Who will be watching the royal wedding?

[Asenath]

Hey boys, MMA is Mixed Martial Arts.

Mixed Martial Arts is polite for "Can't be bothered to commit to the respectful study of one martial discipline."

I will be watching. My mom sat up watching Charles & Diana, when she was pregnant with my sister. I don't actually remember it, but we're going to camp out at her house and catch all the BBC America coverage.

 

[asadoyayunta]

Marrying a commoner in 1936 wasn't actually that controversial, bearing in mind that commoner basically meant non-royal. Even the daughter of a Duke was considered common! George VI married an Earl's daughter and of his siblings, only one married royalty.

You're right. I forgot the true definition of "commoner". Assuming, however, that Kate becomes Queen one day, she will be the first woman of non-aristocratic birth to do so.

Unless of course Camilla beats her to it! But then she is the granddaughter of a Baron.

 

[healingduck]

Personally, I don't see the big deal...

I can understand the hype in their country, but there has been quite a bit of talk about it here as well.

 

[winterknight]

You're right. I forgot the true definition of "commoner". Assuming, however, that Kate becomes Queen one day, she will be the first woman of non-aristocratic birth to do so.

Unless of course Camilla beats her to it! But then she is the granddaughter of a Baron.

Unless they change the law (or chuckles decides he doesn't want to be king after all) Camilla WILL beat her to it.

She may choose not to use the title, but legally, as soon as Brenda pops her clogs, Camilla becomes queen consort. Stopping it would require an act of parliament to be passed simultaneously in all of the twenty-odd countries where Brenda is still head of state.

 

[Aaron]

I will likely get up to watch it, yes. Exciting!

 

[Asenath]

Oops, wrong direction. It will be 3am Pacific Time!

My fondest memory besides the commemorative Charles and Di dolls I made for the occasion was when Nancy Reagan graciously told reporters what she'd be wearing. The media was abuzz with speculation but Ms. Reagan wanted all eyes to be on Lady Diana. Ah, the memories.

Her husband may have been a senile old hatemongering jackwagon, but Mrs. Reagan was a lady with class. <3

Philly, do you have pics of the Charles & Diana dolls?

 

[sixthson]

I think I have to give the cat an enema that day.

 

[Kulindahr]

You're right. I forgot the true definition of "commoner". Assuming, however, that Kate becomes Queen one day, she will be the first woman of non-aristocratic birth to do so.

Unless of course Camilla beats her to it! But then she is the granddaughter of a Baron.

I wouldn't call that the "true" definition, just an alternate one -- depending on context. There's aristocracy/commons, as in House of Lords, House of Commons.

The two definitions give an interesting perspective on the royal house in a fiction series I read, and their marriage laws: princes who inherited and became king were required to marry a commoner, non-aristocratic; princesses who inherited and became queen were required to marry an aristocrat.

 

[Anders123]

If you bothered to read the responses you would see that the vast majority of the responders are saying they have absolutely zero interest in the wedding and are sick of hearing about it. How does that fit with your gay/straight stereotyping?

Hah, I was going to post the exact same thing, seems you beat me to it.

Dduder, I don't understand why you're crusading to convince everyone here that they're more effeminate than straight people, but honestly it's beginning to grow tiresome. I try to stay optimistic and assume that eventually everyone is going to say something with merit, but every time you post my patience wears thinner. You're entitled to your opinions, and I'm going to try to respect them, but can you please stop trying to take every possible opportunity to bring up tired old stereotypes? It's borderline obsessive. It's not just just now and again that you bring it up either, it's in every post you make. Who are you really trying to convince?

I think I have to give the cat an enema that day.

That's the best thing I've ever heard

 

[pixie77]

What a sad array of negative people lurk here.
Yes I'll be watching and enjoying the pageantry of it all.
God save the Queen!

 

[Anders123]

Or vice versa




I think its funny that guys are more willing to admit that they watch the Kardashians - remember that thread?* - than they are to watch a royal wedding

Hmm I see your point but, is it a stereotypically 'gay' thing to want to see a wedding? That thought honestly didn't cross my mind until Dduder implied that it was. I don't see people who are interested in this wedding as 'effeminate' or 'stereotypical', I just see them as people who are interested in boring events.

 

[Joshua_me]

meh

I dunno.... On the one hand, I get a little royal chubby at the spectacle of it all... The pomp, the circumstance, the beauty of the royal couple getting married. It's a nice little Disney-like fantasy.

But then, that pesky reality creeps in.

Great Britten's economy has gone straight into the dumper just as ours have. People have lost their businesses, their livelihoods - and many folks are facing a new sense of poverty - the likes of which they've never known since the WWII.

And in spite of all of this, here's the new royal couple - surrounded by luxury and wealth, riding off in their horse drawn carriage into a life of wealth and privilege.

Is this something to applaud ?

Just for a point of reference, imagine Obama and Michelle renewing their vows. complete with royal jewels and the finest things money could buy.

How would that play in America right now ?

What is the difference ?

 

[Kester]

I'm sick of hearing about it already and it hasn't even happened yet.

I won't be watching, but I'm sure that there will be no escaping seeing at least some part of it.

 

[metta]

meh

I dunno.... On the one hand, I get a little royal chubby at the spectacle of it all... The pomp, the circumstance, the beauty of the royal couple getting married. It's a nice little Disney-like fantasy.

But then, that pesky reality creeps in.

Great Britten's economy has gone straight into the dumper just as ours have. People have lost their businesses, their livelihoods - and many folks are facing a new sense of poverty - the likes of which they've never known since the WWII.

And in spite of all of this, here's the new royal couple - surrounded by luxury and wealth, riding off in their horse drawn carriage into a life of wealth and privilege.

Is this something to applaud ?

Just for a point of reference, imagine Obama and Michelle renewing their vows. complete with royal jewels and the finest things money could buy.

How would that play in America right now ?

What is the difference ?

can you see how this wedding will benefit their economy? I can. This even is huge and shown worldwide. The world will be watching.

 

[asadoyayunta]

Great Britten's economy has gone straight into the dumper just as ours have. People have lost their businesses, their livelihoods - and many folks are facing a new sense of poverty - the likes of which they've never known since the WWII.

And in spite of all of this, here's the new royal couple - surrounded by luxury and wealth, riding off in their horse drawn carriage into a life of wealth and privilege.

It's crazy to suggest that the current economic problems compare in any way with post-WWII austerity. I work with people in their 80s and 90s who experienced it first hand. Vast numbers of people in the UK lived without electricity or indoor plumbing well into the 1960s. People today believe they are hard-up if they don't have a flat screen television! The levels of Welfare Benefit today in the UK mean no-one need be truly flat-out destitute

 

[metta]

The monarchy is already estimated to contribute £500million a year to GDP so the “royal economy” will be worth more than £1billion next year (update, this year), of which up to half will be spent in London.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/stand...-and-8201m-as-tourists-flock-to-join-party.do

 

[pat grimshaw]

... but I'm more excited about Charles and Alli's wedding (someone here has to get what I'm talking about).

Not me. I have no idea who those people are. no lol

 

[freshjock90]

I'll skip the show and get the highlights. They are not making it sound that interesting.
1) The bride said that her dress wont be like Diana's (code word for common/modern) i want to see a future princess dress like one.
2)she refuses to wear a tiara, wants flowers: i want to see some royal bling if i am gonna loose sleep over this
3) it's on at like 2 or 3am

 

[Kulindahr]

How can people not know who they are?

Not everyone in the world is a gossip slut.

 

[JSB_01]

I was surprised to hear that President Obama and the first lady weren't invited. Then again, there would probably be so many security issues to work out--it would be a bother.

I think I read somewhere that they weren't invited since William isn't next in line for the throne, otherwise if he were, the Obamas (and other world leaders?) would have been invited.

I want to watch it, and I unashamedly like the monarchy (well, a lot of that hinges on Elizabeth II). I don't necessarily view it as a wedding between two people I don't know, but more as the wedding of the future king continuing a line of tradition stretching back nearly a millennium. I like the sense of history. It does surprise me how much the monarchy has eroded in the public's eye during Elizabeth's reign, though, since she is by many accounts well respected and admired.