The country needed something to lift its spirits, and that came with yesterday’s announcement that Prince William is to marry Kate Middleton in the spring or summer of next year. Heartiest congratulations to them.
A royal wedding will certainly lift our spirits, not to say also the welcome impact on tourism. Already there is much speculation.
Where they will marry; will it be St. Paul’s, Westminster Cathedral or the Chapel Royal? Where will the bride get her wedding dress and what sort of style will it be; will it be an unknown British designer and something more simple than that worn by Princess Diana thirty years ago? What will be Kate’s rank after marriage; will she be a duchess or a princess, or both? Will it be a formal or informal affair, though is there any doubt that it will be a formal one? Where will the honeymoon be? And will the wedding day be a public holiday (possibly a better chance for this under the present government!)? And so on and so forth.
One thing that has yet to surface among all the speculation is what name will the bride adopt when she eventually becomes queen. At this moment she is Catherine Elizabeth. Will she remain a Catherine (possibly not because previous Catherines have come to a sticky end) or will she choose to be Elizabeth (which many might say would be a nice compliment to the present queen and her late mother) as her reign name?
I don’t know the answers to these questions any more than anyone else, but it’s all good stuff which will occupy the minds of royalists for months to come. And I’m all for it!
Warmest congratulations!
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A royal wedding will certainly lift our spirits, not to say also the welcome impact on tourism. Already there is much speculation.
Where they will marry; will it be St. Paul’s, Westminster Cathedral or the Chapel Royal? Where will the bride get her wedding dress and what sort of style will it be; will it be an unknown British designer and something more simple than that worn by Princess Diana thirty years ago? What will be Kate’s rank after marriage; will she be a duchess or a princess, or both? Will it be a formal or informal affair, though is there any doubt that it will be a formal one? Where will the honeymoon be? And will the wedding day be a public holiday (possibly a better chance for this under the present government!)? And so on and so forth.
One thing that has yet to surface among all the speculation is what name will the bride adopt when she eventually becomes queen. At this moment she is Catherine Elizabeth. Will she remain a Catherine (possibly not because previous Catherines have come to a sticky end) or will she choose to be Elizabeth (which many might say would be a nice compliment to the present queen and her late mother) as her reign name?
I don’t know the answers to these questions any more than anyone else, but it’s all good stuff which will occupy the minds of royalists for months to come. And I’m all for it!
Warmest congratulations!
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