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by | April 28, 2011 · 9:31 am

Royal Wedding Week: Get With the Programme

The royal family has released the official wedding programme (that’s how we say it in Britain) for tomorrow’s ceremony. The 28-page booklet includes the normal wedding program stuff – names of the bridal party, a note of thanks from the happy couple – but also a history of Westminster Abbey, both families’ Coats of Arms, and a new portrait of William and Kate by Mario Testino.

By this time tomorrow, the prince will have a wife, Kate Middleton will be a princess, and I will be completely overwhelmed and dying from sleep deprivation. From the amount of rehearsals everyone has gone through in the past 48 hours, I would say that everything is in place for tomorrow. And, worth noting, does Prince Harry have to stand-in for William for everything? The kid has been at Westminster Abbey more times in the past week then he probably has in his whole life. He has a best man speech to prepare, people!

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by | April 27, 2011 · 4:41 pm

Royal Wedding Week: Final Rehearsals and a Suspiciously Big Garment Bag

Photo courtesy of the Daily Mail, UK

First of all, shout out to the bell hop in the bowler hat. And props (do people still say props?) to the British media for being on this Royal Wedding like a broke hooker on a $20 bill. This is why I need to move to London!

So, there was lots of movement in and around the Goring Hotel, Buckingham Palace and Clarence House today as the final touches are being put in place for Friday’s festivities. From what I’ve read on the Daily Mail today (yes, I hit refresh every 30 seconds and it’s fed into my Google Reader), all of the Middletons left their home in Buckleberry to move into the Goring, a swanky London hotel, where they will spend the rest of their time before the wedding. Bellhops unloaded a buttload (bumload?) of luggage and garment bags into the hotel, including one gigantic white garment bag, which some say may be Kate’s secretive wedding dress. I’m going with Pippa’s maid of honor frock, because even I wouldn’t trust someone else with my dress two days before the wedding.

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by | April 26, 2011 · 10:14 pm

Royal Wedding Week: The Trees Arrive at Westminster Abbey!

Courtesy of The Official Royal Wedding Website

Just today Clarence House tweeted that floral decoration (including these trees!) has commenced at Westminster Abbey. Not to stray away from this hot topic, but I’m picturing the actual Clarence House tweeting. It’s cheesy, but it’s funny. Anyway…

According to the Official Royal Wedding website, “the floral displays in the Abbey will include eight 20 feet-high trees: six English Field Maple and two Hornbeam. All the trees will be growing in planters, which have also been designed by [Shane] Connolly and which were made by craftsmen at Highgrove, The Prince of Wales’s Residence in Gloucestershire.”

This is interesting. I’ve never pictured actual trees inside a church. But I trust Kate’s taste, so I’m going with it. As far as we know, these are the first preparations to be seen going on inside the Abbey. It’s all happening now!!!

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