So, I’m at Bar Camp Sheffield right now and I’ve just been in a ‘morning papers’ session and we were discussing ‘the wedding’ and an idea occurred to us and I don’t know where else to post this but I need to put it somewhere so I can link to it.
Last year on the 1st May 2010 my husband and I got married and it was one of the happiest days of our lives, managing to live up to pretty much every cliche that’s been rolled out about such things ever. One of the nicest things about it, was that everyone was lovely all day, really kind and thoughtful and we and our loved ones just had a fun, knees up that was part planned, part out-of-the-blue-wonderfulness. Everyone should have that and every wedding I’ve been to since, does have it.
Despite the fact that I have one of these in my office to keep me smiling, even William and Kate should have it. I hope for their sake they’re in love and that they get enough of themselves into the day that it brings them happy memories because life is tough even for a Prince and Princess and the worst way to wander through it is lonely. So good luck to them!
But, whilst we’re on the subject of the Royal Wedding there are people in this country who don’t have the weight of public funds and wise family investments in arms and antiques to prop up the cost of that really big dress or that very expensive suit or that massive cake or… And some of them, fools that they are, decided to save up and set a date for their wedding which has now been taken by HRH & Co. Like I say, I really do want W&K to have a lovely day but I’d also like some commoners to have a lovely wedding too. So here’s my offer to you, commoner who happens to be getting married on the 29th April 2011. If you want, me and some of my friends will come to your wedding. We’ll make bunting and pack a picnic and wave from behind a barrier at you as you leave the Church/ Mosque/ Gurudwara/ Registry Office etc. If you’re going home to have your party, we’ll organise a street party and if you’re not, well we’ll head back to our own street and have a garden party.
We could put together a mock up ‘OK Magazine’ with interviews on where you met and how you manage to keep your hair looking nice whilst also helping him to manage all his public appointments etc.
Like I say, I loved getting married last year and I love being married and if you have lovely family and friends (which most of us do) the royal wedding probably won’t get very much in the way of your big day, but if you’d like me Hannah Commoner to turn up and wave a flag to demonstrate my loyalty to you, well then I’d be privileged.
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