Eugenie and Beatrice DID look like moo-cows in hats. Their outfits and their hats were amazingly awful (even compared to the many other truly awful hats I saw today!!). I don’t know who let them out of the house like that.
What I really noticed, in terms of who was missing from the guest list, was high-profile Americans. Did anyone from our administration show up to represent us? Was anyone invited? I watched BBC America so maybe they just didn’t show the Yanks. If anyone saw any Americans, I’d like to hear about it!
As for Kate, I thought she looked lovely (except that her decision to do her own makeup showed — her lips were so pale that she looked scared to death! LOL!). Beautiful dress. Very “Sound of Music.” :) And I liked Will’s red uniform. Nice spot of color in that big cathedral. Worked for me.
Read on the one of the blogs, since the Obummers were not invited, other American high ranking politics would be unable to attend. Don’t know if that is right or not. I thought the bride was exquisite, but couldn’t get excited about her veil...maybe it was some heirloom she had to wear or something, but it seemed to crush down her hair and looked like cheesecloth. I would have liked her to have shown more hair, had a bigger tiara, and an illusion veil...but if you’re beautiful, you’re beautiful in a burlap bag. She is a beautiful girl. Loved the white strapless gown (although she wore a bolero on top...royal protocol I suppose) that she wore Friday evening to the dinner, with her hair down as she usually wears it.
I think the Royals’ decision not to invite the Bamas kind of precluded inviting other high profile Americans.
I’m sure the Bushes would have been invited, if it had not been for that. the Queen really liked President Bush.