Fab Fete: Royal Wedding Ceremony

After the red-carpet runway-like entrance of all the celebrities, socialites, and royal family where I got to do my own Joan Rivers commentary within the confines of my own home, the royal wedding became a bit banal to tell you the truth.  Yes it was exciting to see Kate walk out of her Rolls Royce and finally see her Grace Kelly copycat wedding dress.  But like I posted in my last blog entry, even that was a bit anti-climatic.  She’s a pretty girl.  She could have worn a Glad garbage bag and still have found a way to look beautiful.

The event planner in me wasn’t impressed with Westminster Abbey’s decor.  Don’t get me wrong, I love the majestic cathedral, its architecture and dramatic mile-long aisle.  Those elements are what drew me to my own wedding ceremony venue in NYC.  But it seemed that Kate and William’s wedding planning had more to do with the precision military timing of their orchestration and the security measures behind the event than the decor.  For the best parts of it for me were the before and afters.  The processional, guest and wedding party entrances and then the grand carriage exit.

Plain trees down the aisle with greenery up front?  Really?  That’s it?  That’s what an unlimited budget buys you?  I would have thought there would have been more thought to the lighting design.  More drama at the entrance.  A custom carpet with the royal crest.  Scroll-like programs etched in gold foil.  Nothing?  really?

And the ceremony was so long and drawn out that I couldn’t help but wonder how many Americans had fallen asleep with their TVs on in the wee hours of the morning.  Even Prince William seemed to be getting tired of it at one point.  And did anyone else see that sleeping nun in the background?  hilarious.

Even more hilarious is what was caught on camera after the wedding party left.  Check out this verger.

How I would love if my wedding guests and officiant also did cartwheels down my wedding aisle! lol