Posted on 04/28/2011 7:45:58 AM PDT by 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.
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Thank you so MUCH for this informative post! gobbled it up :^)
Nice! I assume Kate and her family are staying in the Belgravia Suite?
Dittos!!!
-Lady Elizabeth Princess of Morningside
Meant to say...the print edition had what Liz graciously posted earlier. :)
Nice! :-)
I plan to be up between 4-5 AM, but I've got the DVR set to record the Fox News coverage. Love Gretchen! Hope Drama Queen Shemp Smith doesn't ruin the show however...
Yikes... time to get to bed. I'm having too much fun on this thread!
I am, then, Lady Ester Rex of Wilson Point.
See you in the morrow, nutmeg!
Oh, I just love that last photo especially.
Whatever you say about the royals, I know seeing Diana with her boys really inspired me to be a good mother to my own through the years. She really made her kids a priority ...and I tried to do it also, consciously or not, after watching her. My kids are older, although a few years younger than William. I feel I also raised really good kids.
I will have a hard time not shedding a tear tomorrow for her. Seeing what happened makes me grateful to still be alive at this stage to watch my kids continue to grow in their lives.
Still waiting for grandkids, though ....
Lady Elizabeth Monique Monroe ... signing off. Until the morning! Toodaloo!!
I echo your words about the beautiful and devoted Mother Diana was, and I’m so thrilled to see William and Harry still holding her near and so dear, (regardless of their schlump of a father and trollup of an ugly stepmother) ...I hope the report of his mentioning her in today’s ceremony are true.
And no grandchildren .. yet either... but fingers crossed ;)
BBC coverage
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11767495
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-13234014
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Royal wedding: William greets fans ahead of wedding
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13217693
Royal ring sapphire ‘came from Sri Lanka’
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13214228
Royal wedding: Prince William ‘has Middleton ancestry’
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-13209043
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My local PBS station has had BBC News on live, with intermittent coverage from London on the festivities. They’ve resumed local coverage, but hopefully, they may be resuming covering throughout the night and to the morning.
Also, I would think FNC will have Sky News coverage. They have coverage from London on now.
Off soon to take another nap, hopefully to awaken (by alarm I’m sure) for Wills and Harry’s departure for Westminster.
Cheerio for now!
I’m here, watching on BBC on Sky. Lucky me, as a temporary ex-pat in Europe, I’m actually an hour behind London. I’ve already gone shopping and cleaned the house!
BBC is showing a bunch of British service-people, some in Afghanistan, giving wishes to the couple.
Oh, I WANT a tiara!
Royal wedding guest name - a bit like porn star name which has the first name being your favorite childhood pet and the last name the street you grew up on. So I guess my royal wedding guest name would be Emma Boots-Cortez. I like it.
On BBC, some wedding guest just went in with a hat that looked like plate attached to her head sideways. It was literally vertical. It was stupid looking.
That red thing? Ridiculous.
Was Chelsy Davy wearing a pancake on her head? LOL
TV On. .Lots of lights on in neighborhood. Fun to see all the hats on the crowds in the crowds in London
The hat was white. It was a plate attached to the side of her head, with a pile of flowers on top of her hair. If I had to sit behind her in the Abbey, I would be PISSED.
Ugh, Victoria Beckham’s hat is stupid looking, too. Not a bad maternity dress, though. David Beckham is looking hot. Like that is a surprise.
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