# The Royal Wedding; will it be watched by you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 25, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-royal-wedding-will-it-be-watched-by-you/579693 "2011-04-25T19:05:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-royal-wedding-will-it-be-watched-by-you/579693/61 "2011-04-26T19:37:15Z")
[QUOTE=a35362] Gotta admit the Brits know how to put on a show – weddings, funerals, coronations – they’ve got it… [/QUOTE] True, and we probally won’t see another event on this scale until Prince Phillip’s funeral. I imagine the general mood will be much less festive for that. > [@a35362](#): > > Kate won’t be taking a carriage to the church. She and her dad ride in a regular old car, and afterwards Will and Kate (or “Princess Catherine” as she will be then) ride in a carriage back to the palace… The Metropolitan Police are praying for rain apparently as it’ll mean the couple will be riding in a glass-toped carriage instead of an open one. I assume the glass will be bullet-proof. And nitpick; she won’t be “Princess Catherine” she wasn’t born a princess. She’ll be “the Duchess of \_\_\_\_\_” if Prince William is made a duke as expected and “Princess _William_” if he isn’t. [QUOTE=a35362] I still don’t understand how people who don’t own hotels (or restaurants, or pubs) are benefited by this kind of thing. Those hotels aren’t even necessarily owned by Britons. [/QUOTE] The taxes go to the British state no matter who owns them. There’s VAT, the income taxes all the employees who are doing overtime are paying, excise taxes on booze, possible a hotel tax (does the UK have those). ---
**Author:** ![MJinks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@MJinks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MJinks)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-royal-wedding-will-it-be-watched-by-you/579693/62 "2011-04-26T19:48:13Z")
Another Brit here voting ‘Hell No!’. I despise the whole institution. I wish them all the best in their new life but I don’t ever want to hear about it. ---
**Author:** ![MickNickMaggies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@MickNickMaggies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MickNickMaggies)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-royal-wedding-will-it-be-watched-by-you/579693/63 "2011-04-26T20:14:17Z")
> [@Floater](#): > > I’ll be in London in the morning, but head straight for Aberdeen as that is almost as far away from the circus I can get on the island. How I miss the 'deen. Where you’d get beaten to a pulp for wearing an England shirt, let alone watching the royal wedding. I’m fleeing from Dundee myself. Being this close to St Andrews, we can feel the hysteria across the Tay and don’t like it one bit. Scotland: Not watching, but still hoping the whole thing burns down Apocalypse-stylee. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-royal-wedding-will-it-be-watched-by-you/579693/64 "2011-04-26T20:24:35Z")
My memory is a little fuzzy on it, but I am pretty sure that my ancestors fought a war so I did not have to give a crap about the British royalty anymore. I think I will spend the day honoring their sacrifice. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-royal-wedding-will-it-be-watched-by-you/579693/65 "2011-04-26T20:27:48Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > possible a hotel tax (does the UK have those). No, there’s no hotel tax, but there will likely be a bit of price inflation in the better hotels due to the demand of the number of foreign news people in town. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-royal-wedding-will-it-be-watched-by-you/579693/66 "2011-04-26T20:32:19Z")
> [@MickNickMaggies](#): > > How I miss the 'deen. Where you’d get beaten to a pulp for wearing an England shirt, let alone watching the royal wedding. You sure about this? Aberdeen always struck me as being full of English people? ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-royal-wedding-will-it-be-watched-by-you/579693/67 "2011-04-26T20:46:55Z")
> [@MickNickMaggies](#): > > How I miss the 'deen. Where you’d get beaten to a pulp for wearing an England shirt, let alone watching the royal wedding. > > I’m fleeing from Dundee myself. Being this close to St Andrews, we can feel the hysteria across the Tay and don’t like it one bit. > > Scotland: Not watching, but still hoping the whole thing burns down Apocalypse-stylee. The royals are pretty damn Scottish; the Queen even chooses to spend her summers there. That’s loyal. ---
**Author:** ![MickNickMaggies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@MickNickMaggies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MickNickMaggies)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-royal-wedding-will-it-be-watched-by-you/579693/68 "2011-04-26T22:12:49Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > You sure about this? Aberdeen always struck me as being full of English people? > **[BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | North East/N Isles | England fan assaulted in...](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/north_east/5139054.stm)** > > An investigation is under way into the latest attack on someone wearing an England football jersey in Scotland. > **[BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | North East/N Isles | Fan's England flags burned down](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/north_east/5116434.stm)** > > Police investigate after England flags are torn from a house and burned in an Aberdeenshire town. > **[BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | England shirt attacks condemned](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/5101184.stm)** > > The prime minister condemns attacks on a seven-year-old boy and 41-year-old man while wearing England shirts. These were a few back in 2006. I mainly kid- as I said, being in Dundee we’re near enough to St Andrews that people are going a bit mental. The in-laws in Perth have some kind of street party happening. ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-royal-wedding-will-it-be-watched-by-you/579693/69 "2011-04-26T23:53:24Z")
I’ve got the DVR set. I’m very into this wedding: I’ve got the magazines, the gossipy books, and a ceramic tchotchke. But I am not a morning person, to put it lightly, and the only way I’m getting out of bed that early is if there’s a fire in the building. I’ll watch it when I get home in the afternoon. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-royal-wedding-will-it-be-watched-by-you/579693/70 "2011-04-27T02:30:36Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > The royals are pretty damn Scottish; the Queen even chooses to spend her summers there. That’s loyal. No, that’s royal. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-royal-wedding-will-it-be-watched-by-you/579693/71 "2011-04-27T02:45:17Z")
I was astounded to find out this evening that my friend’s parents, and many of the others who live in their retirement community, are not just getting up early to watch this (coverage starts at 5:00 way too early in the bloody morning, our time)… but are taking over the local hall for a big-screen presentation _and dressing up for it_. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-royal-wedding-will-it-be-watched-by-you/579693/72 "2011-04-27T02:46:12Z")
It is just nauseating here. I was watching commercial TV last night and in each newsbreak there were the usual couple of news stories and then a mention of the wedding. In each case, the reference to the wedding was so forced, and so artificial, that it was quite clear that the news staff had just been told that it was compulsory that every newsbreak carry a wedding story, regardless of whether or not there was anything to say. I can’t recall the exact wording of the “story” but honestly it was down to the level of something like “… and in London, preparations continue for the Wedding of the Century [stock shot of London]. Next news in half an hour…” ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-royal-wedding-will-it-be-watched-by-you/579693/73 "2011-04-27T04:40:19Z")
> [@Celyn](#): > > Cricket. 😃 Heee ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-royal-wedding-will-it-be-watched-by-you/579693/74 "2011-04-27T09:02:48Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > Considering where they both went to uni, I’m not sure Aberdeen is going to be exactly quiet about the wedding. > [@SciFiSam](#): > > The royals are pretty damn Scottish; the Queen even chooses to spend her summers there. That’s loyal. When I think of it, Balmoral is not far from Aberdeen. However, we’ll not go directly there but stay overnight in Falkirk (which is even closer to St Andrew’s :dubious:). I read something the other day about how many applications had been entered for having a wedding street party. In London there were several hundreds of them, none in Glasgow. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-royal-wedding-will-it-be-watched-by-you/579693/75 "2011-04-27T09:39:03Z")
I’m not watching it unless you can guarantee there will be snipers, and the body count will include every single participant and guest, and that complete twunt they showed on the news the other morning who’s already camping out. Honestly, don’t people have better things to do with their time? ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-royal-wedding-will-it-be-watched-by-you/579693/76 "2011-04-27T09:41:33Z")
No chance in the wide world will I be watching. It’s on all free-to-air channels here on Friday evening/night. Fortunately for me, I’ll be working. ---
**Author:** ![Lo-Slung\_Denim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f6c823/32.png) [@Lo-Slung\_Denim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lo-Slung_Denim)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-royal-wedding-will-it-be-watched-by-you/579693/77 "2011-04-27T12:02:56Z")
Not interested in the royals, I think they are parasites. I will probably not be able to avoid it though - I live in London and I imagine it will hamper my attempts to get about the city minding my own business. I’m pleased I’ve got the day off and I’ve been invited round my cousin’s to watch it but I can’t bring myself to care about them. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-royal-wedding-will-it-be-watched-by-you/579693/78 "2011-04-27T12:44:37Z")
I’ll catch the replay. Mostly so I’ll be prepared for the special Fashion Police episode covering the royal wedding. Tori Spelling will be joining Joan Rivers & Kelly Osborne for what promises to be non-reverent coverage of this media event. (My ancestors didn’t get here in time to rebel against the Brits–back in 1776. But they rebelled plenty before they crossed the ocean.) ---
**Author:** ![phantom\_lamb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@phantom\_lamb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phantom_lamb)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-royal-wedding-will-it-be-watched-by-you/579693/79 "2011-04-27T13:05:06Z")
If it’s on while I’m at work - no. If it it’s on when I get back from work and turn on the TV I’ll probably tune in and see what it’s all about. If it’s boring I’ll change the channel. If it’s not being broadcast on any channel I’m not going to bother to use streaming links online. Basically, it’s a “probably”. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-royal-wedding-will-it-be-watched-by-you/579693/80 "2011-04-27T13:11:49Z")
If I happen to be awake at 3 am I’ll watch it, but I’m not setting an alarm and getting up just because some people in a foreign country 6,000 miles away are getting hitched. Seriously, I’m sure the highlights will be played over and over until we’re all nauseous, there’s no way to actually _miss_ the wedding, it’s purely a question of how saturated you’ll be. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-royal-wedding-will-it-be-watched-by-you/579693.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-royal-wedding-will-it-be-watched-by-you/579693.md?page=5)