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Gotta admit the Brits know how to put on a show – weddings, funerals, coronations – they’ve got it…
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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.
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.
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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.
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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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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…”
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.
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?
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.
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.)
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.
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.