Showing posts with label A to Z of Britain’s royal wedding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label A to Z of Britain’s royal wedding. Show all posts
William and Kate marry as world watches
Prince William married Kate Middleton in regal splendor at London’s Westminster Abbey Friday as huge crowds and a global TV audience watched Britain’s biggest royal celebration for three decades.Kate, wearing a stunning ivory and white satin wedding dress with long lace sleeves, a veil and a flowing train, stood composed at the altar with the second in line to the throne who wore a smart scarlet military tunic.
“I will,” the future king and queen each pronounced solemnly in turn
Royal wedding guests arrive for marriage of William and Kate
Members of the royal family, friends, foreign dignitaries and royal families from around the world, have begun arriving at Westminster Abbey inLondon to celebrate the marriage of Prince William, the second in line to the throne, and Kate Middleton.Thousands of wellwishers have lined the 1.5-mile route to the abbey, which has itself been inundated with tourists watching the arrival of the 1,900 guests since 8:15am. David and Victoria Beckham, Elton John and David Furnish, and Prince Harry's friend Chelsy Davy were among those to arrive before 10am.
Royal Wedding Story
Bells pealed, crowds cheered, even the sun put in a timely appearance, as Prince William emerged from Westminster Abbey with his bride on his arm.
Wearing a broad smile, a Wartski wedding ring of Welsh gold and an ivory gown with lace applique, Kate Middleton – now Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge – joined The Firm amid the pomp and pageantry Britain prides itself on performing well.
Before a global television audience of many millions, Kate played her part to perfection. From the dress – by Sarah Burton at Alexander McQueen, kept a secret until the last moment
Who's the real princess?
They can cost up to US$190, and eager tourists frequently make bookings for their daughters' fairy tale day up to six months in advance.
Kids as young as five-year-old Nadia Woodrow gets the royal treatment at Florida's Disney World's Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique. These kids get royal hair-dos, make-up and nail polish to make them look like their favourite Disney princesses.
Angela Allen who works at Walt Disney World said:
Fed chief says jobs, housing holding back US recovery
Lamenting the social costs of high joblessness and a depressed housing market, Bernanke said community groups, local leaders and businesses could all help stop the bleeding.
"Our economy is far from where we would like it to be, and many people and neighbourhoods are in danger of being left behind," he told an audience in Arlington, Virginia.
"In some areas, for example, high foreclosure rates have produced significant numbers of vacant properties,
A love that changed British royal history
A young Prince of Wales meets and falls in love with a beautiful, spirited commoner.But Rebecca Dean’s “The Golden Prince” is set nearly a century ago, so instead of leading to marriage – as with Prince William and Kate Middleton next week – the relationship between Prince Edward, later King Edward VIII, and Lily Houghton was doomed from the start.
Dean said her novel was an attempt to explore the idea, put forth by some historians, that a thwarted early love so changed
“Kate will avoid Diana’s sadness”
Kate Middleton will avoid the problems experienced by Princess Diana when she marries into a royal family that has changed greatly in 30 years, leading royal author Andrew Morton says.Morton laid bare the deep unhappiness in Diana’s marriage to Prince Charles with his 1992 book “Diana: Her True Story”, which he later revealed had been written from tapes that the princess had recorded.
He sees little danger that once Kate marries at Westminster Abbey on Friday
Kate Middleton: The next British style icon?
While every outfit she wears is heavily scrutinised by the British press, the British fashion industry are hoping she will help promote its clothes all over the world.
British fashion chain Reiss has recognized the power of Kate Middleton last November.
The Reiss dress which she wore during her official engagement photo shoot with Prince William sparked a sale frenzy
A to Z of Britain’s royal wedding
The royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton on April 29, from A to Z:A FOR ABBEY: William and Kate will marry in Westminster Abbey, a London church steeped in royal history.
The funeral of Princess Diana, William’s mother, took place there in 1997, and the first king William was crowned in the abbey in 1066 after the Norman conquest of England.
B FOR BEST MAN: William’s brother Prince Harry will be his best man
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