So the 29th of April was the wedding of Kate and Prince William. I was 10 when Prince Charles and Lady Diana were married. I remember setting my alarm for some silly time in the morning so I could watch the ceremony. It was amazing to watch. Not only was I impressed with the whole grandeur of it all but I remember thinking how cool it was that it was live. England seemed like it was as far away as the moon.
This time around, I didn’t get caught up in it all. I was just ambivalent. It was everywhere, for weeks. Maybe I was desensitized by it all. The cool bit to me was, it was an extra day off for free. Working part time I got lucky and because the 22nd and the 25th were bank holidays it meant that for two weeks I only had to work one and a half days. I don’t know why I wasn’t caught up by all the excitement, maybe it’s because now seeing live events from different places around the world doesn’t seem so special, in fact it’s so normal I don’t even think about it, and knowing England wasn’t as far away as the moon. What ever the reason, I actively avoided any kind of social media most of Thursday.
Later in the day, there was a little bit of me who really wanted to see pictures of the wedding. It was, after all, a bit of history. I guess I did get caught up by it in the end. I looked through the pictures on the BBC’s website. Kate’s wedding dress was lovely, Prince William looked like any bridegroom would, that mixture of excitement and nervous, that deer in the headlights look. And there was just enough pomp and circumstance to make it look important. But there was one photo out of all the others that changed the whole feel of the wedding for me.
I love the simplicity of that photo. Two people driving away, driving off to start a new life together. No pomp, no titles, just two people on their wedding day. It shows just how regardless of titles, of positions held in any country, people are people.
If I were asked to give one bit of advice to William and Kate, it would be this. Laugh often. That’s it, just laugh.
Nice………..More than a decade has gone by and how things have changed.
Love your writing.
Oh that makes me feel so incredibly old!
So true. Perfect pic, full of hope.
Yup and I hope they make it, so much pressure on them. I hope they learn from others mistakes.
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