All it takes is to have the news on for no less than 20 minutes and you are guaranteed to hear something about the upcoming royal wedding. It seems as if the world has gone mad for Kate (sorry Gosselin, your time is up) Middleton. Can you blame them though? It's the stuff fairy tales are made of. In this modern world we live in today it's not often you hear of a prince set to marry and make a woman a princess, but on the 29th day of April at the Westminster Abbey that's exactly what will happen. The same venue where Prince William mourned the death of his mother Princess Diana in 1997 is where he will turn his fiancée Kate Middleton into Princess Catherine. The masses cannot wait for it to take place and neither can I, simply so I won't have to hear about it anymore.
This will be far from your average wedding. The ceremony will be shown on more television stations than you can think of, and will also have its own "royal stream" to watch live online. Bloggers by the millions will be in a frenzy tweeting and chirping every single detail that can possibly be told the second they occur. Luxury vehicles, foreign dignitaries, and celebrities from all over the world will be in attendance at this historic event. A guess list of well over 2,000 people will be attendance for the royal wedding including those I mentioned above as well Kate's hometown mailman and shopkeeper. The wedding is scheduled to begin at 11:00 a.m. England time, which would make it around 6:00 a.m. eastern time, though of course there will be a huge lead up hours ahead of the service. So if you're looking to tune in for the whole event be prepared to pull an all-night affair that will probably stretch most of the day.
Like I said earlier I for one can't wait for it to be over because simply I'm tired of being engulfed by it, and I'm sure that I don't stand alone on that notion. In reality though this is a good change of pace, too much as of late the news has been filled with talks of the negative. The disaster in Japan, the uprisings in Northern Africa and the Middle East are all very serious and relevant issues, but there comes a point where we need something to smile about. I'm not trying to take anything away from those that I just mentioned but more than ever the world sure could use something to unite and cheer for. So to Prince William and Kate, I say the best of luck and hope all goes as planned.
What are your thoughts on the upcoming royal wedding?
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