The Wedding

Wedding stuff:

10:56 We have been watching for an hour or so. Had breakfast of pancakes in front of the TV. I listened to the radio as I was cooking. The girls watched Charlie and Lola on CBBC - the kids' channel.

A lot of the commentary was quite ridiclus. Too much talk of who made what clothes. Weird comments from American astronauts.

10:59 "She is wearing her hair half up/half down. It is gathered up at the front. All of the length is in the back. That lace can't take too much competition."

Talking of Kate's father and his accomplishment and pride at his daughter joining the royal family.

11:05 BBC going crazy over the dress. She does look good, but she always looks good.

11:07 Rose and Xyla are both doing some type of chant, dance thing.

Harry cracking jokes. Will looking straight ahead.

11:09 Chatting with Bryan Gaensler in Sydney on Facebook.

There's that swimmer guy in the crowd. Thorpe, I think.

11:32 Where are the women? Oh, another man is going to speak.

11:44 Choir again. Looks like the wedding party is losing interest.
People walking by the house - don't they know the wedding is happening.

11:47 Love that they had two sets of prayer chairs. What planning. They didn't want to use the chairs for two different purposes. That, or they are trying to maximize the take they will realize on ebay once this is all over.

12:02 Man just picked his nose in front of 2 billion people. That's got to be a world record.

12:11 They're off. Xyla want's to see the people in the other carriage. They are talking a lot during all of this.

12:33 We're done and off for the day.


We'll that's it. Everyone seems to think it is all about the royals and Will and Kate. It isn't. It is about spectacle. History? People wanted to be part of something big, and they made it big. It was an event because of the people, not the event itself. Folks just wanted to be where the other folks were. It didn't really matter that there were other people driving around in fancy cars, in overpriced dresses or on horses. They just wanted something to do.

For the rest of our day we took the bus to Wilmslow, walked along the river and hung out at a pub in Stayl until Andrea got home from the airport. She picked us up and then we went out to dinner.

That's it.