ROYAL WEDDING TIMETABLE (with historic details from print edition)

NY POST (TWO PAGE PRINT EDITION) ^ | 4/28/11

[Liz]

EXCERPTED FROM NY POST PRINT EDITION

4:00 AM Live media feed begins.

5:10 AM Wills and and best man Prince Harry first to leave Clarence House for Abbey. Charles and Camilla leave. Clarence House is Charles, Camilla, sons' home. Built 1825-27 for William IV. William and Kate's London home after marriage.

5:40 AM Queen and Prince leave Buckingham Palace---built in 1702 by request of Duke of Buckingham. Queen Victoria was first sovereign resident in 1837. Ballroom---site of the reception---is 120' long

5:51 AM Kate and dad leave Goring Hotel in 1950 Rolls Royce Phantom IV---auto attacked with Charles and Camilla inside. Five-star Goring Hotel is fave of Queen and Queen Mother; operated by same family since 1910.

6:00 AM Wedding begins. Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams performs ceremony. Right Rev Richard Chartres, Bishop of London gives address. Services conducted by Dean of Westminster, the very Rev John Hall.Abbey has hosted 15 royal weddings including Prince William's grandmother and great grandmother.

7:15 AM Couple rides back to the palace for reception in open 1902 state landau carriage (weather permitting).

ORDER OF PROCESSION BACK TO PALACE

Kate and Wills

Price Harry and Pippa Middleton

Bridesmaids and page boys

Queen and Prince Phillip

Prince Charles, Camilla and the Middletons

8:00 AM Wedding reception at Buckingham Palace.

8:25 AM Kate and Wills appear on balcony.

8:30 AM RAF aircraft from Battle of Britain fly-by as royal family appears on balcony.

8:45 AM Lunchtime reception for 600 guests hosted by Queen --- served on solid gold dinnerware with gold cutlery. Queen makes champagne toast.

10:30 AM Couple leaves for St James Palace to change for evening reception.

2:00 AM Reception and dinner for 300 guests. Nightclub disco scene with 80's theme til dawn, planned by Pippa, Kate's sister/maid of honor.

[dixiebelle]

I totally agree & as someone who has been subjected to ugly strapless, sleevless bridesmaid gowns several times - we all looked like cows walking down the asile (truly, only a size 4 can pull off the strapless look)...I can only hope that when the time comes for me to choose my own wedding gown, I will be able to find something tasteful (with sleeves!)

[twigs]

getaway to rest up and change for the coming parties

That's not what my husband said was Will's purpose! LOL.

[CedarDave]

Took a second to look at the picture, but now LOL!

[defconw]

Exactly, he even said that it was his standard speech. He ia actually younger then I am. LOL

[STARWISE]

Yes .. he looks to be a barrel of fun.

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Video of the Aston Martin getaway .. too fun. And
his buddies in the RAF Search and Rescue force DID
surprise him with a chopper flyover .. how great
.. all of it.

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7364312n

Video continues with more flashbacks of the memorable
event.

[maggief]

HATS!

(Love Letizia’s hat, pic 13, and Zara Phillips is stunning, pic 26.)

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/sns-royal-wedding-hats-pictures,0,2465632.photogallery

[STARWISE]

Wow .. Letizia = lovely; very huge and extravagant one on Zara.

[STARWISE]

FYI .. TLC STILL HAS ONGOING COVERAGE.

[NautiNurse]

but this IS a Royal Wedding .... Kate played it too low key.

and the world is experiencing economic woes. An over-the-top royal display would be inappropriate in these lean times. Kate was perfect in every way today.

[Liz]

No 9-—Hats-—three unidentified guests?

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/sns-royal-wedding-hats-pictures,0,2465632.photogallery

One of them is Harry’s girlfriend, Chelsy.

I think we’d all agree-—Fergie’s daughters, especially Beatrice, wore the ugliest hats ever created-—and outfits to match.

[Explorer89]

I hate Letizia on principle. Nobody who has given birth twice should be allowed to be that thin!!!

[PanzerKardinal]

So I’m suppose to get all excited when an overly inbred guy from a billionaire German family marries a girl who’s family owns a party supply company?

Well now that it’s over with. We can get back to more important things like....Charlie Sheen!

[manc]

no problem with them mate, after all I was in the armed services. Now as for Kenny Dalglish , LOL, well as someone from salford and united, I say stuff him but as from a more adult prespective and more of a neutral think he should get it. He was a great player, helped them to get where they are and has turned them around this season. Also I loved it for the way he told wenger to do one, classic that was after the draw they got

[hoosiermama]

Do you know if Wm gave Kate a present on this day?

[maggief]

Reuters Pictures 12 hours ago Chelsy Davy (L), leaves Westminster Abbey after the wedding of Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, in central London April 29, 2011.

[Bigg Red]

You may have a point about why they sent Smith. I am thinking, though, that anyone who thought the whole thing was stupid would not be tuning in anyway.

I refuse to watch that little queen when he is on FOX. I put up with him for a while this morning, but then, after the tongue remark, I switched to HLN.

Maybe a bunch of us should let FOX know how we felt about this. I have complained about him before, but I don’t know how much good it does.

[STARWISE]

Oh that .. she’s not thin .. she’s anorexic.

[STARWISE]

No ..

[Liz]

Kate’s bouquet was a shield-shaped wired bouquet of lily of the valley, sweet william and hyacinth with myrtle and ivy. The meaning of the flowers was very important to Kate, so the design included flowers of significance for the Royal Family and the Middleton family.

The flower meanings in the bouquet are: * Lily of the valley – Return of happiness * Sweet william – Gallantry * Hyacinth – Constancy of love * Ivy – Fidelity; marriage; wedded love; friendship; affection * Myrtle – The emblem of marriage; love

As tradition dictates, the bouquet contained stems from a myrtle planted at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, by Queen Victoria in 1845, and a sprig from a plant grown from the myrtle used in The Queen’s wedding bouquet of 1947.

(Images : BBC)

Kate really did choose seasonal flowers----Lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis) is generally only available in the UK in April and May. Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus) is available generally from April to June. Hyacinths (Hyacinthus orientalis) are more readily available – normally from November to May.

The ivy and lily of the valley hair wreaths worn by the younger bridesmaids were influenced by the bride’s mother’s own headdress at her wedding in 1981.And the bouquets held by the bridesmaids replicated the flowers used in Kate’s bouquet, incorporating lily of the valley, sweet william and hyacinth.

[JudyinCanada]

I didn’t watch the whole thing, but I noticed that not very long after the “13 year old boy in a gym locker room” tongue remark, they went to a commercial then Martha was speaking for a few minutes. Shep then made a favourable remark, something like it being an amazing day. I wondered if someone had given him a few choice words in his earpiece.

Surely this guy has something on someone at Fox. I don’t know why else he would be there.