Times have changed a great deal, but perhaps not as completely as we might like.
It will be interesting to see whether the Queen attends Harry’s wedding. She obviously approves, personally, of him marrying Meghan, but she’s head of the Church of England, which still pays lip service to the idea of disapproving of divorce. She didn’t attend Charles and Camilla’s wedding.
Yes, I was thinking today, what if she had been William’s choice of a bride? He is likely to be king someday, and I wonder if she would have gotten as warm a reception from the palace.
I’m glad I have this thread to talk about royalty. My husband and S18 roll their eyes when I talk about British history or royalty.
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I made scones for when we watched William and Kate get married. 
One show was The Majestic Life Of Queen Elizabeth II and the other was called The Royal Good Guys. The good guys was about the charity work and foundations and focused on ‘the boys’ - Philip, Charles, Will and Harry.
We have two PBS stations and this was on the ‘poor’ one. The other PBS station is the one that has the new shows like Downton Abbey and Masterpiece shows. This poor one has older stuff, Austin City Limits, some old cooking shows, etc. For example, I don’t think it is shown the Vietnam documentary yet. I think these two pieces on QEII might be several years old.
My H cannot even comprehend my obsession with British royalty history books, shows and movies. Maybe because we grew up with the glamour and drama of Princess Di. I think if they were all totally boring (hello Prince Charles) we might not be so fascinated
I saw somewhere in all the news coverage that the Queen would be attending the wedding. If I can find the source, I’ll let you know
I saw it was going to be smaller, but I think that means instead of 2500 people in the church there will be 1500. I also think that like Pippa Middleton’s, the church group will be smaller but the reception group large. They expect the Obamas and Trudeaus to be invited as just friends, not head of state (or in Obama’s case, former). They both have a lot of young friends and, Harry’s, relatives who I think might not all make the church list but certainly will make the reception cut.
Did anyone else here get up very early in the morning to watch Charles’ and Diana’s wedding?
The wedding will be at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle which apparently only seats 800, so, really small by royal standards!
@rosered55 Absolutely! I was a young girl. Still remember that.
“My H cannot even comprehend my obsession with British royalty history books, shows and movies”
Then he’d probably not be up for the lecture I went to by the vicar (or some such role) of Westminster Abbey about the royal weddings and the set up and the programs and the flowers and the song choices and who sat where and who got to wear blue and who had to wear yellow…?
It was really interesting. He mostly knew about Kate and Will’s wedding, and Sarah and Andy as he was at Westminster Abbey, but he had some stuff from Diana’s wedding. My friend and I, and the old people (I swear I was the youngest in the room at about 56 years old) ooh’d and aah’d, and looked at the pictures and trinkets, and even the piece of cake!
Unlikely to be that large. St. George’s Chapel “only” holds 800. Edward and Sophie’s wedding was held there with about 550 guests.
I want to go to something like that!!
It was at the Episcopal church here. My friend is a member and invited me.
Thanks @twoinanddone . I agree that I was never interested in the family until Diana came along.
The potential tax implications for Meghan (and the royal family) may be interesting.
That’s a big hoohah over nothing, IMO. She’ll relinquish US citizenship upon marriage. One should assume that the British immigration laws on waiting period for UK citizenship will be waived for her, as they have been on the Continent for people who chose to switch citizenships upon marrying into those royal families. Any potential children will be born as UK subjects, not dual citizens. So while Meghan will have to settle her 2018 tax bill with the IRS (and Canada Revenue Agency), after that she’s good to go, as I don’t see them moving to the US or her working in the US.
^^Which is why I said may. Renouncing citizenship is not as easy as it used to be and, although the Brits may be willing to make things easy for her on that end, I’m doubtful that the U.S. will be as accommodating. The U.S. really needs to change this ridiculous system, which is for another discussion.
Will she have to renounce her American citizenship? That’s a pretty harsh requirement and dear to most Americans. Can’t she hold dual citizenship?