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The Fairytale Wedding

It's taken me a while to realise I should have written a blog post about this. The wedding of the century: Prince William weds his sweetheart Catherine Middleton on 29/04/2011.





I don't know about you but when I first heard about the wedding I was happy for Wills. It's so nice to see a young couple in love, the last thing on my mind was my tax money (I'll come back to that later). When I heard we'd be getting a day off work I was even happier. Nothing beats an extra long weekend :-)

On the morning of the wedding I couldn't sleep, I was that excited. Anyone would have thought I was attending the wedding myself. Of course the fact the wedding was broadcast on tv, you really did feel like a part of the day anyway.

I have to say, I did feel rather choked watching the wedding and I think it was because I could feel the love between them. So many celebrities and people in the public eye claim to love one another (Katie Price claims to love everyone) but how many of them really do? How many of them are with their partners for their own personal gain? With Wills and Kate you could really see that they meant every vow they said and they were so aware and attentive to one another. Kate looked gorgeous, her dress was stunning and Wills had no problem telling his girl she looked beautiful.

I know so many people who said they weren't going to get sucked in to watching the wedding but then couldn't keep away and every single one of them were moved by it. Obviously you had the scrooges who moaned about the fact their tax money was being spent on the wedding. Bah humbug. The way I see it is this; once your tax money is gone it's gone. Your tax money is currently being spent on so many things you probably don't agree with but we don't get a say about where the money goes. Why complain? You can't do anything about it. Why not sit down, hush up, watch the wedding or don't that's your choice and enjoy your day off?!

I was surprised to see so many street parties around my area. There was even a Caribbean BBQ, complete with reggae music and British flags. It was lovely to see so many happy faces for a change.





I wish the now Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, every happiness and I hope the media leave them alone to enjoy their marriage and life together.



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