Prince William's wedding to Kate Middleton will cost the economy 5billion by creating consecutive four-day weekends in April, businesses have warned. That is quite a high sum compared to the approximated cost of the actual wedlock of 10 million.
With the additional bank holiday and the businesses that had to close amid the day the cost of this union is staggering. The question is if Kate and William in the future will be able to bring back that loss of cash for the merchants around central London. Time will tell.
Prince William
Prince William arrived at Westminster Abbey to marry Kate Middleton, with best man Prince Harry at his side.
The groom, resplendent in a red military tunic, and his brother were greeted by cheering crowds as their chauffeur-driven Bentley drove along The Mall.
The brothers, both officers in the Armed Forces, looked impeccable in their uniforms as they passed thousands of well-wishers in the State Car, painted in Royal Claret Livery.
Kate looked marvelous
Kate Middleton is getting married now in a wedlock fit for exactly what she is about to be - a princess. as opulence of the royal union is overshadowed only by the media bonanza surrounding the event, from TV stations dedicated to weeks of lead-up coverage to articles even in respectable US magazines like the New Yorker covering every inane feature possible. The royal wedlock speaks to deeply held values about love and romance, a real-world fantasy of the princess fairytale that we are force-fed from childhood; one that is so compelling we are able to ignore mass atrocities worldwide as we craft it the top story on nearly every news source.
amidst the media frenzy, it was revealed yesterday that kindred to her late and revered mother-in-law-to-be Lady Di, Middleton will also not be taking the vow to "obey" her knight in shining armour Prince William. In the face of the cultural institution that is the British monarchy and the symbolism of the royal matrimony as all things old-fashioned and usual about marriage, does changing one word really matter?
Sadly, no. to begin with off, the vows Middleton is progressively editing are early. Even the church dropped "obey" from their vows almost 100 years ago, in 1922. As fellow Cif writer Amanda Marcotte said to me sarcastically, "I'm proud that the royal family has caught up to the 1920s. I look forward to an exciting brand-new future when the women begin wearing pants and the men learn how to hold infants."
Beyond that, the question has been asked as to whether Middleton will be the harbinger of modernity to the otherwise stuffy traditionalism that exemplifies the royal family. She has been, after all, unapologetically referred to as a "commoner" (truly adding to the fairytale characteristic of this story). She is also related to one of Britain's foremost social theorists and early feminist pioneers, Harriet Martineau. But neither of these seemingly downplayed characteristics of Middleton actually defines the princess spectacle she is in the media.
A matrimony of this degree is rare, but I believe that it is for the better good for all of us as it sparks our imagination, fantasy and dreams.
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