Kate Middleton and Prince William: The Royal Wedding
With the media’s hype and attention heavily focused on the royal wedding that is set to take place next Friday 29th April, we take a look at the couple, their pre-wedding engagement and the wedding itself.
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On 16thNovember 2010, Clarence House in Westminster announced that Prince William Arthur Philip Louis Mountbatten-Windsor was set to marry Catherine Elizabeth Middleton, his girlfriend since 2001, whom he met whilst studying at the University of St Andrews. The couple got engaged during a holiday to Kenya in October. The Queen stated she was “absolutely delighted”, while Prince Charles added that they had been “practising long enough”. Kate Middleton received the very same ring that had been given to William’s Mother Princess Diana by Prince Charles in their engagement back in 1981. The ring features 18-carat white gold, a 12-carat oval sapphire, 14 round diamonds and an approximate value of over £250,000.
Clarence House revealed on 23rd November that the Wedding was due to be held on 29th April 2011 and to be staged at Westminster Abbey, which has held previous weddings including the marriages of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip (1947), Princess Margaret to Anthony Armstrong-Jones (1960), Princess Anne to Captain Mark Philips (1973) and Prince Andrew to Sarah Ferguson (1986). Although Westminster Abbey has held numerous royal weddings, it was originally used generally for Coronations and had only held weddings since 1918. The wedding is to be funded solely by the Royal Family, the Middletons and the British Treasury.
The service itself is due to start at 11:00 am, with the first of the guests arriving from 8:15 am. Prince William and his brother Harry, who is the best man for the wedding, will arrive by 10:15 am. Next the foreign royals arrive, after that the Middleton family and finally the Prince’s family. The wedding will end at 12:15, with the newly wedded couple and some other family members travelling to Buckingham palace in the form of a procession. At 1:25, Prince William and Kate Middleton will stand on the Buckingham Palace balcony to watch the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight “fly past”.
Various forms of merchandise and memorabilia have been designed for the wedding, including cushions, t-shirts, hats, mugs and many more various other items. Some other companies have opted to design more rather anti-royal wedding and humorous merchandise, for example mugs that say, “I am not a royal wedding mug“ or a plate that states in big letters “Thanks for the free day off”.
At Modern Canvas Art, we like the Royal Family and will have one eye on the wedding next Friday. Royal Wedding canvas prints are not really our thing as such, so we prefer to celebrate British culture and are proud of the union jack and all that it represents. You can take a look at our union jack canvas prints and Cool Britannia canvas prints and canvas paintings by clicking on the links
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