2011 Royal Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton (2 Viewers)

[The General]

Love the pomp, pageantry and ceremony, the Royal protocols, the history and tradition, the vision of the Household Cavalry, the magnificent uniforms of Prince William & Prince Henry (Harry).

A real military enthusiast's wedding. %^V

 

[Bottlesoldier]

{sm4}I have to agree Pete.My wife and I watched it for entirely different reasons. I love the uniforms, and identifying the medals the guests were wearing. She agreed, the men were better dressed than the women. I think it was well filmed as well. Cheers, Johno.

 

[Martin Tabony]

That went well.

Martin

 

[Mitch]

Superb!!!!
Mitch

 

[Rob]

What a great day, Kate looked Gorgeous , the service was very nice and the Aston Martin was a nice touch!

Rob

 

[breslau]

I also enjoyed all the uniforms and medals and agree with Rob the Aston Martin was special and a great touch.

I was flicking between coverage on Sky News UK and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) when our Prime Minister Gillard arrived. Thought it funny that Sky News UK spent more time showing her arrival and being escorted through the Abbey but the ABC cut and went to an expert panel to talk about......

Also liked seeing the Australian State Coach used to escort the parents of the bride and groom from Westminster Abbey back to Buckingham Palace.

 

[Scott]

A very classy event. Hope these folks will be happy. It was pointed out to me that the Queen does not sing "God Save The Queen" for obvious reasons.

 

[thebritfarmer]

I stayed up throughout the night and watched it. It was a lovley service and just what the world needed. I am sure Diana was watching over and smiling down on them.

 

[wayne556517]

Yeah it was good especially when it ended and friday night footy came on,i reckon the sister is hotter................^&grin

 

[trooper]

Liked the two little page boys dressed as Guards officers in levee dress c. 1820. A good day for the monarchy, God bless them all. Trooper

 

[Rob]

Was a superb day, no one else puts on a show quite like that. And it wasn't just a Brit celebration either, with a worldwide audience of some two billion it was a chance for a moment to forget the Earthquakes, War, Terrorism and all the other awful news events and just celebrate something positive.

I think William and Katherine will one day make a superb King and Queen.

Long live the Monarchy

Rob

 

[kogu]

I watched a lot or most of the whole ceremony and liked every part of it.
Like Rob said, it was a nice break of the usual or common news nowadays.
Konrad

 

[Martin Tabony]

One mis-hap!

Martin

 

[thebritfarmer]

Ouch !!

It was a fabulous day for sure and I enjoyed every moment of it. I think they will inject some much needed modernism while maintaining the utmost traditions of the Monarchy.

God bless them and the rest of the Mountbatten-Windsors and God save the Queen :salute::

 

[BLReed]

Well, I must say that was great fun. Amazing the technology that
has evolved to bring the event worldwide in high definition. I did
stay up to watch just so I could "be there." Well, with a five second
delay. Being able to download the Official Program to follow along
was nice.

If nothing else it gave more meaning to my Stadden 90mm collection.
Darn, I wish Chas. Stadden was still around to do a few figures to
celebrate the event.

I did doze a couple of times (thanks for the replay button), but I
seemed to have missed this:
Flypast:
At 1330 a flypast will take place over Buckingham Palace. This will consist of the Battle of Britain
Memorial Flight‘s Lancaster, a Spitfire and a Hurricane; followed 30 seconds later by two Typhoons
and two Tornado GR4s in box formation.

You would think with 8,000 news people they would have caught the flypast. Still
a great party across the miles. The British outdid themselves. Reminiscing about
places that "I was there" a few years back was nice. Westminster Abbey looked
like it had been cleaned (sandblasted??) since I was last there. Maybe it was just
the beautiful Spring day.

 

[Rob]

Well, I must say that was great fun. Amazing the technology that
has evolved to bring the event worldwide in high definition. I did
stay up to watch just so I could "be there." Well, with a five second
delay. Being able to download the Official Program to follow along
was nice.

If nothing else it gave more meaning to my Stadden 90mm collection.
Darn, I wish Chas. Stadden was still around to do a few figures to
celebrate the event.

I did doze a couple of times (thanks for the replay button), but I
seemed to have missed this:
Flypast:
At 1330 a flypast will take place over Buckingham Palace. This will consist of the Battle of Britain
Memorial Flight‘s Lancaster, a Spitfire and a Hurricane; followed 30 seconds later by two Typhoons
and two Tornado GR4s in box formation.

You would think with 8,000 news people they would have caught the flypast. Still
a great party across the miles. The British outdid themselves. Reminiscing about
places that "I was there" a few years back was nice. Westminster Abbey looked
like it had been cleaned (sandblasted??) since I was last there. Maybe it was just
the beautiful Spring day.

Sorry you missed the flypast!. It was impressive, to hear the roar of those engines again over London again is always something special. You may see in one of the many photo's taken a small bridesmaid with her hands over her ears, the Lancaster was too much for her!

Rob

 

[BLReed]

..... It was impressive, to hear the roar of those engines again over London again is always something special. You may see in one of the many photo's taken a small bridesmaid with her hands over her ears, the Lancaster was too much for her!

I'm sure it was. One can only think what was on The Queen's mind. She
was probably one of a very few in attendance that remembered first hand.

I certainly have the distinctive "woop, woop" of a Huey etched in my
brain.

 

[Mitch]

great pic
Mitch

 

[wayne556517]

One mis-hap!

Martin

Was the horse ok???

 

[Martin Tabony]

Was the horse ok???

Yes he just went back to the stables at Horseguards Parade. It was fun watching all the coppers scatter when they thought he was hedding their way. The ffotguards stood their groud nicely though!

The only injuries were 60 members of The Life Guards who needed treatment after splitting their sides laughing^&grin^&grin^&grin

Martin