the glamour and pagentry of a royal wedding. </p>

<p>It’s like reality TV. Nobody really wants to BE like those people. But, they sure do entertain.:rolleyes:</p>

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<p>I actually think both should change. An intelligent person with a sense of reason, would say how do I get ahead of this situation? I think for William he was actually able to convert exploited into a positive way for his life. He understands that this is part and parcel. He took his time to find the bride who understood that they will try to exploit you, but they only have the power if you allow them to have it.</p>

<p>Ten will get you twenty, she wanted to lash out at the media as she walked to her car, but all that went through her mind was the theme song from Finding Nemo…just keep swimming, swimming, swimming. She knew they wanted to exploit her and she wouldn’t give them the chance.</p>

<p>The same is true for when they broke up, she could have become the exploiter, but she kept her mouth shut, and refused not to be exploited by the media to become the exploiter.</p>

<p>I think the royal family has learned a lot, especially William. you will not see exploitation like you did even 15 yrs ago before Diana died. Kate has been tested time and time again for close to a decade.</p>

<p>The exploiter, i.e. paparazzi, inside sources, etc. should also recognize that they too are being exploited by employers. I have read that some great shots like Fergie back in the 90’s with that Texas guy fetched 500K. We may not want to believe this, but by chiming into people.com, or buying OK magazine, US Weekly, etc, we are the exploiters. The more we talk about this the more the exploiters earn.</p>

<p>If I was Kate, I’d be thrilled because he is a SAR pilot in Northern Wales. She will be expected to live there, unlike Di in London. She was raised in a small town outside of London and this matches up to her upbringing. </p>

<p>I lived in the UK, Wales is not a happening place where the media will pay to hang outside their front door 24/7 for the next 2 or 3 yrs until his commitment is finished. The only reason you go to Wales is for great antiquing and B & Bs.</p>

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<p>“The only reason you go to Wales is for great antiquing and B & Bs.”</p>

<p>I beg to differ, Wales has some of the most down to earth, generous and unassuming people I have met. Oh, and the hang-gliding is good too.</p>

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<p>“As for the symbol of choosing his mother’s ring: what kid should be forced to think of his parents’ marriage as a farce? It produced him.”</p>

<p>Amen to that. I know many adult children of divorced parents, and for most of them, the divorce does not dominate their views of the period they spent together as a family or of either parent. The fact that the marriage ended badly doesn’t mean that it’s wrong for the children to remember it with fondness and be glad that it occurred. (Diana’s life ended badly, but lots of people remember her with fondness and are glad they knew her.) It’s easy for us to wish two people had never gotten married, but the kids usually just wish that they’d treated each other better and been able to work it out.</p>

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<p>I wear my mom’s engagement ring. She and Dad divorced when I was 16.</p>

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<p>I have my Mom’s platinum diamond wedding band from 1959 that I wear occasionally.</p>

<p>My Mom wears her engagement ring as a cocktail pinkie ring (re-sized) on her right hand and she isn’t worried about karma either. </p>

<p>My Dad died @17 yrs ago, now to both of us we see it as a sign of love in a positive way.It represented hope and wishes. The divorce was bitter, and I didn’t talk to him for 10 yrs, but when I see those rings, all I see is how much he loved my mother at that moment. How much he wanted to make the two of them a family…maybe William sees that too.</p>

<p>If my mother gave our DS this engagement ring, I would feel like WIlliam, just because it didn’t work for them, doesn’t negate the tie.</p>

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<p>I think it actually is an advantage that Kate does not seem to be particularly career oriented because she has to give up any career aspirations that she might have in order to marry William – just as the man who married the Crown Princess of Sweden had to give up his successful business (he owned several high-end fitness centers) in order to marry her.</p>

<p>Taking on the role of spouse to someone who is in line to inherit a throne means giving up whatever career you have and taking on the new job of Top-Level Royal Family Member. It’s probably best if people who make this choice don’t especially regret any career they may have given up.</p>

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<p>How about some democracy here? Why can’t he give up the throne to help her with her retail business? It would be far less bother…</p>

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<p>Darling that is not democracy, it is called capitalism!</p>

<p>OBTW, if you don’t get one part of their capitalistic view is selling out the royals to tourists, you missed the boat. Imagine tourism to London for 11 for the wedding, and 12 for the Olympics, they hit pay dirt in this economy!</p>

<p>Can you not imagine how many pieces of china or stamps will be swallowed up by fools as collection items, if you can’t, than I have a great piece of wetlands to sell you in Florida or a bridge in Brooklyn!</p>

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<p>Just saw D1’s tweet about the big event. She and her roommate are already planning their early morning wedding party… having mimosas and tea cakes. She takes this stuff very seriously!</p>

<p>She was actually studying abroad in London when they broke up in 2007, and was devastated.</p>

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<p>There’s another thread about the ring. Has anyone posted that here yet? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/1033621-princess-dis-ring-if-you-were-kate-would-you-want.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/1033621-princess-dis-ring-if-you-were-kate-would-you-want.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Pima - You are now my go-to-expert on everything related to this wedding. Please keep posting with info and I will follow. Thanks!</p>

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<p>LMAO, because it brought me back to my college yrs when Luke and Laura got married on GH. I remember it was such a big deal, profs cancelled class because they figured at least 50% of students would skip class.</p>

<p>As of today, I guess I missed out yesterday by not placing a bet with a bookie on every Friday in March because now they are saying that it looks like March might be the month.</p>

<p>After living in the UK, I would actually say it will be late March early April because it is not dreary there then with the perfect temps from a bridal gown standpoint. You know she is going to have yards and yards of taffetta or satin. That is not only heavy, but incredibly hot to wear. Somewhere, in the back of my pea-size brain, I recall they said Di had multiples of the same gown and she kept changing into them throughout the day.</p>

<p>Here was what I found comical about this wedding, Westminster is probably their 1st choice, but it only holds 5000 people, so it might be too small.</p>

<p>I don’t really care about the wedding details, I just want to hear the gifts they receive. Afterall, what do you buy the future King and Queen of a country? Maybe some guns and foxhounds to go hunting with?</p>

<p>Then of course there is the question of the honeymoon. Do the royals still own the yacht that Charles and Di went on? My bet for their honeymoon is they will go to Australia, since it appears she is an out doorsy person, and if they get married in March/April that would be fall for Australia.</p>

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<p>“After living in the UK, I would actually say it will be late March early April because it is not dreary there then with the perfect temps from a bridal gown standpoint.”</p>

<p>^^are you serious??? we just booked our flights to see D1 studying in London next semester for March 22-26…based on what you are thinking, me thinking we better book the hotel ASAP too…!!! are we insane to even think about doing this???</p>

<p>maybe we will travel with D away from London when we get there if this is the case.</p>

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<p>$60 for the plate? Wow.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/hot-off-the-kiln-the-first-william-and-kate-royal-wedding-china/story-e6frg6so-1225955384741[/url]”>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/hot-off-the-kiln-the-first-william-and-kate-royal-wedding-china/story-e6frg6so-1225955384741&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>If you do, make sure you go to Bath and Stratford Upon Avon.</p>

<p>I don’t think it will be as insane from a tourist standpoint as the Olympics. </p>

<p>That being said, I heard they said the date will be released in a week or so. I would book the hotel now. You have to remember, this to them would be like Obama’s inauguration, once the date is released Brits will probably converge on London.</p>

<p>Here’s my caveat, I don’t know when Easter falls, so I doubt that would be the weekend they get married.</p>

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<p>Easter is in the end of April I think…</p>

<p>booking hotel as we speak…and we are not really tourists; have been in London a number of times…but our daughter was not thrilled that we had NO plans to visit so there you go…</p>

<p>thank you SOOO much for the heads up though…</p>

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<p>Actually they said Wills has become quite the chef, so I’ll bet their kitchen gets quite filled up with lots of useless (and useful) gadgets of all sorts.</p>