Sorry for the order of the photos - [weeding through the okay to post and the forbidden]
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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Re: for the first time in a long long time , I actually feel there IS hope for England .
This will change your mind:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2711063/posts
TLC has had excellent coverage.
Bella looks more like a Princess than Eugenie.
Just like a leftist troll, bringing everything down to a crass, nasty, Godless level and intentionally taking the joy out of everybody's life for your own narcissistic personal gratification.
was the queen able to get off the ‘throne’ long enough to attend the festivities????
Lady Maggie posted the tiara info at Post #430.
What was the song that sounded like “My County Tis of Thee?”
It was a good sermon. It was an attack on the loss of faith in the West.
“God Save the Queen”?
“God Save the Queen”...notice the Queen wasn’t singing along.
BLEST PAIR OF SIRENS
Blest pair of Sirens, pledges of heaven’s joy,
sphere-born harmonious sisters, Voice and Verse,
wed your divine sounds, and mixed power employ,
dead things with inbreathed sense able to pierce;
and to our high-raised phantasy present
that undisturbed song of pure concent,
aye sung before the sapphire-coloured throne
to him that sits thereon,
with saintly shout, and solemn jubilee,
where the bright Seraphim in burning row
their loud uplifted angel-trumpets blow,
and the cherubic host in thousand quires
touch their immortal harps of golden wires,
with those just spirits that wear victorious palms,
hymns devout and holy psalms
singing everlastingly:
That we on earth with undiscording voice
may rightly answer that melodious noise;
as once we did, till disproportioned sin
jarred against nature’s chime, and with harsh din
broke the fair music that all creatures made
to their great Lord, whose love their motion swayed
in perfect diapason, whilst they stood
in first obedience, and their state of good.
O may we soon again renew that song,
and keep in tune with heaven, till God ere long
to his celestial concert us unite,
to live with him, and sing in endless morn of light.
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry
John Milton (1608–74)
‘At a Solemn Musick’
Fair play. You have a good day too.
Hey, they ran out the back! What’s up with that? Aren’t they going to do a formal recessional?
I guess that is why she wasn’t singing :)
I watered up when they were taking their vows (sob).
that’s the British national anthem “God Save the Queen”. “My Country tis of thee” adopted the same tune
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