ROYAL WEDDING TIMETABLE (with historic details from print edition)

NY POST (TWO PAGE PRINT EDITION) ^ | 4/28/11

[Liz]

EXCERPTED FROM NY POST PRINT EDITION

4:00 AM Live media feed begins.

5:10 AM Wills and and best man Prince Harry first to leave Clarence House for Abbey. Charles and Camilla leave. Clarence House is Charles, Camilla, sons' home. Built 1825-27 for William IV. William and Kate's London home after marriage.

5:40 AM Queen and Prince leave Buckingham Palace---built in 1702 by request of Duke of Buckingham. Queen Victoria was first sovereign resident in 1837. Ballroom---site of the reception---is 120' long

5:51 AM Kate and dad leave Goring Hotel in 1950 Rolls Royce Phantom IV---auto attacked with Charles and Camilla inside. Five-star Goring Hotel is fave of Queen and Queen Mother; operated by same family since 1910.

6:00 AM Wedding begins. Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams performs ceremony. Right Rev Richard Chartres, Bishop of London gives address. Services conducted by Dean of Westminster, the very Rev John Hall.Abbey has hosted 15 royal weddings including Prince William's grandmother and great grandmother.

7:15 AM Couple rides back to the palace for reception in open 1902 state landau carriage (weather permitting).

ORDER OF PROCESSION BACK TO PALACE

Kate and Wills

Price Harry and Pippa Middleton

Bridesmaids and page boys

Queen and Prince Phillip

Prince Charles, Camilla and the Middletons

8:00 AM Wedding reception at Buckingham Palace.

8:25 AM Kate and Wills appear on balcony.

8:30 AM RAF aircraft from Battle of Britain fly-by as royal family appears on balcony.

8:45 AM Lunchtime reception for 600 guests hosted by Queen --- served on solid gold dinnerware with gold cutlery. Queen makes champagne toast.

10:30 AM Couple leaves for St James Palace to change for evening reception.

2:00 AM Reception and dinner for 300 guests. Nightclub disco scene with 80's theme til dawn, planned by Pippa, Kate's sister/maid of honor.

[dforest]

I made a complaint to FOX, I hope others join me.

He is crude and crass all the time. I don’t know what FOX sees in him.

They should have sent Bill Hemmer. He is polite and congenial.

Shep showed his contempt the whole time. We all have known he can cheapen any event with his presence.

Martha acted embarrassed of him several times.

[KansasGirl]

Compared to what, the grandeur of the Di and Charles wedding? I much prefer Princess Kate’s style, and William and she actually look happy. I don’t remember Di and Charles looking at all happy on their wedding day.

I do not think Kate could have been more beautiful. She was glowing! If it was low key, then more power to her! Low key definitely worked for her. I prefer low key. She is a Princess. She is beautiful. She does need anything gaudy.

[naturalman1975]

Freepers are everywhere.

It’s mostly accident - in 1966, the Queen and Prince Phillip decided it would be politically a good idea for Charles to attend an Australian school for a while. I was attending the school that was seen as the best school in Australia, so we wound up with him.

[hoosiermama]

Ever wonder what happened after the Prince placed the slipper on Cinderella’s foot? I think we’re seen the second chapter today. May they live happily ever after.

(Prince + wicked step mother + common girl ....Yelp think we got them all.)

[defconw]

I decided to watch it on BBC America. Very glad I had that option.

[KansasGirl]

I agree. They both looked stunning.

[twigs]

I like low key too. Only naturally beautiful people can pull off low key in formal occasions. The emphasis goes to their natural beauty, not the accompaniments. If they don’t have natural beauty, then they have to hide behind everything else that they buy from others.

[GeorgiaGuy]

Well, naturalman, if appropriate, please tell the POW that he has fans in the USofA. I know many dump on him, but I’ve always had a soft spot for him, after all, his is a hard job - waiting to ascend the throne. Now, can you get your fellow Aussies to stop all this republic talk?

[STARWISE]

They really are a different breed from the Windsors, and that’s surely thanks to Diana’s wonderful influence. God bless her, and God love William for have her compassionate heart .. may he have a long life and happy marriage to his beautiful, normal Princess.

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Prince William and Kate Middleton honour war heroes with wedding invitations

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Prince William and Kate ­Middleton are paying a heartfelt tribute to Britain’s war heroes by giving veterans and bereaved families pride of place at their wedding.

The Royal couple have sent coveted invitations to the Westminster Abbey ceremony to servicemen including L Cpl Martyn Compton, a friend of the prince who served alongside him in the Household Cavalry at Windsor.

Martyn, 27, was so badly burned in a Taliban ambush in Afghanistan in 2006 that he “died” three times and lost his ears and nose. He was in a coma for three months.
Now Kate and William have ­invited Martyn – who Wills knows by his nickname Compo – to share their big day, alongside 1,900 celebrities, sportsmen, fellow royals and overseas dignitaries.

There is also an invitation for Holly Dyer, 30, the sister of 2nd Lt Joanna Dyer who was killed by a bomb in Iraq in 2007.

Joanna was a close friend of William, 28, at the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst, Berkshire. The Prince was “absolutely devastated” by his friend’s death.

Susie Roberts, widow of William’s platoon commander at Sandhurst Major Alexis Roberts, will also be there. Father-of-two Maj Roberts, known as Lex, was killed in a bomb attack in Afghanistan in 2007. A friend and mentor to William during his training, the prince remembers him with “great fondness and respect”.

Susie’s mother Carol Deans told the Sunday Mirror: “Susie feels so proud to be going to the wedding. She knows that Lex would be very proud too as he had a real bond with William.”

William, who attended Major Roberts’ funeral, has stayed in touch with Susie. Carol said: “Susie has been close to ­William over the past few years and that has been reflected in her invite.”

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/royal-wedding/2011/04/24/prince-william-and-kate-middleton-honour-war-heroes-with-wedding-invitations-115875-23082707/

This is a good man.

[xp38]

Before God everyone in that abbey today is equal to you or I.

[CAluvdubya]

I completely agree with you. I have complained to FNC before about this idiot.

I wonder how many folks have told FOX they've stoppped watching because of him?

[Jemian]

it would be politically a good idea for Charles to attend an Australian school for a while

I remember that. I thought it might be fun to live in Oz (although I didn't know to call it that), too. Didn't the Queen also consider making Charles Governor-general after he and Diana got married.

This was a truly spectacular wedding and I pray God's richest blessings on them both.

[maggief]

Look what we are stuck with.

http://www.daylife.com/photo/08FT3fj7qx4RA?__site=daylife&q=michelle+obama

http://www.daylife.com/photo/0fY89FRfJjc3C?__site=daylife&q=michelle+obama

http://www.daylife.com/photo/07Pc0Fmbk8bUa?__site=daylife&q=michelle+obama

http://www.daylife.com/photo/062K8rr1eV34J?__site=daylife&q=michelle+obama

[Jemian]

I know that.

[CAluvdubya]

I just have to ask....is he as nice as he appears to be?

[Fishtalk]

Count me with you,.

Yes, I thought John Kennedy’s wife also wore a kind of stupid looking slip like thing. They gushed over it, not, I’m convinced, because it’s beautiful, but because it was being worn by a fashion icon.

Kate’s dress was pretty, of course. It was way prettier than the Victoria Secret thing worn by Caroline Kennedy, for sure. But it was nothing more than what your average bride might wear.

I’ll end with my opinion of Diana’s gown. I thought that thing was atrocious. Dag, it was great big, wrinkly, silly bows on the sleeve, big puffed sleeves, it was like someone gave my 7 year old granddaughter a pencil and told her to design a princess’ gown because that’s exactly the sort of thing a child would design.

Sometimes you feel like you’re standing out in the woods all by yourself, scratching your head, and wondering if your eyes are lying to you yet again.

[Miss Didi]

I was just watching my Italian news from last night and they ended their pre-wedding coverage reporting that according to a German paper in case of divorce Kate gets no money and the kids belong to the Windsors.

[naturalman1975]

Yes, there will be an official recording of the music from the Royal Wedding released in about a weeks time. Proceeds are going to charity.

The Royal Wedding - The Official Album is its title.

[maggief]

Meanwhile ...

Reuters Pictures 1 hour ago U.S. President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, and their two daughters, Malia and Shasha, walk toward Air Force One before departing for Alabama from Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington, April 29, 2011. The first family is scheduled to continue on to Cape Canaveral in Florida after Alabama to view the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour.

[defconw]

You can’t make me look at those!