Today, 29th April I plus another billion or so people tuned in to watch Kate (or Catherine as she seems to be referred to more these days) Middleton marry her Prince Charming, William. To be honest this whole week has been just incredible and perhaps even a bit over the top with regards to the media coverage in the lead up to the wedding, and this morning, I could only wonder at how nervous the bride and groom must be feeling. I watched online via the BBC, and also loved the ongoing comments pre and then during the ceremony hurtling through the world of Twitter. Most people just seemed to be in awe at the happy couple themselves, Kate's amazing dress, who was wearing hats and who wasn't, and ruthlessly critiqued everybody else. It has to be said that there seemed to be just a couple of fashion faux pas, and for me most notably Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice (who although had incredible designer hats created by Philip Treacy), their whole ensembles just didn't seem to work.
I'm hardly one to talk about fashion faux pas as I think I'm constantly making them, but perhaps at such an event it would be more suitable to tone down the risk factor. Kate's dress created by Sarah Burton from Alexander McQueen will go down in history as being beautifully designed and suiting her perfectly.
In the end the ceremony and double kiss on the balcony of Buckingham Palace went off without a hitch and I personally was extremely excited for both Kate and William and I hope that they have a long and happy life together. Hopefully their life will not be matched with the same level of media scrutiny and ongoing stress as Charles and Diana, but we shall see as I think that the media world in general has changed a lot in the last 30 years; hopefully in some ways for the good.
In the last couple of weeks, I have discovered the poetry of Pablo Neruda; better late than never! I'm not sure how I've not heard of him before now, but his poems are really beautiful and so I thought to share some words of his on this special day.
"But I love your feet
only because they walked
upon the earth and upon
the wind and upon the waters,
until they found me."
— Pablo Neruda
Have a lovely weekend!
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