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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How handsome they both look. Goosebumps here.
Diana’s brother is there with the chick in the big gold hat. (I knida like that hat.) Queen is making them sit on the Middleton side of the church, not on the royal family side. Man, they just can’t stop stickin’ it to Diana, can they?
Are you here?
Love the gold hat too.
They are showing William and Harry coming to the Abby. Couldn’t help it. I started to cry.
Lady Jenny Duke of Stillwater
TLC has the best coverage.
Couldn’t help but tear up seeing these two handsome young men in full uniform waving to the crowd from the back of the car. Their mother would be so proud.
Couldn’t help flashing back to them walking behind their mother’s coffin....
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron (L) arrives with his wife Samantha
It’s hard not to get the big lump in the throat seeing Harry and Will today. Last time we saw them in ceremonial procession was the funeral for their mother.
I dig Harry....I love his red hair....Wonder if he’s really Charles’s son....He doesn’t resemble any of them....
Is Harry balding too?
**sigh**
Diane Sawyer said they are in choice seats and weren't being slighted in the least. Hearing how close Will is to his uncle, I'm apt to believe it, assuming he had a role in the seating.
Hello Onyx,
Hope you are well this early morning for you :)
Since this seems to be the live thread, I think it would be a good idea to put this thread in the breaking news section.
Heck, I will do it.
So if anyone is upset, just blame me :P
Perhaps the admin could add a live thread tag to the title?
Cheers.
I used to think that William was better looking than Harry, but Harry has definitely matured into the better looking one. A shame about William’s hair. I didn’t see that coming. Does Earl Spencer still have his hair? Baldness is hereditary from the mother’s side.
Just heard that although William will not wear a wedding band, he is never without the engraved watch his mother gave him. Tearing up now.
The couple from the local grocery (Indian in Sari) just came in.
Maybe that’s the deal. One of the commentators mentioned the Duke’s seating as if it were a payback for his speech at Diana’s funeral. Still, I know he’s close to Diana’s boys...
LOL.
Earl Spencer, brother to the late Princess Diana, speaks with guests at Westminster Abbey before the wedding of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton, in central London April 29, 2011. (ROYAL WEDDING/VIP) REUTERS/Dominic Lipinski/Pool
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