Oh-ffical subsim "Royal Wedding" thread

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Originally Posted by Alex

The classiest wedding ceremony I've got to watch until now (can't compare with Prince Charles and Princess Diana's wedding though, since I wasn't born then ), as expected , perfection from start to finish.

Long live Prince William and Princess Catherine !

I was 6 when Charles and Di got married. My Dad decided to take me and my brother to the swimming pool for the morning. When we got there it was, of course, shut. Standing there on the steps with my swimming gear and towel under my arm I became a fervent republican. True story.

I was in the states when Diana died. I was actually out in the Yosemite back country when it happened and didn't know anything about it until we got back down to the village. When people realised we were Brits they kept giving us this look and saying 'I'm so sorry.' It was beginning to freak me out because no one said why they were sorry. I was beginning to wonder whether the UK had blown up or something. Once I found out I just sort of explained that whilst it was very nice of them to be so sympathetic I didn't actually know Dianna so I was more or less alright and did they have anything for a blister?

I was on the plane home during the funeral - first time I've ever been happy to be on a trans Atlantic flight. Missed the whole thing. I had really bad jet lag when I got back but my friends were even worse having had an entire week of media insanity.